Hello, I am a new pool owner. I moved in recently and just had the 20000 gallon pool replastered with a pebble finish. The pool is filling today and the water had a green tint then I got a surge of orange water and now pool is more orange than green. Im on city water. I contacted the plaster company and they said to add a metal out agent to be on the safe side. Pool store is closed. Clorox has a product for metal and stain control that I can get from walmart. Should I put this in? How much?
Emergency, please help!
- Thread starter Lisa90
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
- 53,213
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Welcome to TFP. It is unfortunate that your pool builder let you hanging with this problem. They should have given you a HEDP based sequestrant if there was any chance of metals in your water.
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If this is the product...
Clorox Pool&Spa Scale, Metal and Stain Control for Swimming Pools
I would not add it to a newly plastered pools water. The MSDS says it is a pH 2.5 - 3.12-phosphonobutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid. You don't want that on your new plaster.
Hope that the orange water is just a slog of dirt and not iron. Whatever it is it can be treated after your new plaster cures.
Were you given a startup guide?
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@JoyfulNoise thoughts on what this acid does on new plaster?
Sequestrant - Further Reading
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If this is the product...
Clorox Pool&Spa Scale, Metal and Stain Control for Swimming Pools
I would not add it to a newly plastered pools water. The MSDS says it is a pH 2.5 - 3.12-phosphonobutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid. You don't want that on your new plaster.
Hope that the orange water is just a slog of dirt and not iron. Whatever it is it can be treated after your new plaster cures.
Were you given a startup guide?
Plaster Start-Up Guides - Further Reading
www.troublefreepool.com
Plaster Installation and Maintenance - Further Reading
www.troublefreepool.com
@JoyfulNoise thoughts on what this acid does on new plaster?
Thank you for the reply. I was given a link to the NPC start up guidelines. I guess at this point all I can do is wait until the pool supply store opens up. I am 99% sure that is iron. I was raised on well water so I'm very familiar. I will read the article on sequestrant.Welcome to TFP. It is unfortunate that your pool builder let you hanging with this problem. They should have given you a HEDP based sequestrant if there was any chance of metals in your water.
Sequestrant - Further Reading
If this is the product...
Clorox Pool&Spa Scale, Metal and Stain Control for Swimming Pools
I would not add it to a newly plastered pools water. The MSDS says it is a pH 2.5 - 3.12-phosphonobutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid. You don't want that on your new plaster.
Hope that the orange water is just a slog of dirt and not iron. Whatever it is it can be treated after your new plaster cures.
Were you given a startup guide?
Plaster Start-Up Guides - Further Reading
Plaster Installation and Maintenance - Further Reading
@JoyfulNoise thoughts on what this acid does on new plaster?
Have you read about the polyfill solution... maybe it can work?
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If you’ve got iron in your fill water, use Polyfill to remove it
EDIT: Found out this method only works if your iron is oxidized already, meaning it’s got a dull or bright green tint to the water, or a nasty brown tint. If you know you have iron in your fill water, but it isn’t oxidized yet, bring your pool to shock level and it’ll turn the telltale green...
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