Thanks all for the advice. Some good stuff in there.

I've been waiting until I had some info to pass on but unfortunately just looking for more advice.

I finally got in touch with someone at the pool manufacturer who had somewhat of a clue. Can't drain it or I void my warranty. They recommended proteam metal magic and said they would ship me some. Been waiting 3 weeks now, calling every couple of days and hearing excuse after excuse of why it didn't ship yet. I'm skeptical that it will work anyway. I've probably spent $300 bucks or so in the last year for metal something or others that did nothing but take the green color out of my wallet.

I read with interest about vitamin c. I took a tablet that I had, rubbed it on a spot for 30 seconds or so and the spot was nice and white after. Looks like it might work.

I also read about adding muriatic acid to the water to bring the ph real low to dissolve the stains then add a metal remover to capture and filter it out. Unfortunately no details other than read the bottle. The bottle of course doesn't say "If your a moron and have badly stained your pool add this amount" Anyone heard of using that?

I know I can get muriatic acid locally but not bulk vitamin c. I'd have to wipe out the vitamin section from every walmart for a 20 mile radius.

Anyone heard of the muriatic acid route before?

Thanks for all the thoughts and advice,

Mark