Stained Painted Pool Surfaces

Stains on the pool surfaces, pool equipment
or on the swimmers, or off-color swimming pool
water. Discolored but clear pool water.
mglange1
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Stained Painted Pool Surfaces

Postby mglange1 » Sat 08 May, 2010 18:00

I drained the pool last weekend due to high CYA levels. I tried to power-wash what I thought was algae today with no results. I tried brushing an area with 6% bleach and power-washing again. This also created no results. Lastly I cut a lemon in half and rubbed it over the stained surface. This worked great. I've attached pictures. The stain covers all painted surfaces of the pool. I really don't want to rub lemon halves across the whole pool. Is there a treatment I should do before refilling the pool or should I refill the pool & treat this stain then?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike
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All painted surfaces are stained
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Lemon quickly cleaned this step surface
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Stain surface versus area cleaned with lemon
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Stained Painted Pool Surfaces

Postby lbridges » Sun 09 May, 2010 18:25

Acid in the lemon?

Then perhaps a brushing with dilute muratic acid would do the trick.
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Stained Painted Pool Surfaces

Postby Xclusive » Mon 10 May, 2010 08:37

lbridges wrote:Acid in the lemon?

Then perhaps a brushing with dilute muratic acid would do the trick.


I agree. A light acid wash should take care of those stains. Mix, apply and brush the walls down with 1 part muriatic acid and about 5 parts water. Rinse down the walls when done. Should take care of those stains.

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