Will this work?

[PoolDoc]

Once the stains are lifted, your best best to REMOVE the iron, rather than to RE-STAIN the pool (because all the iron is STILL in the pool; just dissolved in the pool water) is to use cal hypo ONLY in small, increasing doses, so that you gradually raise your chlorine and pH levels

NO TABS; JUST CAL HYPO. If you put tabs ANYWHERE in the system, you MUST stop with the skimmer cal hypo!!

In an earlier post, PoolDoc said to not add tabs to my skimmer and just use Cal hypo through it. Should I take the tabs out and add a small amount of cal hypo, or just keep them in and monitor the situation?

Yep, I didn't say it just because I like the feel of of whacking away at a keyboard!

[HOF-City]

So I did one treatment of stain free with metal free, and it worked great. I then brought up, and maintained chlorine with small doses of cal hypo through the skimmer. A week later, and I notice the stain reappearing. It is not nearly as bad as before, but I notice it. I was thinking that maybe it is the result of the metal free breaking down and releasing the metals that had not been filtered out yet. I'm probably wrong though. I plan on purchasing the KemTek HEDP and 4ppm CuLator that you recommend to try. The KemTek says it "prevents" stains, while the CuLator catches metals out of the water. I'm wondering if I should first use the Stain Free to get the metal stains off my liner, and back into the water for the CuLator to catch. Or will one of those products remove the staining on my liner instantly like the stain free did? Thanks.

[PoolDoc]

The sequence is (1) get the metal off the walls and into the water (ascorbic or citric acid), (2) keep the metal in the water for awhile (HEDP), (3) get the metal our of the water (CuLator or calcium hypochlorite on the filter).

Did I link the Mountain Stone post? (Yep, it's in post #24)

[HOF-City]

Sorry, must have skipped over the link somehow. Thanks for the info. Gonna give it a shot as soon as order arrives.

[HOF-City]

Ok. Did a round of ascorbic acid and waited for stains to lift, added the KemTek HEDP that was recommended, and then added my CuLator 4ppm. So far so good. Everything looks brand new. I forgot to order the Polyquat 60 so decided to just risk it with no chlorine for a little bit. I am now on the 28th hour since introducing the ascorbic acid and about 12 hours since the dose of KemTek. Is it ok to start bringing my chlorine back up now? My pool is blue and clear and I am nervous that adding chlorine may somehow release the metals back into the pool like it did last time. Forgive me if this info is posted somewhere else. I read through a lot of other posts and just didn't see a specific amount of time to wait. Thank you.

[PoolDoc]

Yes, but add small doses -- not more than a quart of bleach at time.

Report your test results with this form: PF Pool History

You can see the results, here: PF Pool History SS

I'm not sure of some of your levels, but I'll be able to advise you, once you start using that form.

[HOF-City]

I just posted my most recent results to the "PF Pool History" linked above. However, I did not provide a thread number because I'm not sure where to find it. This is the only thread that I am a part of though. Thanks.