Algae stains often present themselves as black spots in your swimming pool. You may try to clean them up only to find them reappearing continuously. Signs you have black spot algae stains: The spots spread and multiply over time You Read More …
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Copper Stains: Causes and Removal
How do copper stains occur? Copper stains in your swimming pool can occur due to copper based algaecides, poor quality pool salt, copper pool heating pipes, bore water, or a chlorine free pool system. These products add invisible copper ions Read More …
Stains on Vinyl Liner Pool
After you spend all the time, money, and energy creating your perfect backyard space complete with your ideal vinyl liner pool… the last thing you want to see is stains on your liner. Are they treatable? Are you going to Read More …
Why is My Pool Cloudy?
When your pool water lacks clarity it can appear cloudy. It almost looks milky. There are quite a few factors that can cause your pool water to look cloudy; some are physical, some are chemical related, and some are environmental. Read More …
Leaf Stains: Causes and Removal
Leaf stain in swimming pools are fairly common. Signs you have leaf stains in your pool: Brown stains begin to form where leaves settle Brown stains that don’t brush away like dirt would Granular chlorine lightens the stains Skimmer basket Read More …
Salt Stains: Causes and Removal
Salt water pools are growing in popularity throughout the United States. Some pool owners may be tempted to opt for the low-cost salts in order to keep their pool running more economically. This can lead to problems such as pool Read More …
Should I Acid Wash My Pool?
Some pool shops will automatically tell you to acid wash your pool if you present them with an issue or a pool stain. This happens simply because they don’t know what else to suggest… and in many cases you would Read More …
Rust Stains: Causes and Removal
Your swimming pool comes into contact with metal more often than you think. Anything that falls into the pool (bobby pins, toys, debris, etc) can leave rust stains. When they are immersed in salt water you will begin to see Read More …