TOOLS REQUIRED:

A PAIR OF ORDINARY SCISSORS
A FELT TIP MARKING PEN (TEXTA)

Take extreme care when trimming/cutting your Solar Blanket on all forms of vinyl lined pools or above-ground pools. Your scissors may damage the vinyl.

STEP 1: Unfold Pool Blanket and allow to float on the pool surface with BUBBLES FACING DOWN and SMOOTH SIDE UP (See Fig 1)

STEP 2: Flatten Pool Blanket out with your pool broom to disperse air trapped beneath the Blanket.

STEP 3: The Blanket supplied will be larger than the pool surface area, therefore the excess has to be trimmed off. As it is easy to cut too much off, (leaving a poor fit), it is strongly recommended to initially cut the Pool Blanket larger than the pool.

STEP 4: With assistance, trim off the excess blanket to roughly the shape of the pool. NOTE: If leaves are a big problem in your backyard, a useful hint is to allow an extra 50mm to 100mm (2” to 4”) of excess material on all sides, (see Fig 2).

This stops leaves “creeping” down the edge of the pool. If you don’t have a great leaf problem and want the Blanket to be the easiest to manage, after the Blanket has been on the pool for 4 weeks (this time allows for some shrinkage) you can cut the Blanket to the water line, (See Fig 1).

NOTE: The Pool Blanket may still shrink a little further which normally makes Blanket fitting and removal easier.

STEP 5: With the use of a 50mm x 100mm block of wood, mark the pool blanket at 300mm intervals (see Fig.3). When you come to an inside curve, (See Fig 4) cut the blanket to the waterline on a gentle angle to allow the blanket to lay flat. (Approx 300mm each side of the centre of the inside curve. (See Fig 4)