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LisaM
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Post subject: My water feels sticky  Posted: July 12th, 2011, 9:32 am |
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Ok so everybody in my circle of friends and family thinks I am crazy. The pool is sparkling blue. You can see a potato bug at the bottom of the 10ft deep end and it sparkles in the light... but I am convinced it feels sticky! When I get on my float instead of sliding across it, you stick. Chemicals are perfectly balanced. I was thinking this could be low PH but PH is 7.6. Calcium Hardness perhaps?? Borates?? How can I make my water feel silky?? Am I just nuts??
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Post subject: Re: My water feels sticky Posted: July 12th, 2011, 9:34 am |
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Some people add salt to their water to make it feel better. I did do that one year and I liked the results... on my list of things to do again this year.
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Post subject: Re: My water feels sticky Posted: July 12th, 2011, 9:48 am |
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I have salt @3200 ppm and borates @30 ppm and it's almost too soft and silky.
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LisaM
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Post subject: Re: My water feels sticky Posted: July 12th, 2011, 10:01 am |
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I dont have a full set of test results right now. I am at work... How would I add salt? I do not have a SWG as this is a chlorine pool. Add salt to the skimmer? I have a water softener so I am very familiar with that.
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Post subject: Re: My water feels sticky Posted: July 12th, 2011, 10:03 am |
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Just dump it in the pool and stir it around a little with your pool brush. You should get some salt strips to you do not put too much in. Here is an earlier thread...... can-you-add-salt-t6006.html
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Post subject: Re: My water feels sticky Posted: July 12th, 2011, 10:09 am |
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Can it be added to the skimmer? I purchase salt for my softener all the time but it comes in big pellets... about the size of a ping pong ball squished to an oval... I wouldnt want to just add those to my pool. I have never seen small crystals.
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dattia
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Post subject: Re: My water feels sticky Posted: July 12th, 2011, 10:11 am |
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Best added directly to the pool water... it will fall to the floor and dissolve in a few hours. I bought mine at the home depot, it was in a blue bag and relatively inexpensive.
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Post subject: Re: My water feels sticky Posted: July 12th, 2011, 10:24 am |
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The pellets are fine, you just need to make sure that they don't have any additives (like anti-rust ingredients, etc). They will dissolve very quickly, especially if you swim and kick them around, which is kind of fun anyway. They are cold as they dissolve, so swimming with them is an interesting experience.
Honestly though, it sounds to me like your water and your floats are "squeaky clean". Slick and slimy is bad.
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Post subject: Re: My water feels sticky Posted: July 12th, 2011, 2:14 pm |
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You could use a pool net to get the sticks out 
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