bigway 4 #1 October 30, 2007 I have become a new pool guy after moving into a house with a pool. Now i went through hell, i got the water absolutley perfect according to the pool shop and then the next day my pool looked like it was painted a brown colour.. massive iron stain. I then got rid of the stain and have not had it back by using the metal stuff and the citric acid. However there was a couple of small stains still there so i thought i would sacrifice my perfect water to get rid of these stains. Now here is where my drama begins... I used two whole bottles of this citric acid in powder form. Had to sprinkle it everywhere on the sides. Got rid of it and then got my water levels correct again only to find cloudy water. Now i dumped in a 1 litre bottle of clarifier and it did nothing as i kept my sand filter running for two days. So i dumped another two bottles in. It is more cloudy than ever now, nearly like milk. I then turned the filter off and realise that all the white dust settles on the bottom of the pool after about 8 hours of not having the filter on. I then tried vacuming it up with the Kreepy Krawley. However when it sucks it up i then see the inlets just pumping in the same cloudy water and it makes my pool cloudy all over again. It is a vicious cycle. The only thing i can think of is to empty the pool and start again but the problem here is that i live in a city with a drought and you can not even wash your car with a hose let alone fill a pool. If i wanted to fill the pool i would have to apply for permission and there is no way i would get it while water is the biggest problem this city/country has at the moment. Please someone tell me a genius way that i have not thought of so i can get this done. .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #2 October 30, 2007 Are you back washing the main filter? ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 798 #3 October 30, 2007 I like pools We have pool centers here that test water free of charge, no sales hassle, nothing...and they give a multi page detailed analysis and tell you exactly what you need. That's what I did. Pools are GREAT fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 41 #4 October 30, 2007 The pool will make a very nice hydroponic garden if left to its self...."Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #5 October 30, 2007 Quote The pool will make a very nice hydroponic garden if left to its self.... Or frog pond.... ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 798 #6 October 30, 2007 While I have found plenty of frogs in them - dead and alive - and an occasional snake - I prefer to find a nekkid woman in my pool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 41 #7 October 30, 2007 Quote While I have found plenty of frogs in them - dead and alive - and an occasional snake - I prefer to find a nekkid woman in my pool. sorry but http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FqGz0z4dI0"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigway 4 #8 October 30, 2007 Yes. The cloud settles to the bottom of the pool and then it just comes in the inlet when i start vacuming. .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simplyputsi 0 #9 October 30, 2007 Hire someone and be done with it. It's not even that expensive. Unless you've totally jacked it up. Doesn't sound like you really have though. I don't really know.Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigway 4 #10 October 30, 2007 I aint paying someone $70 an hour to do something that i could do if i know what it is that i need to do. What uneducated person who becomes a pool guy deserves $70 an hour. I asked a handyman to put a hom gym together for me until the uneducated guy told me that 5 hours work would cost $470. Some people. .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SLOfreefall 0 #11 October 30, 2007 I waz gonna help ya til you called me unedjumacated. Now it'l cost ya $80 per hour. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jewels 0 #12 October 30, 2007 Quote What uneducated person who becomes a pool guy deserves $70 an hour. The only problem I see with this is that the "uneducated" person you're talking about apparently has the knowledge you need! TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simplyputsi 0 #13 October 30, 2007 QuoteI aint paying someone $70 an hour to do something that i could do if i know what it is that i need to do. What uneducated person who becomes a pool guy deserves $70 an hour. I asked a handyman to put a hom gym together for me until the uneducated guy told me that 5 hours work would cost $470. Some people. I don't know what pool guy gets $70 an hour. I know companies here that do monthly service for I believe 80 a month. That is a biweekly service. So that would mean $40 a visit. Had you called someone to start with they would probably have you set up and ready to go. You messed with it, jacked it up and now want to not pay a person who knows how to fix it. I'm like you, why pay someone if I can do it myself. You just seem to not be on the right track here. Give in, pay someone.Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #14 October 30, 2007 QuoteQuote Had you called someone to start with they would probably have you set up and ready to go. You messed with it, jacked it up and now want to not pay a person who knows how to fix it. I'm like you, why pay someone if I can do it myself. You just seem to not be on the right track here. Give in, pay someone. You could say the same thing if it were an indoor plumbing problem but that would be a far more serious situation. That said, I know nothing about fixing pool water. Get an expert to come out and fix it, then have him tell you what to do to maintain it properly and you'll never need him again, hopefully!"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jewels 0 #15 October 30, 2007 It also sounds like you've already put in a lot of time--and probably money--on fixing what you've got. Unless you can definitively figure out what needs to be done, it sounds like you could pay as much trying to do it yourself as you could to have someone come out and give you a fresh start. That's just me, though. I wouldn't have messed with it to begin with! TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites normiss 798 #16 October 30, 2007 which is why you take a water sample to the FREE PLACE!!! no Pinch A Penny there??? free advice is available at most pool supply places here anyway...they tell you what to do, you do it. the last pool I had looked like a polluted river when I got there. sparkling fresh and clean in no time! chemicals, filter rebuild, some plumbing fixes...whole deal! