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    Polyquat 60 same as algaecide?

    Great thanks for your help:cool:
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    Polyquat 60 same as algaecide?

    During an ascorbic acid testament it was recommended to use polyquat 60 while chlorine was low, is that the same as a store bought algaecide? If not where does one get polyquat 60?
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    Stains on vinyl returned after clearing up

    OTPirate thanks for your help. I put the vitamin C on it and stain disappeared immediately. The last treatment I used worked really well but I don't think I used enough sequestering agent to keep all the metals in solution. I'm going to touch up the stains this weekend with the ascorbic acid and...
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    Stains on vinyl returned after clearing up

    Swampwoman thank you so much for your help. I have a couple of questions: 1- can you recommend a good sequestering agent? 2-when you raise the chlorine slowly what is the ideal ppm to shoot for? 3-can I use an algae control agent (left from previous owner) while I'm slowly raising the chlorine...
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    Stains on vinyl returned after clearing up

    My liner started getting this yellow stain to it so pool place recommended 2 bottles of stain remover. I did it last week and it was amazing the pool looked great but after a few days the stains are starting to come back. :confused: Any thoughts?
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    Alkalinity

    How do you raise alkalinity in pool?
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    Calcium adding to a vinyl pool

    Thank you to everybody who posted, its so nice to know there are so many people out there willing to share there knowledge. Thanks again.
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    Calcium adding to a vinyl pool

    Thank you this is very helpful. Do you think I could move ahead with the stain treatment in the next few days?
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    Calcium adding to a vinyl pool

    I'm new to pool ownership. I have a 16X32 vinyl liner pool. I have some stains and wanted to remove them, when I took my sample to pool store they said my calcium was to low 50 ppm and I needed to add some "calcium hardness increaser". They want me to add 25#'s of this not all at once but over a...