Absorbic Acid...How much?

[mbar]

THat may explain why the treatment didn't work. If all of the metals that were lifted off the surface of the pool weren't bound up by the sequesterant and you shocked, the metals would have fallen back out onto the surface of the pool. Often after a stain treatment the water is cloudy and will eventually get clear by raising the chlorine slowly, and keeping the filter running 24/7. Did it say on the oxallic acid not to shock? I know with ascorbic acid you should not shock for 2 weeks. If your alk is high, (I never had that happen with a stain treatment) then you have to keep your ph low and turn the return eyballs up so that the water bubbles on top to aerate the water. You can check the thread about alkalinity - ther is a sticky at the top of the page to explain the process. Don't get discouraged, feel free to ask any other questions you have.

[gerri]

I think my pool is trying to kill me.

I have added a whole box of borax today trying to get the Ph up to 7.2.. so should I just leave it now (I just checked and it is still low) and turn the eyeballs up? I'm going to go back and read your post again carefully.

I added some chlorine and a puck in the skimmer.

How often can I test the water for changes, and hopefully improvements?

This is really sucky to spend the 4th weekend with my pool out of whack I'm trying not to get discouraged but dang it! All this and I still have stains.

I didn't shock until I was pretty sure the stain treatment wasn't helping... I shocked last night and still had 0 chlorine today. Oh and I had added a bottle of the AquaChem Metal Stain and Scale treat last week before I started all of this... I hope it helped some. The pool walls from what I can tell now look a bit streaky.

Thanks for all your help. I'm new to all of this and trying to learn as much as I can as fast as I can.

Oh, one more thing. My test strips show 3 ppm total chlorine but 0 free chlorine. ???

Gerri

[gerri]

Oh also, on the oxalic acid it didn't say not to shock and also didn't say to lower chlorine to 0 - but I lowered the chlorine to 0 anyway hoping it would work better.