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

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'm in the process of the Ascorbic Acid stain removal. I have well water, 25K gal 30 yr old gunite pool which was drained, acid washed and repainted...

Need some advice! I've been dealing with stains for the last 3 years from having to fill my pool with well water. The ascorbic acid routing...

Hey All, Thought we could all use a place to list these. I have purchased from www.chemistrystore.com but would love to have a cheaper source. You...

I have a 4 month old gunnite pool, 20,000 gls with brownish stains on the walls, bottom and steps. I suspect they are from a copper algaecide I...

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...

After reading the sticky several times I decided to try the ascorbic acid treatment to remove some light staining that I had around the edges of my...

Hi I am new to forum and I have a question about the ascorbic acid treatment. I have a 15K fiberglass pool that had yellowish/brown staining on...

thanks for the info. on removing stains with ascorbic acid. it worked well. seven and ahalf pounds (80,000 gal. pool) removed all stains from vinyl...

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...

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...

I have stains on the bottom and sides of my pool and on the advice of PoolDoc I dropped a vitamin C tablet on one of the stains. The tablet removed...

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?

Please bear with the long post. I think it illustrates some things that have not been discussed about ascorbic acid, at least not since the server...

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...

OK.. Just finished the Ascorbic treatment... Worked as planned.... I have well water and for the past 5-6 years have had issues with metal stains...

Hi everyone! I have been new this summer to BBB and it has been wonderful - crystal clear water all season!!! After I began the system I realized...

The pool is beautiful. No stains or signs of metal, though what I've read says that maybe copper is present in the water. I don't know how to test...

There is Magenta stuff, Purple stuff, Pink stuff and blue.. etc. For copper at 0.2 and mostly everything else is fine with salt at 3400. What would...

Well, big mess up here! While adding water the hose ws left on. Basically have all new well (iron) water! It's a nice green shade right now. ...

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...

All of a sudden I am having issues with black / brown stains on the bottom of my pool. It is an in ground Marcite pool with a salt chlorinator. At...

I have black dots appearing only on the bottom of the linner on my above ground pool. I first noticed 3 or 4 of these last year. I was very late...

This is year two for our IG vinyl pool (STILL building it ourselves -- working on the fence and deck pavers now). This site has been a life saver!...

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'...

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...

Just bought a house with a pool. Concrete has blotchy brownish stains. Chemistry by Pinch-a-Penny is: TC 5 ppm FC 5 ppm CC 0 ppm pH 7.8 TA...

can not get straight answer from our pool chemical supply store. At first they told us our major chemical unbalance was due to metals, copper, being...

New pool owner, just bought a house with an AG 15' x 30' pool. Haven't been able to use it much after a big leak and patch problem. This morning...

Hi All, I have some blue stains in my swim outs after opening the pool last weekend. My chlorine tests show no algae present so I am thinking...