all of this is great info. but something I wonder about, that I havent seen. is how much of this stuff do I need to have for a new pool owner. My pool is going up thursday, so obviously i dont know what the water will be, but I would like to have on hand what I am going to need. So how much bleach is a good starting point, 1 gal. 5 gal. etc... How much baking soda, borax??? I know everyones water is different. and the test kit is on order.
How much of this stuff do I need
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Add your pool info to your signature...Size of pool plus gallons, type of pool, filter etc. Without that info, no one can really say, but expect to lose 2-4 PPM per day of chlorine. So, based on your pool size, figure out how much you would need to add to gain 2-4 FC per day and multiply by 7 and that's about how much you will use per week.
Without knowing your pool size, or your results of your fill water...I can't even throw any numbers at you for borax and baking soda...but they do have other uses if you wanted a box of each on hand. On your new pool and fresh fill, you will certainly need stabilizer/conditioner on hand, again how much depends on gallons
Without knowing your pool size, or your results of your fill water...I can't even throw any numbers at you for borax and baking soda...but they do have other uses if you wanted a box of each on hand. On your new pool and fresh fill, you will certainly need stabilizer/conditioner on hand, again how much depends on gallons
Borax is an after thought. Don't consider it until you get FC, PH, TA, and CYA in line first.
You'll want enough CYA to bring your pool up to 30ppm -- you can use PoolMath to figure that out.
For bleach, maybe start with enough for 10-20 ppm -- but don't add it all at once
For bleach, maybe start with enough for 10-20 ppm -- but don't add it all at once