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    DIY acid wash

    I acid washed my pool today. I followed fairly closely, particularly with respect to the safety equipment but instead of doing a second wash I did some spot cleaning of the worst affected areas with a 1:1 acid water mix. I'm really happy with the way things progressed, everything from the...
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    Mysterious staining on quartz finish

    Thanks for your reply. No I have a SWG system and have never used a product with copper in it. It could have been introduced with the salt though, we had very high rainfall in my city over summer and it was difficult to find pool salt anywhere. I had to use lower quality stuff.
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    Mysterious staining on quartz finish

    Hi there, I'd like some advice on some staining that's occurred recently on an established quartz finished pool. It seems to have been triggered by the addition of pool salt but I can't really say for sure as you can't see the stains in full sunlight and I didn't see the staining straight...
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    Yellow pool water after addition of magnesium chloride

    I just wanted to give an update on my little problem. Before After I added some water clarifier (against the forums better advice haha) and have been running the filter 4 hours a day. I also turned off the chlorinator in case the yellowing was the result of chlorine reacting with...
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    Yellow pool water after addition of magnesium chloride

    Dear all, The manufacturer of my salt cell recommends adding 25 kg (55 lb) of magnesium chloride to the pool water each year so that any build-up formed during the process of electrolysis remains soft and mushy, and thus easily removed. I've done this only for the water to turn yellow. Is the...