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Looking for feedback on what type or brand of lubricant works best for our automatic pool cover tracks. Thanks.

Can anyone tell me the difference between these two acids? The Isocyanuric acid is sold at Menards. It's cheaper than Leslie's acid. Their MSDS shows: 1,3,5 Triazine-2,4,6 (1H, 3H, 5H)-trione (Isocyanuric acid)(CAS #108-80-5)

Thanks to everyone for all of the great information. I tested the water this evening and here are my results. FC 24.5, CC 1.0, TA 130, PH 7.2-7.5, Calcium 310. It has held that chlorine level for two days. We use bleach as our chlorine source.

My readings are as follows: FC 24.5, CC 1.0, ph 8.2+, , TA 160, CYA 90.

I was starting to get my pool ready to close yesterday when I thought I'd check the light niche for algae. When I pulled the light out the niche belched out this gray brown cloud. The niche was full of this stuff. It was impossible to capture any of it as it just disolved when I tried to collect...

Thanks for the guidance and advice. I will work at bringing down my TA over the holiday weekend.

We have had some success. The pool is crystal clear. FC stays around 6, CC is .5 to 1.0, CYA is 60 to 70. My problem is TA which is currently 230. It was 250 an I put in 3+ quarts of muriatic to lower ph from 7.5 to 7.2. My ph has lowered to 7.2 but TA only dropped 20. I have built a pvc aerator...

The pool is much clearer today. We can finally see the bottom of the deep end. We put in a 182 oz of chlorine in at 7 am this morning followed by another at noon. We just concluded testing and have the following results. FC .5, CC 3, TC 3.5, TA 180, CYA 40, PH 7.3. It appears that we are still...

I put in the 6 boxes of borax and 4 lbs of sanitizer. It is granulated chlorine I purchased from Sam's before I found this website. It is sodium dichloro-s triazinetrione hydrated. 55% available chlorine. I will post the results tomorrow evening. Thanks for the help and advise. I did raise a few...

We have been trying to get our pool straightened out since we opened it 2 weeks ago. It is cloudy. I received my TF-100 kit yesterday and tested it last night and tonight. I put in 4 lbs of shock last night along with 4 lbs of borax. Tonight I have no chlorine. When I put the scoop of powder in...

We have been trying to get our pool straightened out since we opened it 2 weeks ago. It is cloudy I received my TF-100 kit yesterday and tested it last night and tonight. I put in 4 lbs of shock last night along with 4 lbs of borax. Tonight I have no chlorine. When I put the scoop of powder in...

Is it possible for ph to fall and alkalinity to rise?