Recent content by jfinholm

yes, when we drained the pool to acid wash we negotiated that they pay for water and chemicals. It seems that our pool company has no knowledge of chemicals and how much work it takes to get water properly balanced again. They will be paying for water and chemicals again trust me!

Colorado Pool Systems was the builder. The acid wash did nothing! I'm sorry your stains came back. It is very frustrating when many professionals can not tell what the stains are from. Many plaster companies came and looked at the stains, only one company had this happen to them... 15 years...

Okay...has anyone heard of this? The pool saga continues. The acid wash didn't work..They need to replaster the pool. The pool company tells me that after much research, they believe that the stains were cause by PH shock? Which is...the PH was lowered too quickly, too much muratic acid was...

well....right now it's 82 however, I realize there was a number of mistakes made when the new pool was filled. 1. the pool company didn't adjust the PH (it was super high) and they didn't add a sequestrant before they dumped in the salt at that time the pool was probably 86 - 88. Alas the stains...

xactly! High pH is the main factor in determining if there will be staining or scaling in almost 100% of the cases. Second most important factor is temperature.could you elaborate on temperature? could you elaborate on temperature?

waterbear, will metals always be an issue for people who have had bad staining? Will we forever be bound to jacks blue? Being a new pool owner who is converting to BBB. I find it very disheartening to feel like I will be battleing metals forever. Please give me hope! Is it only people who have...

I have the same type of stains. We finally all concure that they are copper stains. My PB is acid washing on Monday. It has been a very long, expensive, and frustrating trail! see my pics no-stains-until-salt-was-added-t14936.html

After the Asorbic Acid treatment failed. I now believe that the stains are copper. The pool company says the stains are not hydration stains. Anyway, they are draining the pool on Sunday to perform an acid wash. Wish me luck! P.S. I had the water tested for copper and it showed 0.2 Is that...

did the pool builder know that it was hyrdation stains straight away?

Hein lies the problem...when the pool company started filling the pool they added nothing. I was told to brush 2 times a day. No one returned for 2 weeks. when i started getting worried about chemicals I went and purchased a kit. The PH was way off the chart and of course no chlorine. A guy...

yes, but worse, my sides are completly covered. Did yours fade with vit c? when did your stains start to appear? Again, I have a Salt water generator

I have been wandering the sites for awhile. I have a new plaster pool. I had no stains for the first month waiting for the plaster to cure. As soon as the pool company added salt grey stains started to develop. Solid on the walls and blotchy on the bottom. I did a vit C test and it did lighten...