I noticed some overall staining on walls and floor of my plaster. I rubbed a vitamin C tablet and it cleared right up. I think its Iron coming from the 3 cheap umbrella poles that sat in the tanning ledge for the past year. So my plan is to do an Acorbic Acid treatment. But I'm still confused on the sequestering agent part. Jack's Blue stuff seems fine to me unless there's a cheaper alternative. They're website says "initial dosage: 1qt per 10,000 gallons, then 6-8oz per week for maintenance. Since this isn't coming from well water or algaecide or anything, do I need to add the 6-8 oz a week after the initial dosage? Also Amazon sells some other metal out products but I can't tell if they are sequestering agents or just stain removers. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Still not clear on sequestering agent
- Thread starter mlawrence17
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
- 65,437
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Ascorbic Acid Treatment - Further Reading
www.troublefreepool.com
Sequestrant - Further Reading
www.troublefreepool.com
We can't say for sure what will happen if you don’t maintain your sequestrant level. In time the sequestrant breaks down and will release the metals and they can redeposit somewhere on your pool. The only way to remove the metals is to drain the water that has the sequestrant and metals.
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How are you chlorinating your water...which product? This may also explain staining if you've been using any products that contained copper.
Maddie
Maddie
I've got an intellichlor SCG. I'm pretty sure its the rusty umbrella poles. I also have a cracked tile that has rust stains around it that I think must have some rebar behind it thats leaching through the crack. It might make more sense to drain the pool and fix the tile. Thanks for the info everyone!