Recent content by Mrswalkley

Ever seen “Moonshiners”? This reminds me of the stuff Josh does on there...

This is a good idea. Thank you!

Yeah, ok, I get that. You’re saying if it wasn’t properly stabilized/ connected to something to hold it, you’d expect it to burn off down to A level where it’s held. (I don’t know why I didn’t understand that intuitively). I’ll stop driving the level up way over the rec range for the stabilizer...

Thanks for suggestions. I just replaced the test kit ingredients with new TFP stuff. Reagents are about two months old. Per these instructions, I definitely do not do the CYA testing correctly, so I’ll re-do it outside when sun comes up. I actually just added stabilizer about 3 weeks ago, and it...

Question for you: I just finished a SLAM because of an “off” couple of days where chlorine fell too low, and we got small amount of algae. Took me about four full days. I considered myself done because I had zero chlorine loss overnight, water very clear, and zero combined chlorine. So I am...

Thank you!

Oh this is awesome! Great! Thank you! Can you also tel me how much of the 12.5% you’re needing to maintain your pool? What size do you have and what do you keep your Cl level at? I’m trying to get a grip of what we’re needing to add daily. It’s gotten screwy for me to figure with all the rain...

THANK YOU. I will look into all these suggestions.

Will they let you buy a lot at once? I get funny looks, and they keep asking me what I’m doing with it all when I go to Walmart. I think they think I’m making crack. I’ve had to slam twice (cause I thought I was using higher percentage but just now see this Walmart is 6%... I do call each week...

This seems an awesome deal. Does it have stabilizer in it? I never look at their shock products cause I thought they all have CA in them? I’m trying to find economical bleach myself.

Living in the south and in an area where apparently a lot of people manage their own pool chemistry, local Walmart and grocery stores (even large chains like Kroger and H-E-B) are often out of regular bleach, or have only small supply, or only have Clorox. Few questions: 1. Which bleach brands...

Question: people came to do the sealing of pave stone. Got a bunch of sand in pool, which Polaris robotic vacuum will not pick up. Anybrecommendations on manual vacuums for getting up dirt? I can’t find anywhere else on forum.

I wanted to thank everyone for their quick responses and willingness to help newbies. Since getting my good test kit and studying a little of this site, I have perfect water chemistry, and I’m very confident in my abilities to take care of the pool. Thank you again to everyone!

Okay. Thank you. One more question, then I think I’ll have gotten this til some problem! Ive seen posts about people not liking the automatic feeders because the tabs have stabilizer in them, and then the ratio can get off. i also understand that’s why a lot of people have salt chlorinators...

Okay. I’ve got it now. This pH has been a bugger. I think we’ve added no less than 7 gallons acid in past 1.5 weeks. Something about new plaster causing this?