What causes copper staining in pool?

What causes copper staining in pool?

Copper staining occurs when copper is introduced into the pool from sulphate blocks, copper and silver systems, low-quality pool salts or copper-based algaecides. All of these products add invisible copper ions into your pool water. This then causes discolouration in the form of a stubborn coloured stain.

How do you remove metal stains from vinyl pool liner?

Ascorbic acid (yep! Vitamin C) is a great product for removing mineral stains on vinyl pools, and also works well on vinyl pool step stains. To keep metal and mineral stains from returning, add a sequestering agent twice per year, to keep minerals ‘sequestered’, or locked in solution.

What do copper stains look like in pool?

Copper usually stains a green, blue-green, or blue-green-black hue. These stains usually happen when your pool is being filled by well water, or if you have copper plumbing that has corroded.

What is the best stain remover for pools?

A common follow up treatment to remove metal pool stains is Natural Chemistry’s Stain Free, or our own A+ Stain Remover. Stain free and A+ Stain are ascorbic acid based pool stain removers. That’s right, regular granular Vitamin C – and it makes a great all-natural pool stain remover.

How do you remove iron stains from a pool?

These orange stains are from rust created when iron is introduced into the pool water, either inside the water itself, or when an iron object is placed into the water. You can remove these stains with ascorbic acid, also known as vitamin C. Lower the chlorine level in your pool to between 0 and 2 parts per million.

How do you remove metal from pool water?

Metals are not impossible to remove from pool water. If you have severe metallic pool stains in your pool, try CuLator Metal Eliminator. Drop the CuLator 4.0 Powerpak your pump basket and it actually absorbs metals such as Copper, Iron, Manganese, Cobalt , Silver, and Nickel.

How do you clean a stained pool liner?

Stains can occur on a swimming pool liner from rust, minerals in the water and algae. After using towels to clean the liner, take vitamin C tablets and rub them gently on any remaining stains.