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Ok, thanks for that about the PolyQuat. I have no choice but to fill, chlorine, and close. The timing is terrible, and it's supposed to be raining tomorrow!

Hey Everyone, Had severe pool issues all season-leaking-painted surface disintgrating-surface cracks. So after major repairs and a new hi-build epoxy painted surface (over concrete), we are having our pool filed tomorrow and then immediately closing it. Talk about a short swim season! Anyway...

Wasn't sure where to put this post... Is there any method for determining how much evaporation in 1 day is due to the environment or a small leak? In other words, is there a threshold amount that would lean towards a leak? I have a painted concrete pool and I am putting top off water in almost...

Out of curiousity I read the manual for my Taylor test kit yesterday because I never quite understood the Water Sat Index (Watergram) and really wanted to understand how to use it (if at all). Here are a few questions: 1) Is anyone using the CYA correction to TA table, why or why not? 2) If...

Re: BBB for Beginners Ok...so, I should follow the guidelines for vinyl? Not sure I would agree with that especially in the area of CH. I have read in other threads the discussion about switching to the SWG chart when one goes with an LQ? Just curious. I guess it doesn't matter if you shoot for...

Re: BBB for Beginners One small question: Most of the recommendations for BBB state guidelines for plaster, vinyl, gunite, fiberglass, etc... However, I never see the recommendation for concrete pools. I can't be the only person in the entire Northern Hemisphere with one of these well-made, old...

Haven't seen this question posted regarding the LQ: I have a concern about the bleach/chlorine outdoors. My pump is on a cement pad and primarily shaded by trees. Do I have any reason to be concerned about chlorine + heat in the LQ? I am really thinking of buying the product, but need expert...

Thanks for that answer PaulR. I hadn't thought about buying a bit longer to do that. I do wonder, if any part of the water is left uncovered, does that radically make the solar balnket ineffective? In essence, IS a solar blanket supposed to cover all of the water? I had heard somewhere about...

To extend the questions on solar blankets. I have an unsual shaped pool (see my avatar) and we are going to buy a new solar cover because ours is popping and getting filled with water. So, If I only buy a rectangular blanket for the narrowest part of the pool and leave the two areas that bulge...

Hi Mbar, Yeah, we talked extensively last year about this and I did use the PolyQuat 60 as directed. In hindsight, I think that I should have tripled the doses just to be safe. I have about a 30,000 gallon pool (+ or -), and I think it is better to be safe than sorry, as I most certainly was...

Hi Mbar, Do you have a preferred product that turns the metal into crystals that can be vac'ed out? I remember seeing it mentioned here before, but I want to be sure which one it was. I will say this, that the ascorbic acid treatment worked wonders on my old concrete pool. But I got a very nasty...

Instead of starting a new thread I thought I would ask here. We have a solar blanket that came with our pool when we bought the house. It is not blue but a greenish color. We would like to put it on a spool and reel thing at the shallow end, but here is the question. When the blanket is rolled...

JasonLion said: Ok, that makes sense. Although the water was a little milky before I added anything. Yeah, I was just spitballing on the testing and really curious if the CYA dropped, which it needed to. We had to put a new solid cover on because the other was leaking and they mixed the water...

JasonLion said: Ok, not to be too dense :wink: , but I thought that the ONLY way to be rid of high CYA is to replace water. How can it "disappear" over the winter? I had a substantial CYA at the end of last year in the 100+ppm range and I had tons of problems after doing an ascorbic acid...

Success! Thanks everyone! PS Love reading the newsletter-Waterbear, I always thought you were a woman :oops: , You have lead an interesting life!