Forum: Dealing with Stains & Metals, . . . and 'Minerals' & 'Ions',

Was blowing my landscaping and blew a little fertilizer into my pool (dumb move fertilizing before cleaning the yard ) .. and now I have 2 little...

I've read for many iron stain removal processes that the water temp should be at least 65 degrees. Does this apply to the ascorbic acid method?

I have a 25,000 gallon white fiberglass pool in service for 7 years. It has a sand filter and Hayward pool heater. I drain off 9-12” of water every...

Hi, We just bought a house with an in-ground pool. It is about 22,000 gallons. We ran some test at the local pool store and the level of copper in...

I have a 25K gal plaster pool which was painted 2 summers ago. In doing our opening this became victim to a stain which is covering about 85% of the...

Hi to all. We just installed a new 33' round above ground pool (28,000 gallons) ourselves. quite a project! Unfortunately we are in a very rural...

I just found a cheap source of ascorbic acid, in case anyone is looking for some. Trader Joe's offfers a 1 lb container of Vitamin C powder (ascorbic...

I hope this is the correct forum. I looked for the metals pool forum and this was the closest I could find. So here goes. I have an above ground...

Hi everyone, I read several threads on here about removing stains and really appreciate the knowledge stored here! I brought my Chlorine level...

Is there any issue with using Stain and Scale on a pool that is usine Carribean Clear Copper, Silver Ionizer?:)

Hi All!! I'm new to the forums and am finally getting the hang of my chemistry thanks to all of you! Now, I find myself needing to clean up the...

A customer of mine made a terrible mistake by using some steel Brillo pads to clean their tile and after they were done. They woke up the next...

I have been battling this metal issue all summer and cannot shake it. So... After adding a maintenance dose of metal magic the pool got a little...

I purchased an 15' by 48" (4400 gallons) Intex metal frame pool this year and filled it up with well water. It looked ok at first but once it got...

I recently added 2 qts. of metal out to my 27,000 gal. pool. It cleared up the stains beautifully. Then the water clouded up and turned green so I...

I am having a tough problem with the pool this year. I have been using the BBB method for several years with no problem. This year the pool has had a...

Hi all...there seems to be a wealth of information on here and I am so new to this whole thing that it's downright overwhelming. We have a 16' x...

My system doesn't have a circulate mode; everthing goes thru the paper element filters. What changes do I need to make to the stickied procedure for...

My pool water was green upon fill; apparently I have iron in my water due to corrosion in my pipes (brought to my attention by Pool Doc). I am...

This is our first season owning a pool (came with the house we bought). After opening and running the pool for a week we started to notice stains...

Hello all. I have a 33' above ground pool that had a really bad algae problem. We use Pristine Blue so the pool ppl said to drain it so we did. ...

Hi, I opened our pool a few weeks ago. It was a fairly easy open and the water was sparkling clear within a day or two (and still is). However I...

I was reading the sticky by Pool Doc concerning copper ions. I have SWG from Intex that uses an electrolytic cell and I also have copper ion test...

Hi All, First post here and hoping Marie or anyone can help me out. After having black bark mulch blow into the pool on the few windy days we...

I have a concrete with fiberglass walls pool and in the shallow end on one side there is a 18" strip in the middle of the wall that is a light brown...

Hi Marie. I actually found a way to remove iron - really remove it. No more chemicals!!! We took a 5-gal bucket (Fresh Step kitty litter,...

Hi I have an inground vinyl pool- 28,000 gallons and recently have had issues with brown looking stains in the pool. We had our 5 year old heater...

My first pool coming in two days, size is 21' by 52". I'm reading as much as possible but am freightened this is going to turn into a never ending...

we have had a lot of rain.... my pool is developing algae on the walls and floor and although the water is not green, i am seeing a slight, very...

I have a quick silly question, that I couldn't find the answer to when searching the Forum. Does sequestered iron (which if I understood Chem Geek...