metals

  1. J

    Ascorbic acid treatment and Sequestraint.

    I have been going through the process to remove some iron stains in my liner pool since opening. So far everything has worked great! After letting the AA recirculate without filter, a bunch of dirty sandy powder appeared all over the bottom of the pool. Anyone know what this is? Could it be...
  2. PoolMom1031

    Sequester water before "opening" pool?

    Hi there - this is my 3rd season to open our pool and I have a question about the order of steps before officially opening. Over the winter, our water level dropped more than normal (currently testing for a leak), so we've had to refill quite a bit. We are on a well and I'm very aware that our...
  3. N

    Raising/Maintaining Chlorine After Iron Stain Treatment

    Hi all, This is my first season as a pool owner, and been having trouble with iron stains. I have a 15,000 gal pool, vinyl liner, sand filter. I finally removed the stains, using absorbic acid and some Vitamin C tabs. I also used a filter aid, a CUlator pack and a chelating agent to hopefully...
  4. M

    Chlorine to Stain Correlation?

    I’ve been battling bad stains lately and while working through identifying them (with Jacks ID kit) I was told that some liquid chlorines (note: vinyl liner!) actually bring out metals and may result in stains. (I've been through a month of Metal Free, CuLator, Stabilizer, etc. etc. to get to...
  5. D

    Instant Green water before your eyes

    Hello all, first post here. I’m a new member as well as a new (to me) pool owner. My wife and I just moved to Olive Branch, MS and the house we bought came with a 15,000gal in ground, SWG gunite pool. Over the last few weeks of winter when we moved in, I learned which pumps/ lines control which...
  6. D

    Phosphates & wall staining

    *Sigh* So I’ve had my new fiberglass pool for about a year. A couple months ago I noticed wall staining ( below the water line). After hours of reading and youtubing and determining it was metal staining, I gave it an ascorbic acid treatment about 2 weeks ago, followed by Jacks Magic Blue...