Help! Acid treatment for leaf stains

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sunpole

sunpole

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Jun 11, 2018
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Houston, TX
Hi,
I got my pool repalsted about a month ago. There are leaf stains showing up on the bottom of the pool and they just wouldn't go away.

Here is what my pool guys said they are going to do,

"This is the game plan for the removal of the leaf stains. Today I am going to add chlorine neutralizer and acid to drop the chlorine level as well as the ph and alkalinity. The pool is going to run over night. Tomorrow I’m going to add the leaf stain remover as well as as a chelating solution. The leaf stains should be gone in 24 hours. The pool will run for 24-48 hours after that. Then the filter needs to be cleaned and the chlorine, ph and, alkalinity raised."

Does this look kosher to you guys? I tested the pool water, the Ph is at or below 7. He told me to run the pump 24 hours a day, is this going to damage my pump?
 
Leaf stains will be removed with proper chlorine levels.

I would not let them run low pH water throughout your equipment.
 
Thanks for the reply. I kept the pool FC 5, pH 7.6, TA 100, CH 350, CYA 45, but the stains wouldn't go away for 2 weeks time.

Anyway, they started the process this morning already without telling me... And told me not to worry, "jack's magic wouldn't screw me." I will let you guys know how it turns out.

Jerry
 
Okay so I spoke with someone from Jack's magic, after the acid treatment, it is okay to use anything that's pH neutral to bring up the FC, such as Dichlor, not okay to use liquid chlorine or other shocks, it is okay to use 1lb of dichlor per 10k gallon.
 
Liquid chlorine is pH neutral when added to the pool and is used up. The acid from the dichlor remains.
 
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