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    What return point for acid?

    Hoping to hook up my acid and chlorine injection pumps this weekend, and while the best return point for the chlorine seems obvious, (the floor cleaner heads, since that way the new chlorine will be swept over all the plaster surfaces first), I don't think I want to put acid over the plaster...
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    Best tool/method to smooth rough plaster around edge tiles?

    Our newly plastered (6/26) pool, while generally quite smooth (sort of like leather), has some rough areas near the edge marker tiles, I think due to being roughed up by the sponge as the plasterers cleaned off the tiles. We are steadily brushing, but it seems to have little effect on these...
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    CH decreasing on new plaster

    I'm puzzled by the steadily declining behavior of CH that I'm seeing as I startup our new pool. I'm testing with the the TF-100 kit, aiming for a neutral startup of new white plaster in 50K gal pool. It was plastered/filled Friday. The fill water tested at pH 7.8, TA 100, and CH 200, with fill...
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    White plaster with Silicone Shield or RPM?

    I am one week from plaster, and trying to decide between two plaster additives that both claim to improve white plaster: Silicone Shield, and RPM, a silica fume product from Triton. Any experiences with either would be great to hear, particularly longer-term. Anybody used them? thanks, Bcatv
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    pH, perhaps ORP automation, new pool, recommend controller?

    I will soon have a new 50K gal plaster pool, and although I will start out feeding chlorine/acid manually, I would like to automate sanitation / pH as much as reasonable. I don't currently plan to use SWG, and have been looking at the peristaltic feed setups. Although I would prefer to automate...
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    New plumbing test, what's a leak?

    Building a new pool with lots of plumbing due to size and in-floor cleaner, and wondering what typical pressure leakdown during test is. Plumber pressurized to 20psi Thursday afternoon, 48 hours later one pump/cleaner set is down to 10psi, the other is at 16psi. 3 Pentair valves on the lower...