Metal Stains

[Watermom]

Oh, there's probably some snake oil salesperson out there claiming to have the cure for all that ails your pool, but ..... no. No miracle cures just yet!

[wsommariva]

I had small stains in my fiberglass pool for a few years. Asorbic acid removed them but they came back. So I bought a filter I think called Metal trap that claims it removes iron and copper from city water. I used it to top off in the spring, about 2,000 gal in a 10k pool. Iron went from 3 ppm to 1 ppm. Now I have no stains. BUT don't count on this for your situation. I don't know why my stains disappeared, just happy they did.

[waterbear]

Something else to try. If your calcium hardness is low bring it up. There is some empirical evidence that higher calcium in a fiberglass pool helps minimize stainjing and cobalt spotting. You still want to maintain a balanced saturation index so if only do this if your pool's saturation index is negative because your calcium is low.