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

anyone ever use Jacks Magic or another chemical to clean the steps. Mine are off white and yellow from winter leaves. I heard to use citric acid but...

I have two different stains that I need help with. The first stain is less than a day old; it is of the most concern. The second stain, on my...

open the pool a few days ago and everythings crystal clear now except for the steps, they are fiberglass and are 4x8 with 4 steps entering in the...

Anyone ever heard of (or utilized) Jack's Magic Blue Stuff ?? It claims it "removes" metals from water EVEN AT high CL levels ? Developed a...

I have a 20,000 gallon vinyl IG in the Boston area. I am eexperiencing staining below the water line on the steps, floor and walls in approximately...

Hello, I am very very new to this forum and very new to pools as I just bought a foreclosed house with a very stained pool. The pool stains are...

Could leaves cause brown stains on the white fiberglass/plactic parts of my inground vinyl pool? Stairs, skimmers etc.. I get alot of leaves in the...

I get brown stains in my fiberglass pool all the time. I can effectively remove them with oxalic acid, but it always turns the water cloudy for...

I ordered stain remover on line assuming it was ascorbic acid, but it is oxyalic acid instead. (I also ordered ascorbic acid from the supplier in...

Inground pool only about 3 years old- liner seems to be fading in the corner- I do use the BBB method and have only had minor problems. also...

The white fiberglass steps in my 3 year old inground vinyl pool are turning yellow. Is there a way to make them look white again?

I have an above ground pool 17x29. Getting yellow staining on skimmer and ladder along with streaks on the floor and walls. Been using the pucks...

Hi, I've begun to de-stain my 16'x32' 27,000 gallon pool. Unfortunately my CL level was very high so the 2 lbs of ascorbic acid I've used have...

tell me what i done wrong and how to fix. i had stains on my pool and i used the asboric acid method to remove. chlorine was at zero when i done...

It has been an awful spring in the NE, which is the only good thing about still trying to open in JULY!! I have had a leak behind my light - the...

Hi, Can anyone tell me if a high concentration of copper in the water reduces soda ash's ability to raise pH? I have copper-induced vinyl liner...

For two years now I have had two tiny spots in the shallow end of my pool. They don't get any bigger and they are not multiplying so I have been lazy...

We have a brown stain on our 10K fiberglass pool that has been there all season. When we opened the pool in the spring, it was a green mess. The...

hope this is correct thread, i am in florida have a 6 year old salt chlorinator pool system with a heater.......I have been told my previous pool...

Any comments or options on this product? I was looking for a metal out product in the local pool store and came across this recently. I have never...

Hello I have read the stickies and many of the posts, but just want to post my particulars before starting the ascorbic acid treatment, to see if...

Following advice from szampino,waterbear and other's the stain is gone.I'm in process of bringing the chlorine level back up to the proper level. The...

I acquired a brown waterline ring over the winter that will not go away. I scrubbed it away with a pad and a diluted bleach agent and it has come...

I tried the ascorbic treatment and everything looked great . I brought the alkalinity up with soda and the PH up with borax. Looked good for a week...

I had metal stains and did the metal treatment with ascorbic acid. Stains lifted off magically and after some time I added the sequestering agent. ...

The other experts have already read about my plight.....but i'm at the breaking point in trying to figure out why the pool after 12 days is still...

I'm trying to start the season out right as opposed to asking the forum after I've made a mess of things. Background: Historically, I've had a...

I'm posting this in the metals/stains forum because I have metals in my pool and have them under 'Metal Control'. I want to make sure that the...

I'm posting this in the metals/stains forum because I have metals in my pool and have them under 'Metal Control'. I want to make sure that the...