nothing goes into my pool until it gets disolved in my 5 gallon pool bucket first, including salt.
I find it makes them slippery, and whiney.Yeah, that is overkill. I just dump the salt onto my kids while they are swimming.
How to Add or Remove Salt
For new plaster pools, wait 10-14 days before adding salt to allow the plaster to cure.
Turn the circulating pump on and add salt directly into the pool. Brush the salt around
to speed up the dissolving process--do not allow salt to pile up on the bottom of the
pool. Run the filter pump for 24 hours with the suction coming from the main drain (use
pool vac if there is no main drain) to allow the salt to evenly disperse throughout the
pool
Wow ... that seems like way more effort than dumping in 40 pounds at a timeI use a cup that I have pre-marked with a 1lb mark. I broad cast the salt in the pool while the pump is running.
40lbs of salt only raises it 683ppm in a 7000 gallon pool. 10 lbs of salt is less than half the margin of error of most salt tests. Bags away!
Call me anal(can I say that here??..lol) but nothing goes into my pool until it gets disolved in my 5 gallon pool bucket first, including salt. The only exception are things that you want to put directly into the skimmer, like DE. Then I broadcast it across the pool. I fill up my bucket, pure in whatever, stir it up with my giant spoon, and then sling it across the pool. It's a good way to protect your SWG from everything.