Lets beat my stain

[MUTTS]

While I wait for answers to my questions, I started ordering some things from amazon. Estimated total of $325. Certainly not a cheap clean up.
Tony

[PoolDoc]

Do you have an earlier post, describing your stains and problems?

Can you list what you have on hand to clean up the stains?

Would you complete the pool info form: http://pool9.net/pf-chart/ ?

[Watermom]

Ben, he described the issue in the first post in this thread.

[MUTTS]

Ok...the stuff came early in the week. Last night I added the polyquat and will do so again tomorrow. Got the ph down to 7.0-7.2 and the chlorine to 0.4 so decided tonight it was time. Used just about 3 pounds of ascorbic acid. Simply amazing. What I thought was minimal staining turned out to be more pronounced as we could see the streaks of clear pool appear on the walls and floor. In 45 min it was clear! Added the Pink Stuff and stuck the 4.0 ppm culator in the skimmer sock lining the skimmer basket. Hopeful it will continue to look this good. Going to add a little pink stuff whenever I add water. May keep the pack in the skimmer full time and replace every 30 days.

Tomorrow night will raise ph a little with borax and then if it's good on Monday add bleach. I assume I want to add enough to get chlorine to 3-6 ppm ( current cya 40-50) but it likely won't be enough when I retest next day because of vit c? Thanks for your help.

[MUTTS]

Well--Im now 9 days out from giving my pool the "treatment". We are maintaining chlorine levels. The liner looks fantastic and the pool is crystal clear. Im going to keep the culator in for thirty days and then replace it. Im thinking about adding some Jacks magic pink stuff whenever I add water.

Been using bleach but will likely hook the salt system up this weekend.

Any other thoughts/advice or am I all set for now??

Thanks

[PoolDoc]

It's a good idea to add some Pink Stuff when you add water; it will keep the metal in the water, hopefully long enough for the CuLator to capture it.

I would recommend that you NOT discard the Culator. Unless it's heavily discolored or gummed up with skimmer goo, it still works. The manufacturer's 30 day deadline had, I believe, more to do with sales than function. Instead, tie the old bag to the ladder or something else, and put the new one in the skimmer. The Culator's are quite slow at 'gathering' the metals; the more bags you have in the pool, the better off you'll be.