How do you remove rust from a pool with a sand filter?

Answer 1

there is an assortment of proprietary "metal treatment" chemicals that can remove the rust stain. In addition vitamin"c" on the spotthe same as the vitamins that a person would take. Dry acid in a cotton sock and "swabbed " in and around the area could also do the trick, careful though you might want to pre-test a un-seen area that the "swabbing" may affect the construction material

Answer 2

You will need:

• 2 litre soda bottle
• 1/4" bit of drill to make holes on bottom of soda bottle
• A big web of fiberfiller, ( "pillow stuffing" ) - polyester fibers work ) ( ticking ) cut 12" of the back of a garden hose ( the part that screws on you want)
• Duck type
• Optional: extra Hose Clamp

What to do:

• Take the Soda bottle and cut holes in the BOTTOM of the bottle. Don't make them too large but make sure you have enough, around 15 is a good number.

• Then stuff the Fiber filler in though the top of the bottle. Compact it down put a little more then half the bottle.

• Attach the garden hose to the top of the soda bottle, Screw it tight and turn off the pump.

• Take out the outtake plastic nozzle that's in the pool, ( Save you will need when pool is clean) - ( it will twist off, but keep the hose from the pump connected to the pool so water don't poor out)

• Put duck Type about 4 to 6 inches on the hose to make a tight seal

• Put the hose in the hole about 4 to 6 inches into its tight ( add more type, if still loose )

• Tighten the Hose Clamp

• Turn on the pump and you're done!

Things you will need:

1. An old windshield washer fluid bottle (or milk carton).
2. A big wad of fiberfill (the fluffy stuff that is in pillows).
3. A 1/4" drill bit and drill.
4. A short length of hose that will fit into the nozzle where water goes back into the pool from the filter.
5. A nylon pull tie or two.

What to do:

First: Remove the stock filter from your pump. You can put it back in when you are finished clearing the pool of rust.

Second: Drill a bunch of holes into the bottom of the windshield washer bottle. 10 or 20 is good enough.

Third: Pack the windshield washer bottle with fiberfill. Put a lot in it. Pack it good.

Fourth: Attach your short length of hose to the bottle. Use a nylon pull tie.

Fifth: Attach the other end of the hose to the nozzle that lets water back into your pool from the pump.

Sixth: Wait overnight to see a ton of rust in your home made filter.

Tips: Remove the filter from the pool and rinse with hose water every day until the pool is clear.

Don't attach the home made filter into the nozzle that takes water from the pool. It may suck fiberfill into your pump and if it floats it will suck air into your pump and make it stop.

For those of you with the "easy Up" pools, if you add a sink strainer to the inside of the 2 litre bottle it will keep the fiber fill from bunching up in the neck of the bottle. Also the bottle will screw into the outlet once the debris cover is removed.

Answer 3

My above ground pool liner turned a rust color after adding calcuim hardness and then two days later I added alkalinity plus adjuster. I thought it was a bad case of alge but it turned out to be a metal stain. I purchased a metal stain test kit which has three different tests in it, after I found one that worked the best, I went back to the pool supply store and bought the stain remover. I had to use double the amount it called for but now my liner is spotless again.

Answer 4

The filter has nothing to do with the rust stains.

You can remove small rust stains from a plaster surface with a small amount of diluted muratic acid. There is a tool specifically for this task which will make it easier to get the acid to the stain. The tool can be found in some pool supply stores.

Ken

Answer 5

To remove rust from the water in a swimming pool, shock the pool until the water is clear of everything other than the rust staining. Then run the filter, backwashing frequently until the rust is gone.

Answer 6

Oxalic acid. Place it directly on top of the stain. This can be done with a section of PVC pipe. Put the pipe on top of the stain and pour the oxalic acid down the pipe and let it sit there for a few hours. You will have to find it at a chemical supply source in your area as pool stores do not carry it. I had a large commercial pool with a fibreglass liner that had thousands of rust stains caused by shot blasting the deck and doing the pipe thing was impractical so I shut off the equipment for 24 hours and broadcast the oxalic acid over the stained areas.