PhotoGD Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 A week ago I had green algae in my bromine hot tub. I used algaecide and non chlorine shock. I go out of town for 3 days. I come back, water is bright yellow. I try non chlorine shock again, and yellow-rid. Didn't do a thing for the yellow. I drain hot tub. Vinyl is completely stained yellow (was white). I try rubbing vitamin c on it (ascorbic acid), doesn't even touch it. I try vinyl cleaner from the pool store, no go. I refill hot tub, this time I put a crapton of metal prevent in it and chlorine shock. Let it sit for 2 days. Drain again. Vinyl still yellow. I fill it again. This time I dump two bottles of liquid vinyl cleaner in it, let it sit for a day. Drain it again. Still yellow. Is there any way at all to get rid of the yellow staining, or do I now have to convince my friends they aren't hot tubbing in pee? Pics here https://imgur.com/gallery/S4409 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryb17 Posted June 9, 2018 Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 Hey! Sorry to post on an old thread but did you ever find a solution to this? I have the same issue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesterrace Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 On 7/22/2016 at 12:31 PM, PhotoGD said: A week ago I had green algae in my bromine hot tub. I used algaecide and non chlorine shock. I go out of town for 3 days. I come back, water is bright yellow. I try non chlorine shock again, and yellow-rid. Didn't do a thing for the yellow. I drain hot tub. Vinyl is completely stained yellow (was white). I try rubbing vitamin c on it (ascorbic acid), doesn't even touch it. I try vinyl cleaner from the pool store, no go. I refill hot tub, this time I put a crapton of metal prevent in it and chlorine shock. Let it sit for 2 days. Drain again. Vinyl still yellow. I fill it again. This time I dump two bottles of liquid vinyl cleaner in it, let it sit for a day. Drain it again. Still yellow. Is there any way at all to get rid of the yellow staining, or do I now have to convince my friends they aren't hot tubbing in pee? Pics here https://imgur.com/gallery/S4409 One of the things I found very useful was to get some some powdered bromine or chlorine and overdose it and turn on the bubbles and run multiple cycles with the bubbles. This will generally strip any residual nasties off the side of the tub. Drain the tub and hose down really good and then refill. Done this several times this season with my 3 year old Lay-Z-Spa Miami and it seems to work well. It sure wouldn't hurt to try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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