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Thanks. I expected the water to turn colors. I just wanted to know if the brown color was an indication of Baquacrap still being in the pool.
If it turns colors, it's going to turn colors in your pool. No real way around that, sounds like you are most likely good to go, but I'd test for metals 1st, like waterbear noticed.
As for bleachcalc, you should be able to right-click and do "save target as" to save it to your computer. It's a windows app.
Michael
Thanks. I expected the water to turn colors. I just wanted to know if the brown color was an indication of Baquacrap still being in the pool.
I don't remember anyone mentioning the water turning brown during the conversion, but I do think you need to have your water tested for iron (and copper and any other metal) before you start your conversion. If you have iron in the water, and use enough chlorine to complete the conversion, you're quite likely going to have a stained liner to go along with it.
Janet
What can cause this potential metal problem and how will it affect the conversion? Would partially draining the pool help? The pool was lowered for the winter and is now just about filled to the top with melted snow and rain water.
If it's iron it can come from the fill water, from pipes, from something metal that rusted in the pool, etc. Get it checked and once you know if there is metal in the water and what kind it will be easier to try and determine where it came from
Had water tested today and no metals were found. However, there was still some Baquacrap in the water. Removed the cover and I am going to start the conversion this weekend.
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