Recent content by Rybray

whew! So no vacuuming the AA to waste? That's so much nicer than using Stain Free (which is mostly AA I think) Thanks!

After a disastrous "pool guy" nearly destroyed our pool and we brought it back from being a bio hazard (well maybe not that bad...lol), I've been trying to get the brown stains off. And they're a lot better but still some left. Used Stain Free last year and the top steps were very white, 3rd...

Bingo...used a different Taylor reagent (newer one) and got completely different result! I was super confused for hot minute!!!!!

I hadn't added anything but the MA. Of course, now we are having buckets of rain...lol But I will take more care with the TA drops. I had done both the 10mm test, and then the 25mm test because I couldn't quite believe what I was seeing. when it quits raining I will test again.

of course now it's raining cats and dogs...so everything will be diff! ugh.

first reading this morning, I got 150 for TA and 8 for ph. If you do the .33 adjustment (or .36) in the Taylor book, it came out to 109 TA. (also if you plug it into the Taylor suretreat calculator. So I ugged that Into poolmath and added what it told me to, which was a quart and a cup MA (which...

My CYA is way too high and I know that. I've gone to all liquid chlorine, muriatic acid, etc. using Taylor testing. Today my ph was at 8 and my TA (appropriately factored for CYA was 109. Added the pool math suggestion to lower PH...tested 2 hours later...PH is now 7.5 but my TA shot up to 122...

For instance, regarding alkalinity, Bioguard recommends between 125-150, Hach strips 80-120, Taylor 80-120 and TFP says 60-80. 23,000 gal plaster pool, 18 yrs old. I just took over its care aft3r our last pool guy went nuts and abt destroyed it. Now it's crystal clear and most of the stains are...