This pool cleaning hack is simply magic
'People think I’m probably crazy for trying this, but it works'
'People think I’m probably crazy for trying this, but it works'
'People think I’m probably crazy for trying this, but it works'
Cleaning a green swimming pool is typically no easy task. It can require gallons of chlorine and tireless scrubbing, vacuuming and filtering. Not for Lisa Pack! The Ohio grandmother went viral in 2018 when she discovered a cheap and easy hack for clearing her pool of slime in just 24 hours, and the hack still holds up today.
Her secret? A single and — get this — zero elbow grease.
"Everyone knows my pool is green by this time of the year," Pack posted on Facebook. "However, Whitney (her daughter) spotted this idea on Facebook and I figured why not try it."
So the next time her pool started to get cloudy, Pack tossed a Magic Eraser in the skimmer basket. Lo and behold, when she took it out (24 hours later, she told ""), the product had seemingly absorbed the green slime.
"Holla bing, holla boom," she said. "The cloudiness left and my sponge looks like this. I'm pretty excited to think something so cheap could help so much."
While the powerful sponges have proven to be pros at lifting scuffs and stains all over the home, this is certainly a new purpose for the . No need to be green with envy. The scrubbers are super cheap, so grab a box and try it yourself.
"People think I’m probably crazy for trying this, but it works," Pack told "Inside Edition."
Crazy cool, maybe!
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