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

We just filled our 18x4 round above ground pool (7200 gal. water) with well water. We knew we had an iron problem and immediately put in 21 oz of...

I have an IG vinyl pool that is around 33,500 gal. I opened up this season to find that I missed a hair bobby pin that was sitting on the bottom when...

I added a quart of Polyquat 60 yesterday and my numbers were: CYA 35-40 FC was 5 Ph 8 TA 140 Today's numbers were as follows before -the...

I'm a new pool owner with the Nature2 and inline cholrinator, DE filter with a pebbletec finish. I've read the boards about the Nature2 thoughts and...

I have rust stains around my 2 skimmers and the light on my vinyl inground. Vit C removed the stains last year in a test - never did the whole...

When we bought the house in 2001, we had to have the cement pond (literally, pond). One of the tasks was replastering. They did this. Now, I am...

We are building a house and planning to install a vinyl liner pool next spring (08). We are building in a rural area, and are on a 'rural water'...

I have a problem with metals. There is 0.25 ppm (I think it's ppm) Cu and Fe in the water, and light brown staining on my gunnite pool. Ascorbic acid...

The chemical dictionaries define these as follows: Sequestration --The inhibition or prevention of normal ion behavior by combination with added...

Hello, Hoping for some insight into a recurring metal problem. Pool is IG 22.5k with cartridge filter. Autofill is well water through a...

I did a search for this but didn't find anything that directly related to my question....I have an inground pool and earlier this summer we had some...

I've a recurring stain problem in my fiberglass IG pool. Tried all of the recommended treatments - work fine but within a week the stain is...

Every now and then, depending on the "lighting" I see what looks like dirt stains on the bottom of my plaster pool. At night with the pool light on,...

I have some floor returns... called the enviro tech system... just basically returns water via the floor in additional the side way returns... one of...

Pool is about 2.5 years old. We had a slight algae bloom and we're in the middle of dealing with that, and it struck me from reading other articles...

Please Help!! I have an under ground pool, that holds 18,000 gallons. The pool liner(vinyl) and steps were white and blue when the pool was opened...

I am staining the concrete around my pool, and waited till this past Sunday to do the concrete coping area since the weather people forecasted no...

Hello... I am a recent inground pool owner...pool has been installed for about 8 weeks now...I have a solid black liner. My pool installer put...

I have been fighting my high mineral water for two weeks now. I had a leak so I had to add from the well and turned green within 1 hr of adding...

I have SWG and Diamond Brite pool. There are stains around the 2 main drains. Any suggestions on removal would be appreciated.

The entire pool has developed a light yellow coating that comes off if I rub crushed vitamin C on it. Is there a chemical that I can put into the...

I did a vitamin C treatment last week to remove iron stains. Waited for chorine level to drop low. pH was 7.2. Added some polyquat. Everything was...

When we burn the citronella Tiki Torches around the pool to keep the mosquitos away, it creates a sooty ring at the water line on my vinyl liner....

Any links would be appreciated. Thanks

Where would I purchase a Vitamin C tablet to perform a stain test? Would I ask for Vitamin C or Ascorbic Acid? Thanks!

I have an inground pool with a vinyl liner with an Aquarite SWG. I recently noticed that there were brown stains around the screws that secure the...

Our pool was replastered in March and we had a new pool light installed. We have noticed a dark black-ish stain under the light. PB (that installed...

Hi again. Several threads ago last fall I requested help about ridding my vinyl pool of stains. Got good advice now it's time for action. I...

Hi, I have a 16 X 32 AG vinyl Doughboy. Last winter I closed with shock & Polyquat. This spring I opened to pea soup. Once I got the water...

I'm having a problem controling metals in my water. The first time it happened I used a sock/vitamin c treatment on the steps and it worked (I've...