Pool stains after using granular shock and not brushing

[coyote77]

Don't ask me why, but although I knew I had to brush after adding pool shock, I didn't, got distracted with something else and forgot.
I used Leslie's - Power Powder Plus 73% Calcium Hypochlorite Pool Shock, and I have now stains on my Pebble Tec plaster.

Is there anything that can be done, besides replastering? Wife's not happy...

 

[Texas Splash]

Is there anything that can be done, besides replastering? Wife's not happy...

Time to take the wife out for a nice dinner to try and get out of the dog house. Sounds like the cal-hypo bleached the coloring. Unless your plaster is old and may have been discolored already from calcium staining or something else, you may have to live with it.

 

[YippeeSkippy]

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[ajw22]

Show us pics of the stains.

 

[coyote77]

I will take some pictures and post them here, I'm currently out of town for a few days.

 

[JamesW]

What color are the stains?

White is probably bleaching.

Black is likely to be copper.

What color is the plaster?