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

Issues w/ stains, from iron, copper, & other metals & with copper-based products: Nature2, Vision, Frog, Ionizers, skimmer pills, Pristine Blue, Chlor-Free & . . . ?

  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: Basic Guidelines for Stain Removal

    This was posted by PoolDoc in another thread this morning. It is concise and simple. A more thorough guide for dealing with metals in a pool is in...

    Started by Watermom‎, 06-10-2014 12:20 PM
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  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: FAQs & Guides: Stains, Metals, 'Minerals', 'Ionizers'

    ____________________________________________ 10 Basic Facts about Pool Stains Stain removal with ascorbic acid Bucket test for the presence...

    Started by PoolDoc‎, 06-06-2018 07:28 PM
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  3. Sticky Thread Sticky: 10 Basic Facts about Pool Stains

    ___________________________________________ 10 Basic Facts about Pool Stains ___________________________________________ 1. Most pool stains...

    Started by PoolDoc‎, 06-21-2018 07:08 AM
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  1. Salt Water Stain Removal

    I have a 10K fiberglass pool that has iron stains. Although Ascorbic acid works great it makes it difficult to manage the chlorine levels (even with...

    Started by Nelsonto‎, 09-29-2014 09:54 AM
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  2. Unhappy cloudy and still balancing metals

    TODAY'S NUMBERS: FC 2.0 cc .5 PH 7 ALK 60 CYA 80 Hi, and thank you in advance! The water is not green, but it is very cloudy and I cannot...

    Started by mrszaff‎, 07-10-2014 10:09 AM
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  3. Using HydroPureTech cartridges to deal with Iron

    I have a very hard well with super high iron content. I found the metaltrap 6 at http://hydropuretechnologies.com/ that removes just about all the...

    Started by jeffstang‎, 07-12-2013 08:57 AM
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    thread-to-edit
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    07-15-2014 11:20 AM Go to last post
  4. Iron in water source

    New liner in 22000 in ground pool. Filled with well water. Now green-brown. Would like ti REMOVE iron if possible. No other water source available.

    Started by stcohen‎, 08-03-2014 06:47 PM
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  5. Stains in Fiberglass pool

    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...

    Started by BarryY‎, 03-29-2006 01:04 PM
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    pix2fix
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    05-20-2010 06:12 PM Go to last post
  6. Stain removal via ascorbic acid treatment

    Info is correct, but method needs rewriting Few people seem to be able to follow this process successfully, because it is too hard for most....

    Started by aylad‎, 07-31-2007 02:32 PM
    • Replies: 2
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    06-24-2012 09:49 AM Go to last post
  7. New Pool Owner With High Iron Manually Removing Iron

    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,...

    Started by labdi01‎, 06-06-2010 01:43 PM
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    06-18-2010 02:56 PM Go to last post
  8. Unhappy Freaking OUT! Brown stains on my gunite pool!

    I have an 8 month old gunite pool in Oklahoma. It is 15,000 gallons and is not heated. I have an ozone chlorinator. I am battling brownish stains...

    Started by dblomom‎, 05-23-2012 09:23 PM
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    white bucket
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    06-20-2012 05:16 PM Go to last post
  9. Perma Salt / Permasalt Ionizer system w/ Activate, Preparate, Klairavate Info!

    PoolDoc note: I'm extending the information originally in this thread, to create a general Permasalt FAQ. ...

    Started by eklipse38‎, 06-10-2012 11:25 PM
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    05-24-2018 06:10 PM Go to last post
  10. Pool water turned green after shocking. How to clear it??

    We have an above ground pool. It's an 18 by 52. We are on WELL water. We filled it and it was nice and clear. Then I put Shock and Swim in it and its...

    Started by aces3‎, 06-16-2013 01:04 PM
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  11. Metal in pool

    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...

    Started by doriec‎, 06-19-2010 08:46 PM
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  12. Newbie - Stain removal via ascorbic acid

    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...

    Started by herb396‎, 07-16-2010 04:29 PM
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  13. Whole Pool Stain, Rough Plaster at Season Open

    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...

    Started by squirrel49‎, 05-07-2007 08:59 PM
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    pix2fix
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  14. Brown water in pool- from Iron

    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...

