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Problem with sun oil on liner walls...

by hitech444 » Mon 13 Jul, 2009 07:46

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Hi,
We have a hotel pool which the last few days has developed a 10cm yellowish color above water level on the liner walls. I'm almost sure that...

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I have been told that Zyke stores in France supply a pad which will remove the stains

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Tue 25 Aug, 2009 06:31
Brown stains gunite pool

by raiderron » Thu 20 Aug, 2009 11:11

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1 year old gunite pool. Northern California city of Willows water. Scattered, (some large) brownish stains. Contacted pool builder numerous times,...

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Thanks for the reply: White gunite, not sure what a marble finish is, so I think no. Yes I do use fertilizer, and yes some fertilizer may have gotten...

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Last post by raiderron
Fri 21 Aug, 2009 10:29
Help! *Very* sudden change in water color!

by UpLate » Wed 19 Aug, 2009 16:18

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This summer (my second as a pool owner) I got lazy on my testing. I use a Taylor test kit. Anyway, the pool was looking great. I had beautiful...

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The good news is that you don't need to worry about your dumping a small amount of test reagents into your pool water. The bad news is that the fact...

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Last post by chem geek
Wed 19 Aug, 2009 19:53
Green stains across my entire pool. (pics) Please help

by lbj23 » Sat 15 Aug, 2009 18:52

I've been trying to brush this away for weeks and the stains don't move. I showed these pictures to the guy at Leslies, he told me to squeeze a lemon...

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Last post by lbj23
Sat 15 Aug, 2009 18:52
Yellow /brown stain on liner walls

by stuart kerton » Mon 10 Aug, 2009 02:06

hi can anyone help the problem i think is sun tan oil or self tanning lotion its leaving a yellow/brown ring around the pool at the water line about...

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Last post by stuart kerton
Mon 10 Aug, 2009 02:06
brown stains

by vicki gibson » Sun 09 Aug, 2009 19:34

We have a 34 ft round above ground pool. Our water is clear and we have been using chlorine tablets to keep the water clean. Now we have a light...

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Sun 09 Aug, 2009 19:34
Stained liner help!

by cheribrady » Sun 12 Jul, 2009 10:28

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We have a 36,000 gallon inground pool with a vinyl liner and a sand filter. We also have well water with a high concentration of iron. We opened our...

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Thanks! We will try it! I also bought 3 pounds of vitamin c powder and dumped that it. It did a pretty good job but there's still iron stains on the...

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Last post by cheribrady
Fri 31 Jul, 2009 04:34
Rust Stain in Pebbletec

by carnab » Sun 19 Jul, 2009 23:26

This morning I shocked pool using bag of shock that had a corroded aluminum clip on it to keep it closed, A flake of rust was on the bag and it feel...

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Last post by carnab
Sun 19 Jul, 2009 23:26
Stained steps

by eplowman » Mon 11 May, 2009 21:34

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My steps look brown. What could be causing that?

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Hi I am having the same problem.. my problem started with low ph and I had to increase the water hardness; those levels are close to being back to...

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Last post by robertj
Fri 17 Jul, 2009 19:16
Pretty blue water turned pretty green after chlorine

by dannalong » Sun 05 Jul, 2009 14:11

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I found out the hard way that I have metals in my water. I have already add the needed chemicals in my pool, stablizer and conditioner, chlorine, etc...

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What kind of algaecide? Was it an inexpensive linear quat? If so, then this can cause foaming and could cloud. If it was PolyQuat 60 (ingredient is...

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Last post by chem geek
Mon 06 Jul, 2009 17:40
Removing Black Walnut Stains

by riverboy » Wed 23 May, 2007 09:46

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How do you remove Black Walnut stains from a Vinyl liner? Any suggestions? Would bleach harm the liner?

Ive tried some Omni Stain cleaner with...

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hi,
we have a new swimming pool..i saw a black stain inline with water,what seems to be the problem? and the water is not clear but the color is...

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Last post by ynnsonche
Mon 06 Jul, 2009 08:50
NEED HELP! Cloudy water after metal out & shock

by Dixie » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 11:26

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Hi. One month ago, I got a new intex above ground 20'x48" vinyl liner pool.(8800 gallons). We had the fire dept. fill it from a fire hydrant in...

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My pool done the same thing. It is the metals in the water that are causing it to turn. I was supposed to wait 48 hours to shock after the metal out,...

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Last post by kheath
Wed 01 Jul, 2009 08:00
brown algae spots

by dillandra » Thu 17 Aug, 2006 19:29

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I have brown algae spots on bottom and steps of my pool they brush away real easy but keep returning even after shoclking over chloronating etcccc...

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good luck my is the same way and i still cant get it clear, we have been working on it for two weeks and still cloudy water, and we also have tried...

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Last post by patty
Fri 19 Jun, 2009 12:42
Acid Bath?

by bnsfengineer » Mon 11 May, 2009 12:52

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I asked a friend who previously owned a Pool Service business for many years how I could remove staining on my new plaster pool without acid washing....

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you have a new plastered pool with stains?
are your chemicals balanced?
is it from leaves?
what type of pool surface do you have?
what color is it?...

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Last post by mr_clean
Sat 06 Jun, 2009 16:02
Filter is a rusty color but water is clear

by swoodruff68 » Thu 04 Jun, 2009 13:37

Hi Everyone-

We have a Intex 12,000 gal above ground swimming pool going on the 3rd year now.

Drained and refilled this year to swim. Shocked and...

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Last post by swoodruff68
Thu 04 Jun, 2009 13:37
fibreglass pool brown staining on bottom

by noelr » Mon 11 Feb, 2008 10:28

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Hello out there,

I am completely new to swimming pool maintenance so please bear with me if i am going over old issues.

I do not have a pool...

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Hi there,

Have had the same problem in many pools,

The best thing to use is proxide, what you use on your hair to dye it, it should take the...

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Last post by easypools
Mon 01 Jun, 2009 05:27
Chem geek; white deposits on gray plaster?

by geeman » Fri 29 May, 2009 07:11

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I am a plasterer in PA. I have a gray plastered pool; white cement, white marble, black Davis hydro-tint. The pool was plastered last July and...

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I don't have knowledge in this area so can't help you. It is true that calcium scale is more likely to form at higher temperatures.

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Last post by chem geek
Fri 29 May, 2009 10:32
Blue stains

by drod » Sun 17 May, 2009 17:27

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My pool steps, the bottom of the pool and some of the edges around the pool have a blue stain. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Drodz :?

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Hi,

Are you using chlorine tablets in the pool? What type of surface is the pool? (vinyl? plaster?)

Do you know the pH of the water?

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Last post by Denali
Thu 21 May, 2009 20:24
Mysterious stains

by bdosmike » Sun 17 May, 2009 17:59

I live in Barbados in a town house with a 16ft x 10 ft pool identical to my neighbour's. It has been perfect for a year and the pool guy maintains...

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Last post by bdosmike
Sun 17 May, 2009 17:59
Algae stains NO copper/iron

by Guest » Wed 06 May, 2009 08:40

ITS BEEN CONFIRM, I HAVE ALGAE STAINS. Ran some test at local Leslie Pool store for metal or copper/iron and here are the results:

FC: 0
pH: 8.0...

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Wed 06 May, 2009 08:40

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