The staining is returning - I'll do ascorbic acid next round. What am I doing wrong - is it my sequestrant not doing what it should? Next round I'll hit it with the pink stuff after the acid treatment.
Trying to SLAM - bleach not responding as thought
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I didn't gt a reply to one question on here - maybe I'll start a new thread in regards to the staining issue.
Does the sequestrant help to fight the staining - or does it mainly prevent a re-occurrence once the stain treatment has worked it's magic?
Does the sequestrant help to fight the staining - or does it mainly prevent a re-occurrence once the stain treatment has worked it's magic?
- May 3, 2014
- 58,690
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Sequestrant does not remove staining. It ties up the targeted metal in the water. You must continually replenish the sequestrant.
so - my pool has been great thanks to you guys! However, I'm still getting a recurrence of a light yellow staining to the liner. Ascorbic acid does the trick - I don't even need to use a lot of it. I've tried the Pink Stuff to maintain it - but doesn't seem to work very well. Could this issue be in the liner itself? I think it's around 10 years old and starting to wrinkle at the bottom a bit.
If stain comes off with vitamin C, likely iron. Two options: keep the iron constantly dissolved in the water by use of a sequestrant solution (Jack's magic) or replace the water in the pool with water without iron