    Started by newguyjosh‎, 06-03-2010 03:16 PM
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  15. Unhappy Lime Green Pool Water

    We have struggled with getting our pool clean all summer so about 10 days ago we completly drained the pool and filled it with fresh water. It was...

    Started by amyches8179‎, 07-15-2011 02:48 PM
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  16. Cool Nature 2?

    Has anybody ever used the Nature 2 system? At some point every year I have developed a black algae problem which, as most know, is very tough to get...

    Started by milynor‎, 04-10-2006 05:12 PM
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    06-22-2006 10:40 PM Go to last post
  17. Aqua Green in color

    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. ...

    Started by Dirtboy6‎, 06-13-2010 08:34 AM
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  18. Angry Dark Brown water - NOT IRON!!!!

    I need help. I've been to the pool store twice already and nothing seems to help. We installed a 15' Intext above ground pool last weekend. ...

    Started by cans25‎, 06-04-2011 08:01 PM
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    06-05-2011 10:12 AM Go to last post
  19. Fiberglass pool badly stained

    So glad you guys are back :) Might as well be among the first of the needy ! Background, have a small fiberglass pool that uses a heat...

    Started by hoogie‎, 03-26-2006 05:32 PM
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  20. Ascorbic acid treatment for stains, which sequestering agent to use?

    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...

    Started by MountainStone‎, 04-18-2012 12:53 AM
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    stains, sticky
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    06-10-2012 08:33 PM Go to last post
  21. What is cheapest online source of ascorbic acid?

    Any links would be appreciated. Thanks

    Started by framcus‎, 05-12-2007 07:36 AM
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  22. Info-post: Stains: Iron, Copper, Silver & More

    FAQ: "Stains & Metal Matters: Iron, Copper, Silver & More" About copper and silver based 'sanitizers' . . . Metal based treatment systems...

    Started by PoolDoc‎, 03-25-2006 06:29 PM
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  23. Smile Green Hair Problem After Using Bioguard Smart Shock

    Hello all! My family has moved to a home with an in-ground, vinyl lined pool. We live in the upper midwest, and our pool is open from mid-May until...

    Started by SnoopysGirl‎, 07-05-2012 03:35 PM
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    bleach decomposition, culator, drain without draining, links, sticky, sticky+
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  24. fiberglass, slight yellow whole pool stain/coating

    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...

    Started by jonnygib‎, 05-22-2007 10:20 PM
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  25. Smile Light brown stains from pool need suggestions

    Do I use an ascorbic solution as mentioned in here or use a Jack Magic Magenta type of solution and add metal free for a few days.There is a 1.5 ppm...

    Started by phillipjko‎, 04-26-2015 07:40 PM
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  26. Unhappy First pool, might be our LAST...name says it all!

    Hi all! Newbie here....new and stupid. Bought an Intex 15' x 42" Easy Up for the kids, spent a week clearing, leveling & setting the thing up....

    Started by swamp mistress‎, 07-09-2010 07:56 PM
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    08-22-2011 06:38 PM Go to last post
  27. Bucket test for metals

    Doing a "Bucket Test" for Metals In a perfect world, you'd always know everything you need to know about your pool. And, you'd know when you...

    Started by PoolDoc‎, 06-17-2012 05:58 PM
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  28. Kem Tek 338 vs Jack's Magic Purple Stuff in salt pool?

    I've been using Jack's Magic Purple Stuff successfully for several years to prevent metal staining in my salt water pool (I use a SWCG for...

    Started by JimK‎, 05-30-2012 03:14 PM
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  29. using citric acid to remove metal stains...

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

    Started by river-wear‎, 07-26-2010 11:40 PM
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  30. Results of Ascorbic Acid Treatment for Stains

    Began the treatment prescribe on 7/14 - FC=0, PH=7.0, TA = 80 CYA = 45. -- Used 20 oz of polyquat on 7/12 as FC dropping below minimum on Best...

    Started by Cookieman‎, 07-21-2012 01:48 PM
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    culator, skimmer tabs, stains, sticky
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    09-12-2012 03:11 PM Go to last post

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