stains

We have a 13,000 gallon plaster in-ground pool/spa combo that was built in 2010. We've been in the house for a year and - thanks to everything I've learned from the forum - I've been meticulously maintaining the pool and water chemistry. The pH tends to run high because of the spa spillway and...

Hi dear members, I haven't been able to remove these stains from my pool since I bought my home less than a year ago, when I got my home the water was dark green and after clearing it up those stains remained, not sure if they were there before. The water is balanced, I have already used Cal...

Hello, My pool was built back in June, 22 by A&S. It came with the house we purchased. It is a gunite pool. I observed white stains a couple months back, and they are expanding. I have a high Ph problem due, not sure because it is a new pool or just swg. I am really note sure if these...

The day after our leathered marble (Royal Beige by Tile Paver Source) was installed and sanded, a rust color has been seeping through the tile under the porch. This has not occurred where the tile was mortared around the pool. I suspect this is due to the paver base not being appropriate sand...

I'll try to keep it short. I have some large areas of staining that I suspected were from copper. My suspicions are driven by the kids hair constantly turning green, as well as a spot test of a vitamin-c tablet having black color reaction with the stains before eventually disappearing. I...

Not sure what caused this or how to remove it. Anyone have any suggestions?

Here’s an idea to save a lot of time, trouble and cost…. Pool cages are popular in some locales, we like them in FL to keep out things like bugs, leaves & young kids. Over time the hundreds of little sheet metal screws that hold the cage together often rust. I suppose they are seldom made from...

Help!! I’m losing my mind. I have small brown spots on the tanning ledge, stairs and some on the pool floor (fiberglass 7,500 gallons) . I can’t seem to find the source. I noticed a spot on the pool deck and around the bottom of the railing. Only thing I can think of is I had a new deck built...

First time pool owners in MI and needing help with concrete repair work and first time sealing. We had an in-ground fiberglass pool installed last summer with a concrete brush finish pool deck/patio area that has a basic bullnose coping that was done with silicone forms. We also have an...

Hi! I opted for a leuders outdoor kitchen countertop for our outdoor kitchen. Leuders is a regional limestone from Leuders, TX, so I am unable to find a bunch of information on this. We got some burger grease on the countertop. I've tried soap and water and the stain is deep in the stone...

Hello friends: We had an in-ground spa completed in December of 2021. The coping around the spa is a pre-cast concrete, unsealed. A few months after the spa was completed and filled with water, we started noticing blotchy marks on the coping. I had the contractor come by and he took some...

My pool was completed about 30 days ago. After plaster pool was acid washed and then filled but I didn’t had sod installed at the time and Texas Red Dirt Top soil got in the pool in large amounts. Per PB instruction, I brushed about 5 times a day towards center drain and got lots of the dirt...

Over the past couple of months, yellowish stains have been popping up and they are increasing and getting darker. They don't scrub off. I've been told a few things: 1. Possible rebar rusting. I don't think this is the case. The pool is less than 1 year old. 2. Salt creates stains faster...

Hi all, I've gotten some great advice from this forum for the last few years. Thanks to all the excellent contributors. I just pulled the cover off my pool. Can I power wash above the water line to clean the staining? I don't want to drain the pool completely. If yes, I also wonder if there is...

Hello everyone, I have a 15,000 gallon saltwater gunite pool, that since early on had some uneven coloring. The company that did the pool told me that it was due to the way the plastering was done and offered to acid wash it, but we decided it not to do it to prolong the life of the plaster. The...

Hi, Over the years, I've noticed my plaster pool getting larger and larger stains. I believe part of the issue is that I don't really do much during winter time. It's cold enough that algae don't tend to grow very quickly and I'm assuming that the lack of brushing once a week has made it such...

Who can I get to get this off and not charge me too much ? I can’t do it myself and you tubes not always safe . Appreciate numbers for estimates that don’t require me to pay re doing the whole floor .

Last year I was battling some stains and finally got around to jumping in with a sock filled with crushed vitamin C tablets, and swishing that around the stain seemed to immediately remove some of it. It's a tough process because the vitamin C tablets don't last long in the water...maybe I need...

This is my first post, and I can’t tell you how thankful I am for this community. We had some algae and started a slam. Usually, the slam clears everything up, but there are some stubborn black stains. I think it might be black algae and have been brushing it a few times a day with a steel brush...

I need help! I had our pool resurfaced 6 days ago with Aruba Sky, QuartzScapes. I have large 35,000 gallon pool with a deep end of 10ft. The hose went in the pool at 6pm to begin filling. It take approximately 10 hours of 2 hoses full blast, to even begin see water start to cover the shallow...

Hello all, I'm a wanna-be do-it-yourselfer trying to figure out if I should (or even can) de-stain my 1,560 ft3 fiberglass pool or paint it. Here's my dilemma: First, what the heck is this? This pool has been empty...

I keep getting iron stains. Spot treatment with Ascorbic acid takes them off, then they redeposit. Rather than sequestering every week, I’m thinking of just using my pool water to water my lawn (which I need to do anyway), and refilling my pool with fresh water, thus exchanging a few hundred...

Hello, I'm new to owning a pool and have frequented this forum for maintaining the pool after having an algae breakout. I've gotten a test kit and been trying to keep the right levels. I have been ignoring the pool and just running the SWG chlorine at a good level hoping it would run the pool...

Briar here. I am deep in the process of an ascorbic acid stain removing process for my 20k IG, Indoor plaster pool. Tested the steps with ascorbic acid in sock and had some fading. I bought the house 7 years ago and the pool was in atrocious shape. A local pool co. did a pretty thorough...

Hi all, I had a stain that I couldn't remove from my pool wall, and after doing a Jack's Magic Stain ID test I determined that a Jack's Magic "O2 Safe Shock & Stain Solution #2 Treatment" should work. I went ahead and did the treatment about 10 weeks ago. Oh boy am I regretting it! The...

I've had numerous above ground pools, with no problems. Our IG plaster was filled last week. The fill water looked green and the sides are now stained light brown . The builder suggests I throw in a couple of bottles of Stain Away and a bottle of Jack's Magic*. I've done enough reading to know...

I’ve got these for a couple of weeks now. It’s only two places in the entire pool surface. Are these stains? If so, course of action? Big thank you!