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

I was just wondering if anyone has any tried using a Mr. Clean Magic eraser sponge for cleaning the waterline scum of a vinyl liner. Or should I use...

OK, I've recently opened an 24' AG pool. The pool has not been opened in 2 years. We purchased the house last year but chose not to open the...

I am testing my water myself with Ben's test kit. I recently decided to have a pool store do a test for comaprison. The pool store suggested I add...

I just had my pool installed (30,000 gal concrete). THe white plaster appears mottled throughout the pool. Is this normal? When the pool was...

I have a brownish yellow stain around the perimeter of my pool. 40,000 gallon vinyl liner - L shape about 6 years old There was a faint stain...

There are many recipes on the internet for removing iron stains, most contain the addition of salt, mostly to citric acid/lemon juice. The...

Hello - I have a fiberglass pool that gets brown stains, esp. when I have to use high chlorine levels (as I recently did to get rid of a bad algae...

I have a black faint film :eek: around my skimmer/basket area and I am wondering how you get rid of that????? Thanks:) Michelle

In an ongoing fight against iron in solution in the water, carried into it by airborne red dirt (ferric oxide aka rust), I was wondering whether a DE...

I have tried many things, but still not sure what I have with all these spots . They started only in certain areas last fall, but now cover the...

I'm trying to get rid of metal stains in my IG pool. I put in 2lbs of Ascorbic Acid into my pool and then I put in "Stain Out". The Stain Out is...

I have stains on my grout where my tile is. The stains also appear to be in my flagstone coping. I have one piece of coping that is cracked from...

My water is green, but clear. We had a lot of acid rain here over the past few weeks, while I've been trying to clear it. The water is clear, and...

I have been reading on some websites that zeolite helps to remove iron from water and is altogether a better media than sand. The filter size is 300...

We have a 25,000 gal pool. We have been taking the water to be sampled at a pool place but don't seem to be getting much resolution. The water...

We just had our pool finished in April and looks like we have a rust stain on the floor (think it came from a bottle cap). What would be the best...

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Hi everyone, Glad to see the site back up and running!!! I'm getting ready to prep my in ground pool for the summer and was wondering how folks...

Hi experienced pool owners! Please help an inexperienced pool owner if you can. This is our second year of opening the vynil lined 30,000 gallon...

A thunderstorm just filled my pool most of the way up the tile. It needs to be shocked as well and it occured to me that I could fill it up above...

Hi, I remember reading somewhere before the big crash that the only way to get metals out of the water was to stain something, preferably the...

Anyone have any idea on what this Blue stuff is? Is there a "generic" chemical that can do what it does? (Is it just a metal sequesterer?) I...

Hi, I have a vinyl inground pool that has some stains on the bottom that were caused by leaves, acorns etc...What is the best way to get rid of...

I top off my pool throughout the summer with unsoftened well water (Not Bad) and wanted to know if I need to add a metal removal product of some sort...

Just now trying to open pool. I will be honest in saying we are not the best at testing the chemicals in the pool - never really had any problems...

I drained and refilled about 20% of my pool (about 7,000 gallons) a couple of weeks ago to get the calcium down. I will probably do the same again...