Ascorbic Acid Treatment for Removing Stains in Your Pool

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This is a follow-up video to my video where I use vitamin C tablets to remove rust stains in a swimming pool. This video will cover using large amounts of Ascorbic Acid to treat staining in your entire pool. I cover using bulk Ascorbic acid and also using Natural Chemistry "Stain Free" - which is Citric acid.

This is a good treatment if your pool has a lot of staining and the spot cleaning is not an option. My pool has some staining on the steps and some of the walls. It isn't severe but has been getting worse over the years. I initially was just going to use 2.2 lbs for my 17,000 gallon pool (1 lb per 10,000 gallons). After the initial treatment the stains did lighten up considerably and I could have stopped. But I also wanted to see how the Natural Chemistry "Stain Free" worked. It is 60-100% Citric Acid which is very similar to Ascorbic Acid only a bit weaker. It seemed to also be very effective.

So you can order bulk Ascorbic Acid online - I got mine on amazon.com for $24.95 (AmazonPrime)

You can also order bulk Citric Acid or just buy the "Stain Free" which is effective also.

One note about the "Stain Free" is that when I called the manufacturer to go over the instructions they were under the impression that metal ions can be filtered out with a Pulp based filter aid. However, studies have shown that Metal Ions are just too small to be filtered out once the Metal Sequestering agents pull them out of the water and suspend them. The only effective way to remove metal from your pool water is to drain it and then refill it with non-metal containing water or to use the CuLator product I show here. CuLator has proven in lab test to indeed trap metal ions. It is expensive but cheaper than draining your pool. The only other option is to just keep adding the maintenance dose of sequestering agents every month to keep the metals suspended. I say all this to let you know to jut ignore the instructions on the back of the "Stain Free" product.

You also will need to keep your pH below 7.8 at all times as a high pH can lead to metals dropping out and staining again. Shocking your pool can also cause this to happen.

One note on running your filter 24 hours. If you have a Sand Filter you want to set it to recirculate which bypasses the filter sand which may have some iron deposits in it and which may drop out and re-stain the pool. If you have a D.E. or cartridge filter, jut run it like normal.

If you have time and want to read an excellent write-up on the process with lots of questions and answers to help you. Here is the link:

http://www.troublefreepool.com/thread...

I am working on two follow-up videos for you also which should be done soon. One is on identifying pool stain types and the other will be on Jack's Magic Stain I.D. Kit. Both I think will help you determine if the Ascorbic Acid Treatment is right for your pool. once they are done I will include the video links here.

My pool does look a lot better. I can put off an Acid Wash for another couple of years (plaster is almost 10 years old) and the stains did lighten and in some spots are completely gone.

A short note on the Metal Sequestering Agents shown here:
HASA Super Stain out is a combination of an organic stain remover and a Metal Sequestering Agent. The company will not disclose the ingredients but there are three and one is for metals.

I like the Jack's Magic Stuff. The Blue, Pink, Purple and Magenta stuff are all metal sequestering agents. I like the Magenta Stuff as it has a general sequestering agent in it - any of them should work in this case.

Related Videos:
How to Diagnose and Test Swimming Pool Stains:    • How to Diagnose and Test Swimming Pool Stains  
Removing a Rust Stain in your pool with Vitamin C - Ascorbic Acid Treatment:    • Removing a Rust Stain in your pool with Vi...  
Metal in Pool Water, How to Treat and Eliminate Metal:    • Metal in Pool Water, How to Treat and Elim...  
CuLator Metal Eliminator & Stain Preventer:    • CuLator Metal Eliminator & Stain Preventer  
Jack's Magic Stain IDentification Kit: Testing a Stain to See if it is a Metal: Stain:   • Jack's Magic Stain IDentification Kit: Tes...  
Acid Wash, How to Acid Wash Your Pool:    • Acid Wash, How to Acid Wash Your Pool  
Acid Wash Follow-Up: 24 Hrs Later:    • Acid Wash Follow-Up: 24 Hrs Later  
Metal In Your Pool Water Playlist:
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