Is this product and ok one for adding Borates?

[survey77777]

I priced out buying the acid and borax and this product actually works out cheaper as far as I can see.

I'm not a chemist so hoping that one of you experts can tell me if this product fits the bill of doing the job without adding extra junk

It's Aqua (brand) pool soft supreme and here is the data page.

http://www.ilovemyoasis.com/commercial/ ... upreme.pdf

Thanks~

 

[BoDarville]

survey77777:

Boracic acid as listed on the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) is another name for Boric Acid. Borates can be used to control pH drift due to a SWG or high aeration levels as well as to help control algae.

The MSDS lists the weight of the Boracic acid as between 60-100%. That's quite a range, so I would look at the product label to see if it contains other ingredients as well. If, for example, it were to also contain either stabilizer (cyanuric acid) and/or calcium be aware that this would increase the ppm of these chemicals as well, which you may not want. Not saying it contains either of these, but I would verify.

A friendly reminder: A full set of test results would help us to provide a more targeted answer for your pool

 

[survey77777]

Thanks.
My new test kit is finally en route. No easy task north of the border I discovered!