Recent content by Crazyhorse712

I just went through all this with my 18x48 Intex. I used the 20 mule borax to raise the ph. I went with straight stabilizer in a sock and just walked it around the pool while I was squeezing it. I've been getting liquid chlorine from Walmart. Here it's only $2.50 a gallon and I only need to add...

Been a couple weeks and everything is all good. Still need to get a better vacuum cause the one I have doesn't get all the dirt and stuff completely off the bottom. Manual skimming isn't bad. There's not too much stuff floating around. Levels are real easy now. Most of the time I don't even...

I must say we are definitely enjoying this and once the levels were good, it's not hard keeping em there. Now I have to raise the ph. Going to get some borax I guess. I'll put it in while the little one is taking a nap so it has plenty of time to get where it needs. Already thinking about what...

I wanna look into getting one of those floating skimmers to help and I need a better vacuum. The cheap one I got doesn't get they really small stuff. It's just one of the ones that hooks up to a hose with a bag attached. Saw a battery powered one with an internal bag that I liked. I'll get that...

Ended up taking the gloves off and just messing with the sock, walking around till it was gone. I screwed up and have no more liquid stuff to test the cya, but the fc is between 2-4. So that's good. Gotta pick up some more test stuff when I go get the ph enhancer. The ph is low, but...

Lol! I didn't know! I thought maybe it'd burn me or something. That's what I thought too, but Wasn't gonna argue with the guy. It's actually nice right now! Water is a good temp, I'm "cleaning" it (at least that's what I'm gonna tell the wife) and doing the stabilizer thing. Filter was filthy...

Alright, stabilizer is in a sock and tied to the ladder. Figured that'd be easier. I didn't even have string! Used my mowing bandana. It's clean. No rubber gloves either. Do have some new work gloves that have a rubber bottom, so am gonna use those. Chlorine is at 0 now. Did the calculations...

1st off, I appreciate everything. I have a house to take care of, a 2 year old, 2 dogs and I am studying for a test to better my career. It's not easy to keep reading everything in the pool school over and over atm. For right now, it's easier for me to just ask and answer questions and I greatly...

Don't really know what the exact tc level is cause my test kit only goes to 5. At 5, it's the color of a good banana peel. With what I added to it, it surpassed that and went orange. So I'm guessing 10-15. I know, I need a better test kit. Since the pool was free and I'm poor, lol, I'm doing...

Apparently I'm doing something right. Lol! Tested it before I got into bed and the tc is still high, which I believe is what I want for right now, but the ph also went up. It was at 7.5 which I believe is good. Of course I'll test again in the morning and will test the cya to see if I need more...

Well, water isn't clear yet, but it looks better. It's not murky or anything. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't adding too much. Like I said, the water here is horrible and it'll probably take a little time. Some places it's brown. Luckily we live outside that area. The calculator is what I...

Hello all! I had to drain this 18x48 Intex pool I was given to fix a small leak around the fitting. Now that it's back up with no leaks, I'm adding the chemicals. My little test kit only has a tc/br part and no fc. I wanted to get the chlorine real high to make sure everything was clean. We have...

Again, seems like it worked. Have it filled back up and no leaks. Just treated the water. I fit starts to leak again, I'm gonna say forget it and deal with it if we don't get a new one next year.

Well I screwed up! It wasn't leaking until I bought an Intex skimmer and mucked about with it. Now there's a steady stream flowing down the side. I'm just gonna start over. Gonna drain it while it's raining this weekend, fix the leak properly, iron out all the wrinkles I missed the 1st time and...

Ok, never mind. Seems like it sucks anyway. Was able to make it work if I held the fitting there, but it wasn't any good. Actually sucked in more air then water and really tiny pieces of debris was sucked in, but grass and stuff just floated on by. You can still answer for other people, but I'm...