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The only way to stop your stock tank pool from rusting

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I was thrilled to get an email from a lovely couple who followed my DIY stock tank pool tutorial which is utilizing a pool liner to stop your stock tank pool from rusting and create a tropical oasis. Their old stock tank pool was rusting and had peeling paint. There is nothing better than hearing that your blog post helped someone!

We are still so in love with our tiny pool. It was the best thing we ever added to our small yard beside our DIY cat enclosure. We only have a sliver of a yard on our side of the duplex we live in but I do believe we make the best use of what we have. You can also check out my small yard landscaping ideas to see what else we added to our sloped yard.

stop your stock tank pool from rusting with a pool liner

The only way to stop your stock tank pool from rusting

That’s the number one question I see online and I figured out how! Well…

How do I keep my stock tank from rusting?

There is only one way that will work permanently to protect your stock tank pool from rusting which is a pool liner.  Leaving the galvanized metal untreated or painted won’t last for a longer time period since the pool chemicals or pool salt will eventually rust the galvanized metal or eat away on the paint.

I’m speaking from experience. Peeling paint on the stock tank pool is a big headache and you are faced with trying to figure out what to do with the mess. Stripping paint off of a stock tank pool by hand or with chemicals is a big job and will damage the galvanized protective coating even more.

Essential supplies needed:

  • 8′ stock tank 
  • 8 foot pool liner
  • bamboo fence

Please read my stock tank swimming pool tutorial and video for detailed instructions and other materials used.

TIP: Make sure that the size of the pool liner matches the size of your stock tank

 

 

Stock Tank Pool Transformation

Julie was generous enough to let me use their images and even took a before photo of their stock tank pool that was rusty and had lots of areas where the paint was peeling.

Here is the before photo:

old rusty stock tank pool with chipping paint

It reminds me of my failed attempts to paint our stock tank pool. Remember?

peeling flex seal on stock tank pool

Just like us, they literally draped or let’s call it lined the stock tank pool with the pool liner like you would with a garbage can and plastic bag. That’s it! Like I mentioned above, please read my tutorial and watch my video.

Differences to my tutorial:

She and her husband followed my instructions with the only differences that they didn’t have rocks surrounding the pool to keep everything in place and that they only cut holes into the liner for the water flow instead of the way I cut mine. Looking back I think the way they only cut out holes is a much better way.

They have rope keeping the bamboo in place at the back of the pool where the pump is connected.

pump set up on stock tank pool with pool liner

Julie and her husband also purchased the same bamboo as I did and then cut it the same way we did.

bamboo before getting trimmed to fit the pool liner

 

view of trimmed bamboo

They made sure to stain the bamboo with the same stain as us before adding the bamboo fence to the stock tank pool.

bamboo on ground while getting stained

view of stock tank pool with pool liner from behind

I also love how they used the leftover bamboo as edging around their beautiful tropical flower bed.

flower bed with leftover bamboo edging

And here is their finished tropical stock tank pool with the liner and bamboo fence. I so wish I could have all these tropical plants in our yard too.

finished stock tank pool with pool liner that used to be rusty and old

Here is a photo of how the stock tank pool looks at night:

nighttime view of stock tank pool with pool liner

And below is a reminder of what our little pool looks like:

our stock tank pool with pool liner

 

So if you are in the same predicament as Julie and her husband and have an old stock tank pool that is rusting and peeling or if you are just starting out, then give my version of adding a pool liner to your stock tank pool a try.

the only way to stop your stock tank pool from rusting is using a pool liner as seen in this makeover

We can’t wait to open our stock tank pool for the summer.

DIY stock tank pools with pool liners

 

You should also check out Julie and her husband’s website HERE. They are very gifted jazz musicians. I really love their music.

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The only way to stop your stock tank pool from rusting

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  1. Sarah says

    March 23, 2020 at 5:19 am

    Wow! What a beautiful space!!!!

    • Julia says

      March 23, 2020 at 6:18 am

      Right? Isn’t it amazing? I wish we lived somewhere warm right now too so we could use our garden more during this time being stuck at home.

  2. Angela Martinez says

    March 23, 2020 at 8:29 am

    Thanks for reminding us of this beautiful space! Sure looks dreamy! Wish it was better weather so you could enjoy it and melt some stress away!

    • Julia says

      March 23, 2020 at 9:04 am

      Thank you, Angeal! That sure would be nice. It’s cold with ice rain here instead today 🙁

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