Search results

This post was moved from Just Getting Started to the Coffee Bar. This probably isn't the best place for this but I didn't know where else to post it where the most people would see it... If you live in the Midwest near a Menards store, they have their 1 gallon 12.5% Liquid Shock on sale for...

I can't seem to find anything at all about it on the internet. It's always been a problem for myself and others that I know as well. After being in the water for an hour or so it starts... Taking any more than a shallow breath is uncomfortable and usually makes me cough. It will last for a...

After refilling the pool I've been adding CYA slowly to not overshoot our target of 40. I'm at about 20 right now, why not just stay there? I add about 30 oz of bleach per day to keep my FC at about 4 in anticipation of reaching 40 CYA. Now I'm wondering why not leave it at 20 and go down to...

I don't really know where to put this since we don't have a "pool restorations" section... :) This post is long overdue but I've finally remembered to post and had the time to collect all the pictures! This acid wash was completed two weeks ago and took about a day to drain and clean then 48...

I think it's time for new filter sand? My PSI climbs from 15 to 20-25 in a matter of days, and my water is quite clean. I just did the deep clean last night and noticed my sand has been warn down into tiny smooth spheres! I don't know how old it is but I brought a sample into work to take a...

I finally convinced myself today I needed a pool robot and it seems like the Dolphin Nautilus is the best choice. I did some Google Shopping to find the lowest price and somehow I ended up at sunplay.com, despite my not being able to find their link again through Google Shopping. Regardless...

I've searched on here and haven't found anyone with quite the same problem - or at least not the same solution. I woke up this morning and noticed the eyelets flow was way down so I went and checked the pump. It was only half full of water which was unusual. I went to check the skimmer...

It seems that most pools have a suction port for vacuums and cleaning robots but mine just has the hole under the skimmer basket. I want to get a suction-side pool cleaning robot and let it run most of the time, but I don't want to tie up the skimmer. I would think I could just add a valve on...

I am in the middle of an acid wash and for the first time, saw the pool light clearly. It looks like it was salvaged from an old shipwreck! The chrome plating was almost gone and the copper plating under that was awful. So I removed the platings to find the parts are cast brass. It really...

My new-to-me pool is apparently a poured concrete bowl with a fiberglass top trim. The paint has worn off most areas and has been allowed to stain an ugly tan/orange color. Ascorbic acid will slowly remove it but the AA treatment isn't strong enough (despite tripling the AA). I guess I could...

I put about 4.5 lbs of AA in last night (15-20k gallons) and didn't get much of a result at all. In fact, some areas started to become stained dull grey! I did take pictures but I didn't think to bring them to work so I'll try and remember to post when I get back home. I think I'll be ok...

Being able to find neither of the recommended sequestriants in town (Jack's Pink Stuff or Metal Magic) I ordered some online. My Ascorbic Acid will be here today and I haven't heard where my Jack's currently is. I'm a very impatient person and want to start the treatment ASAP, but don't want...

I got the pool opened this weekend and for the first time since I bought the house, have been able to get more familiar with it. It's a concrete?-fiberglass? hybrid - installed sometime between the 60-70's. I did my best modeling it in Autodesk Inventor from a Google Earth shot and I get about...

I got in my TF-100 test kit and Speed Stir (man, that thing is nice!) and I wanted to try it out, even though the pool is still covered. :D Here is what I've got: FC: 8.5 CC: 0 TA: 70 CH: 425 CYA: 50 PH: 7.4 Thoughts? Other than CH is too high (in-ground concrete/fiberglass) but I still...

So I bought my first house (1960's with a pool!) late last October - just in time to get the pool winterized and covered up. It was stained but I didn't really have any time to work with it. I took the water to a local pool store to see if it needed anything. Everything checked out OK and the...