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Bleach is in very short supply in our area (KY); any suggestions on which chemicals to use instead??????????

With the Covid 19 pandemic, bleach has become an elusive purchase. I have been using trouble free pool past seven years and have had excellent results with bleach. However, I am no longer able to find enough bleach to work my pool. My first option would be to use Sams Club chemicals. Two...

What happened to the pool calculator??? I bookmarked it and used it last year (2018). Now when I go to it, I'm asked to log in and when I do I'm told that I may have been deleted. The website I have bookmarked is Home - Pool Calculator. I don't know if this is associated with Trouble Free...

I'm back. I'm fixing to open my pool and I'd like a little refresher...bought all new test chemicals last month and am ready to go. I assume I initially shock the pool to 15 ppm and hold it there until I meet the three main criteria: 1)You lose 1ppm or less FC overnight, & 2)You have .5ppm...

I have been using pool store to close my pool. Have read "Pool Closing" info on TFP& plan on closing in 2-3 wks. I plan on following TFP plan; however havebroken my wrist (cast-6 more wks.) Pool people have usually put chlorine tabs in when closing. Have ordered Polyquat and, if I follow TFP...

Thanks to everyone for all the excellent advice in my battle to take control of my pool. I'm on my second week and everything in the pool looks great. If I hadn't squandered my first 50-60 gallons of bleach, I'd be waaaaay under what I spent last year on pool store and Walmart chemicals. As it...

I'm having difficulty starting a new topic; so I'll just ask in this one: After a rain that brings water up above skimmer top, is is better to backwash and rinse the extra water out, or just to use the drain feature on the filter?

Thanks to all for the advice. Finished shocking my pool six days ago and have had to add only minimal amt. of bleach since.....took me more than 100 gallons to get where I am, but, as someone told me earlier in this forum, I was just "throwing away" my bleach in my earlier attempts. Now that I...

I've kept the FC reading between 15 and 20 (closer to 20) for the past seven days. However, overnight my FC readings have dropped the following: Sun -5.5, Mon -5.5, Tue -5.5, Wed -5.5, Thu -5.5, Fri -8.5, Sat -3.5. I have also checked pH daily and it wants to drift up to 8.2 or higher. I've...

I have steps & brush them. I pressure washed rungs of steps before installing them.

I'll bump up to 20; pool is crystal clear all the time Yes, brushing every day I don't know how to post a picture; I can if you can tell me how I kinda rotate between KMart, Walmart, & Kroger's looking for the best deal.

This is 4th straight morning FC has dropped more than 2.0 ppm overnight. I'm testing around 10pm and 5am; other readings: pH 7.6, CC 0-0.5, TA 150, CH 240, and CYA 50. I've been adding bleach to run FC up to 15-18 every 3-4 hrs. but I still can't get the FC to drop less than 1ppm overnight...

I am still working on the shock process. Day before yesterday at last nightly reading CC was .5 and FC was 18.5. It dropped to 8 yesterday AM before sunrise. I added 3 gals bleach yesterday at 6 readings throughout the day accd'g to Pool Calculator. FC rdg was 18.5 at last nightly reading...

FC Levels Yesterday: 11:25-8, 3:15-12, 4:30-15.5, 7:30-18.5, 10:10-15.5. Back down to 8 this AM, I'm getting there but another bad accident w/underwear yesterday, so going to get more bleach!

Thanks, I didn't think that was much of a problem. Here's where I am: Last night when I stopped checking (11:25) my FC had dropped to8.5; I added a couple of gallons of bleach; this morning it was well over 20; (6:20AM), it dropped to 8 by 11:25 and I added bleach (a little more than PC rec'd)...

I'm in my 4th day of the shock process. Since its taking so long, I did as someone on this forum suggested and tested for ammonia. It was approximately 1 ppm. Is there anything that anyone can recommend for bringing the ammonia level down in addition to bleach?

I know TFP say not to use scented bleach. Walmart is out of regular. Can scented be used in a pinch?

I finished the Shock process at midnight last night (FC 18, CC 1.0) Guess what: QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS!! Checked this morning FC 3, CC 0.5; so I just add enough bleach daily to push it back to 5 or 6? Should I let it fall below 3, do I need to shock it again? Would it be...

When I finish the shocking process, should I let my FC level drop back down to 3 to 5 and maintain it there if my CYA level is 40 (according to Chlorine/CYA Chart)?

But Walmart loves me! When asked, I tell them I've a lot of dirty underwear.

The only advice I have received is from the TFP Website; I don't mean to sound rude, but the question about adding 8-10 gallons at one time was due to the fact that I added 13 gallons in 3 hrs. after testing and using Pool Calculator to determine amt of bleach to add to get to 15. FC during...

Why not just dump 8-10 more gallons of bleach into pool? Is there any chance of all this bleach "locking" up poo? Again, what is OCLT test; I have performed TFP search and can't find the information through the several forums posted.

Just test FC (.5) and CC (2.0) this morning after adding 11.3 gals 8.25 bleach last night. Looks like the CC might be going down. Is this the direction I need to be going? Since my FC was 1.0 at 10PM last night and .5 at 7:30 the next morning, I'm losing less than .5 ppm of Fc overnight, but...

This might sound like a dumb question, but what is the OCLT test?

I'm giving it up for the night. Just went out & tested. FC level is down to 1.0 from initial reading of 3.5(which went as high as 7.5 after two doses. Then it fell to 2.5 and the latest reading is 1.0. I've put 11.3 gallons of 8.25% bleach into this pool in 3 hours. I'm afraid to add any...

The first forum I saw on swamp clearing was a pool that was green as a gourd. I've never let my pool get green except the first year and the guy who built the pool told me to dump 10 gals of Purex in and that solved the problem. My pool is crystal clear, as I said before, I can tell if a dime...

Sorry Hit Wrong Key 4th Dose since 530 PM Test Results: 530 FC 7.0 CC 4.5 added 364oz 8.25% bleach 630 FC 7.0, CC 4.5, added 261 oz bleach, 730 FC 7.5 (added 244 oz bleach), 830- FC 2.5, CC 8.0, FC keeps going down, CC seems to go up. I'm going to add one more dose before I...

6/15 8:45PM This will be the fourth dose of bleach since I started at 5:30 PM; I keep adding bleach and the FC level keeps dropping! Hourly Readings 530Pm 630PM 730PM 830PM

Began shocking process at 5PM 6/15. Test results: FC 3.5, CC 2.0. Added recommended dosage of 8.25% bleach to get pool to FC of 15; went back one hour later and tested again: FC 7.0 CC 4.5; will add recommended dose as determined by PC again to get to 15. Question: Is there any explanation...

I think I'm catching on. I'm going to buy 18 gallons (5 cases) of 121 oz. 8.25% bleach and get a Pool Calculator reading about 5pm (when the sun no longer shades the pool), and follow its recommendations for a goal of FC 15; test again in an hour and, again follow PC instructions to get it back...