Film on my vinyl liner and brown steps
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Looks like iron staining. Get a bottle of vitamin C pills and place one on the step. You should see almost immediate lightening in a much larger area than you might expect. If it lightens it, that conforms iron staining and you will want to do the same thing on a larger scale with an ascorbic acid treatment Ascorbic Treatment to rid Pool of metal stains then use a sequestration regularly to prevent staining.
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Ascorbic Treatment to rid Pool of metal stains
Here are the directions to use Ascorbic acid to rid your pool of metal stains: Here is the ascorbic treatment: Take your chlorine down to 0 and PH down to 7.2, if there is chlorine in the water it won't hurt, it will just eat up the ascorbic acid, so you will need more to get rid of the...
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What is Sequestrant?
I hear others talking about adding this to their pool, should I also be adding this, if so what would I look for in buying it? Thanks
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I tried wiping the steps with a Magic Eraser, and the stains lifted. Does that mean anything? I have not purchased any vitamin C yet.
Get the Vitamin C.... know for sure what you're dealing with. The eraser is just removing the evidence of the problem, but doesn't give you the diagnosis.
Maddie
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AA will blow you away as to how white you can get those steps back to new. Classic metal staining.
- Jun 8, 2019
- 4,574
- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Magic Erasers are melamine foam, which is basically super-super-fine sandpaper when used.
Found out my wife has been adding this yesterday. Anyone familiar with this product?
It’s a phosphonic acid metal sequestrant. Will help prevent future staining, but won’t do much for the existing stuff.
Ascorbic acid removes the stains and places them back into the water. You must then continue to use a sequestrant to keep the metals from falling back out of solution and turning to solids that stain your pool surface.
Ascorbic acid lifts the stains.
Sequestrants keep the stains lifted.
The only way to remove the metal from the water is to exchange it. You must keep using sequestrants as they eventually get destroyed by the chlorine/degrade over time and thus need to be replaced to keep the metal from turning back into a solid and staining your surface.
Ascorbic acid lifts the stains.
Sequestrants keep the stains lifted.
The only way to remove the metal from the water is to exchange it. You must keep using sequestrants as they eventually get destroyed by the chlorine/degrade over time and thus need to be replaced to keep the metal from turning back into a solid and staining your surface.
Finally did the Vitamin C test. It lifted the stain. Where do I go from here? Thank you
Yes, I read it, and it explains the predicament I’m in very well. The city water is what it is, as it puts the metals in my pool. My question is “how much Ascorbic acid do I add to clear up the pool liner?”
Or, I guess I could just live with it, since it’s going to be a never ending battle.
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