Recent content by rgividen

please believe - Magic Eraser from Mr Clean (proctor & gamble). it works on pool liner scum line.

thanks for the post - we are in/near cincinnati also, entering 4th year w/ our 26k gal pool and love it. thinking about a heat pump purchase so, Mike_k, what size is your Raypac and is the addition of the pump able to get you near 80 in april? thanks again.

thanx - called the installer and he was more than willing to come over and take a look and fix the bumps. suggested we have fun and wait for the season to end (which sadly will be in about 3-4 weeks).

need your advice please for new pool owner: our new ABG (added water on Aug 2) has been a blast and crystal clear thanks to this forum, pool school, pool calc and the BBB method. over a couple of weeks but much closer over the last several days i have been focusing in on what i think are sand...

tagging on to Wendynat's vacation comment and all of your answers - still new here but thanks to pool school, our TF-100 kit and a lot of answers here and help, we're doing great w/ the new pool (26k gal and C = 5, pH = 7.6 this evening w/ similar readings each night after adding a bit of C per...

thnx svenpup, duraleigh & frustratedpoolmom - the help is great. yes, we were initially told (before TFP) to put the 5 gal of CL in (the 3rd, 3 days ago inclusive). tonight i used the pentair test kit: CL - 2.5 pH - 7.5 TA - 130 we have not added anything else - waiting on the TF-100 test...

ETA, what was the "1 1/2 lbs Adjust pH"? Your pH was fine at the time, and there is no such thing as "pH adjust. It is either pH down (acid) or pH up (base). i think it was to 'lower' ... upon re-reading the test results (handwritten) pH may have been 7.9 - this would make more sense?

great to hear. thanx

just finished installing our new doughboy, 21 x 41 AG pool - our first and wow, we are excited! as we are not yet up to TFP speed, we took a day one water sample to the pool store - the water in the pool came entirely from the city/county public drinking water system. the pool store test...