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Quick question. Would it help to scrub the metal stains on vinyl liner during AA treatment?

Hi, I wanted to share a couple of photos of the success I had this year after opening my pool. After opening, I ended up letting the pool sit for almost 3 weeks due to work. When I got the time to work on it, you can imagine what I found. It was basically a swamp. Using the BBB methods, I was...

Hi all, Just opened pool and Went from a swamp to clear water in 4 days using your methods. Thank you all for this great info. Now that I’m almost there. My TA is reading 40 and ph is around 6.8. I added around 20 ounces of Washing Soda this afternoon and just tested again. (About 3-4 hour...

I have some rusting stains on screws holding skimmer plate and stairs. Also some staining on the plastic skimmer plate as well. I used ascorbic acid and also tried muriatic acid. I got the stains off of the plastic under the water but the portion above the water is still discolored. See pics...

Re: .3ppm of iron in water.Quick question. I added the sequestrant last night along with 1/2 cup of de to sand filter. Staring Psi was around 15. It's now hovering around 19. Since I added both, i think 1psi is attributed from the de but since it went up 3 additional psi, is that normal for...

Hi all. Need some advice, Tf-100 $70.00- Taylor k2006 $54.00 - Taylor k2006c $105.00. Speedster-optional. My pool is open from June through end of September. Assuming I have to purchase a new kit/or new reagents every year, does it make sense to purchase the least expensive of the 3?

I have .3ppm of iron in water. I don't know if this is relatively high or low. My water turned green a few weeks back. I did the aa treatment and sequestrant and fixed the color issue. It now seems only my white stairs start to slightly stain. I did a localized aa treatment on them today to...

Hello, This is the first year dealing with metal in water. At the start of the season, i shocked the pool with 2lbs of a product called Pool time Shock MaxBlue fast dissolving 6 in 1 pool shock. The label says it has .26% Copper metallic in it. Would this be enough to cause my pool stairs to...

Hello all, This is my first post on this site and 2nd year pool owner. I've switched to liquid bleach and stopped using tablets about a week ago. My FC is around 5 (DPD test) but my CYA is around 100 (test strips).(See below on why i don't have a better test kit.). My pool is crystal clear...