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Hello there! You should always wear eye protection when handling muriatic acid. You do not want to breathe muriatic acid fumes. If you spill any on your clothes it will cause damage. Muriatic acid may sting a bit if you get it on your skin, but won't normally cause any serious harm as long as...

Thanks Richard! That graph is certainly a help and you have set my mind at ease. One more quick question in relation to CH. Should I bump mine up some? It is at 40ppm as I stated in my original post. I know it is said in the school that CH is not needed in a vinyl pool, just wondering since it...

Hello all! It's been a while since I have posted because of all the great advise from the Pool School and here on the forum I haven't needed to. All is fine and pool looks great. I just had a new liner installed. My old one ripped this past winter. It was 14-15 years old so I guess I got my...

It is for certain that this one jug is 9%. Would it be safe to assume the other jugs in the case are 9% as well or should I treat them as a higher % and test before using amounts based on a 9% result?

Yes I have bought two cases so I have to use it. I have been waiting 30 mins after additions to retest. It is looking like it is 9%. Should have bought 8.75% from Walmart :-)

If 12.5% bleach from the pool store is still in the sealed box that 4 one gallon jugs come in and has been in the store, in AC, no sunlight and the manufacture date code on the box is 5/13/14 is it still 12.5% or has it dropped? If it has dropped at what % has it dropped to?

!2:00pm Got some more bleach. Still no signs of staining, still cloudy but is getting better. 0.6ppm FC, < 0.2ppm CC. (It is full direct sun today) Added 26oz of 12.5% bleach.

When I got home at 7:30 last night I was happy to see that there were no signs of staining returning but the water was cloudy. It had been crystal clear when I left for work that morning and my daughter said it was clear at 2:30 when I called her to go check if any staining was returning...

Thanks for the response. This morning before I left for the office the TA was at 70 and my PH was 6.7. When I get home I am gonna add some Borax to bring my PH up to 7-7.2. Once that is done I will start adding the bleach. So far the liner still looks wonderful! I was amazed at how quickly...

Hi All! I had a stained liner and have followed the directions to the letter that were posted at http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/2129-Ascorbic-Treatment-to-rid-Pool-of-metal-stains . Last night at midnight the staining was completely gone! (absolutely amazing) I added the sequestering...

Thanks Chem Geek! I'll just stay where I am at and see how things stay.

Hello All! I have had a pool for 15 years but just a few weeks ago gave my pool store the heave hoe and switched from trichlor tabs to bleach. I see in the Pool School that the recommended level of TA for a vinyl pool is 70-90+ but to ask the forum for advice on what would be ideal for my...

This has nothing to do with my other thread and pool issue :-) So I now understand after reading here as well as other documentation that CH is not something people with vinyl liners need to worry about unless it is too high. Here's the thing that others might like to know as well. I had a...

Butterfly....Thanks for merging the thread. I started a new one because it was a different question and didn't want to mess things up with the forum. I see the point in the merge. Timerguy....Yes, I do want my CYA around 30ppm (and will get there one day) but I was tired of draining and...