Hi All,

First post here and hoping Marie or anyone can help me out. After having black bark mulch blow into the pool on the few windy days we had, I began to notice the pool steps and liner begin to turn yellow. The pool is in-ground, 25000 gal, hayward sand filter, hayward super pump, raypak heater, inline chlorinator.

The people who put the pool in recommended sprinkling ascorbic acid over the steps and putting the rest (2lbs) in the skimmer. The staining went away within an hour. However, the moment I started to bring the chlorine up, the staining came back. Again, I did the ascorbic acid treatment and all was well until the I started adding chlorine back in...

I had emailed Alan at www.askalanaquestion.com and he said I should use ascorbic acid and follow that with Liquid Metal Out. Of course his website says nothing but good about the Liquid Metal Out, but has anyone here used it? If not, is there a Metal Out product that you have used? Since the local pool stores here carry nothing, can you point me in the direction of where I might be able to order?

Thank you for your help!

Regards,
Chris