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I am considering using borates in my pool but I have yet to find a test kit that meets the criteria for me. My favorite water tests are hands down drop titrations. I find them the most accurate and while I’ve thought about it I have yet to splurge on a colorimeter. I’d love to figure out how...

I have been pondering switching from muriatic acid to sodium bisulfate for a while. I prefer the precision afforded by dry substances (weighing is easier for me than volumetric measurements) as well as the reduced difficulty of storage. The “safety factor” really means nothing to me. My main...

Current measures: FC/TC: 2 pH: 8.0 TA: 80 CA: 300 TDS: 1200 (Calculated LSI: 0.24) Every week I have the same balancing issue. I go to test pool water and it has invariably drifted back up to somewhere around 8.0 (SD 0.2) (as measured by phenol red, meter occasionally reads higher but may need...

I’ve been using this as a resource for a while but I think at some point you sort of surpass the information that’s already been provided and have to actually get your hands dirty. I have been involved in pool care for a couple of years, but the person who was always “at the helm” died recently...