metal stain

  1. J

    What is the best sequesterant to use after AA treatment?

    We closed our pool last year with some iron stains on the vinyl liner surfaces. We identified the stains as iron by using Vitamin C tablets. It was too late in the season to bring the pool to 0 FC and then wait to SLAM for closing. So we closed the pool and just opened it back up. After doing a...
  2. J

    Openning with metal stains

    Last season I had awful stains on the liner that at first I thought were worn spots on the liner, but it turns out they are metal stains. I tried to remove it with vitamin C and it came up. However, they are throughout the pool and a simple vitamin C tablet in a sock didn't fix the whole problem...
  3. dclynds

    Anhydrous Citric Acid - Rust-Oleum Concrete Etch

    Hello TFPers, I recently re-finished a concrete floor with a Rust-Oleum epoxy kit and it came with two 1-lb. bags of anhydrous citric acid for etching the concrete. Do you think I could use this product in lieu of ascorbic acid for removing metal stains? If so, would 2-lbs. be enough to treat...
  4. dclynds

    Help With Sequestering Agent

    Hello TFPers, Can someone help me outright or point me to a guide on which Sequestering agent to use for which metal problem with respect to pool finish? I need to do an ascorbic acid treatment to get rid of some pale-brownish stains that are cropping up in my pool (confirmed not algae) and I...