Copper / Marcite

The stain in this pool is copper. It's sometimes difficult to look at a stain's color and determine what it is. This stain looks like many other stains, but by using a Stain ID Kit, we found out we should perform a treatment with Stain Solution #2, O2 Safe Shock and the Blue Stuff.

This is what a pool looks like when you add the O2 Safe Shock... it's kind of an awesome sight! It forms a large "cloud" as it dissolves. Don't worry though, it goes away!

The O2 Safe Shock is used to "reoxidize" the stains on the finish and actually convert them to a form that the Stain Solution #2 can more readily remove. Although it is not required for all stain treatments (and doesn't help at all with many of them), it is required with some of them. Always use a Stain ID Kit to determine exactly what is required… you’ll save time and money in the long-run.

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Copper / Stain ID

Yet another great example of a copper stain on marcite (gunite). Again, the classic blue color with gray and black. The top step was the ideal place to use a Stain ID Kit.

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A photo of a Stain ID being performed on the top step of the pool above. This was a Stain Solution #2 topical, which removed the blue, but not the gray and black. When we used the O2 Safe Shock, followed by more Stain Solution #2, the gray and black was removed and that's how the pool was treated.

Copper / Stain #1

The stains on this pool were originally brown, which by visual inspection only "normally" indicates iron. This is a great example of how a copper stain reacts when Stain Solution #1 is applied to it. Stain IDs will normally tell you whether or not you are on the right track. If we had assumed (and we all know how dangerous that can be!) this pool had iron stains and if we had used Stain Solution #1 without using a Stain ID Kit first, we would have turned the whole pool this color (far less attractive than the original color!). You'll hear us preach about the Stain ID Kit over and over and over again... we're not just trying to sell you something "extra"... we do it because it's necessary... because we save you money and grief in the long-run.

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Copper / Fiberglass

This pool is an excellent example of "oxidized' copper on a fiberglass finish. After using a Stain ID Kit, we determined that the appropriate treatment was Stain Solution #2, O2 Safe Shock and the Blue Stuff.

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Iron / Fiberglass

This is an excellent example of an iron stain on a white fiberglass pool. After using a Stain ID Kit, we determined that Stain Solution #1 and the Pink Stuff was the appropriate treatment.

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