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SLOfreefall 0 #17 October 30, 2007 Check you pH level. Chances are it's low, causing dissolved metals/minerals to come out of solution and deposit themselves on the pool surface. Dumping bags of acid (muriatic acid not citric) into the pool isn't helping the situation. Use more acid to clean the stains, get your pH back where it needs to be (7.4-7.6) and address the filter problem. It should not allow "cloudy" water back in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jessicat 0 #18 October 30, 2007 Quit messing with all the chemicals. If they're small stains, use a course waterproof sanding sponge. Scrub the spot but not too hard. Magic! But it requires you to be in the water, way better than using a bunch of chemicals that make it almost impossible to stabilize levels. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bigway 4 #19 October 30, 2007 Quote Quote I aint paying someone $70 an hour to do something that i could do if i know what it is that i need to do. What uneducated person who becomes a pool guy deserves $70 an hour. I asked a handyman to put a hom gym together for me until the uneducated guy told me that 5 hours work would cost $470. Some people. I don't know what pool guy gets $70 an hour. I know companies here that do monthly service for I believe 80 a month. That is a biweekly service. So that would mean $40 a visit. Had you called someone to start with they would probably have you set up and ready to go. You messed with it, jacked it up and now want to not pay a person who knows how to fix it. I'm like you, why pay someone if I can do it myself. You just seem to not be on the right track here. Give in, pay someone. Not everyone lives in the USA and is talking about USA dollars .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bigway 4 #20 October 30, 2007 they were not small stains. it was like someone painted the pool brown with iron coloured paint. .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jessicat 0 #21 October 30, 2007 Did you backwash the filters? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Phillbo 11 #22 October 30, 2007 Sign up here and post your problem in the forum. http://www.troublefreepool.com/index.php Be prepared to be told to stop buying crap from the pool store.. Bleach , Baking Soda and Acid is all you need to maintain a pool once you get it balanced. Mine is salt water so i don't even need bleach Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites simplyputsi 0 #23 October 30, 2007 Quote Not everyone lives in the USA and is talking about USA dollars Ha, there is your problem right there!!!!Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Remster 30 #24 October 30, 2007 Take a bottle of water from the pool to your local pool supply place. They should be able to help you out.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites turtlespeed 220 #25 October 30, 2007 Quote Please someone tell me a genius way that i have not thought of so i can get this done. Go skinny dipping - you might scare the clouds away.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 1 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. 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Jewels 0 #15 October 30, 2007 It also sounds like you've already put in a lot of time--and probably money--on fixing what you've got. Unless you can definitively figure out what needs to be done, it sounds like you could pay as much trying to do it yourself as you could to have someone come out and give you a fresh start. That's just me, though. I wouldn't have messed with it to begin with! TPM Sister #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 798 #16 October 30, 2007 which is why you take a water sample to the FREE PLACE!!! no Pinch A Penny there??? free advice is available at most pool supply places here anyway...they tell you what to do, you do it. the last pool I had looked like a polluted river when I got there. sparkling fresh and clean in no time! chemicals, filter rebuild, some plumbing fixes...whole deal! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SLOfreefall 0 #17 October 30, 2007 Check you pH level. Chances are it's low, causing dissolved metals/minerals to come out of solution and deposit themselves on the pool surface. Dumping bags of acid (muriatic acid not citric) into the pool isn't helping the situation. Use more acid to clean the stains, get your pH back where it needs to be (7.4-7.6) and address the filter problem. It should not allow "cloudy" water back in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jessicat 0 #18 October 30, 2007 Quit messing with all the chemicals. If they're small stains, use a course waterproof sanding sponge. Scrub the spot but not too hard. Magic! But it requires you to be in the water, way better than using a bunch of chemicals that make it almost impossible to stabilize levels. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigway 4 #19 October 30, 2007 Quote Quote I aint paying someone $70 an hour to do something that i could do if i know what it is that i need to do. What uneducated person who becomes a pool guy deserves $70 an hour. I asked a handyman to put a hom gym together for me until the uneducated guy told me that 5 hours work would cost $470. Some people. I don't know what pool guy gets $70 an hour. I know companies here that do monthly service for I believe 80 a month. That is a biweekly service. So that would mean $40 a visit. Had you called someone to start with they would probably have you set up and ready to go. You messed with it, jacked it up and now want to not pay a person who knows how to fix it. I'm like you, why pay someone if I can do it myself. You just seem to not be on the right track here. Give in, pay someone. Not everyone lives in the USA and is talking about USA dollars .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigway 4 #20 October 30, 2007 they were not small stains. it was like someone painted the pool brown with iron coloured paint. .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jessicat 0 #21 October 30, 2007 Did you backwash the filters? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phillbo 11 #22 October 30, 2007 Sign up here and post your problem in the forum. http://www.troublefreepool.com/index.php Be prepared to be told to stop buying crap from the pool store.. Bleach , Baking Soda and Acid is all you need to maintain a pool once you get it balanced. Mine is salt water so i don't even need bleach Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simplyputsi 0 #23 October 30, 2007 Quote Not everyone lives in the USA and is talking about USA dollars Ha, there is your problem right there!!!!Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #24 October 30, 2007 Take a bottle of water from the pool to your local pool supply place. They should be able to help you out.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 220 #25 October 30, 2007 Quote Please someone tell me a genius way that i have not thought of so i can get this done. Go skinny dipping - you might scare the clouds away.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
