The last thing a pool owner wants to discover are unsightly stains covering the pool tile or liner.
Remove copper metal stains from vinyl pool.
In the following we will touch base on some of the many different metal issues a pool.
Too much copper iron calcium or salts can all result in vinyl liner staining or marks.
There are a lot of factors at play here and as a pool pro we must consider them all.
Removing copper from pool water.
This works great on plaster pools but don t try this to remove stains on a vinyl pool because it could remove the liner pattern.
Mineral and metal stains.
Refill the pool with a pre filter to remove metals and add a sequestrant immediately after balancing the water.
Low ph and high chlorine levels can also erode the copper heat exchanger in a pool heater.
To keep metal and mineral stains from returning add a sequestering agent twice per year to keep minerals sequestered or locked in solution.
Acid washing is not an option for vinyl liner pools.
Part of the reason determining the cause of a stain or discolored water in a swimming pool can be challenging is that a metal in water can present as many different colors.
Removing copper pool stains citric acid works similar to ascorbic acid but is more effective at treating copper based stains.
Works well to remove stains even stubborn copper stains but requires careful planning and execution.
Remember our standard treatment will dissolve copper stains but will not physically remove all the.
This product will remove copper from the water to help prevent the stain from reappearing later.
Too much copper usually results in blue green staining while iron results in brown red or yellow staining.
The brown stain might be caused by the ioniser that deposits iron metal in your pool you need to clear the stains using ascorbic acid then consider reducing iron metal levels in your pool by draining and refilling a portion of your pool water or use a metal remover such as proteam metal magic to remove metals through the filter and.
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Customers with large copper stains should consider using culator metal eliminator in addition to our treatment.
Blue green black gray and purple.
If you aren t sure what type of metal you re dealing with you can bring a water sample to your local pool store for testing or purchase a pool metal test kit.
