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Sorry for not being more clear. The chlorine level dropped from 60 to about 5 in 2 weeks. CYA levels were still well over 120. I had the pool replastered today over a 2 week period and am starting over with fresh water from scratch. I will try and maintain it now with the help of this website...

I bought the Racer last week and will start using it in a few weeks. Just replastered the pool and am filling it today and you aren't supposed to run a sweep for awhile. I will report back. Anything will be better than the previous owners worn out legend2.

We bought out house last year knowing the pool would need to be done soon. There were a few cracks in the plaster and some rust from rear was showing through in one area. The blue plaster was mottled and needed to be replaced. I was hoping to wait but decided to bite the bullet and get it done...

Any other thoughts on the Racer? I like that it has the rubber scrubber to pick up the small stuff and scrape the pool. Pentair is also offering a $200 rebate right now which is very enticing... I need a new cleaner now and my pool is getting re - plastered next week.

Where are you located? I am interested and near Sacramento, ca. You can get a Racer for around $650 online and Pentair is offering a $200 rebate right now, so don't expect to get more than $450 for it.

Just a followup...got the pool clear with tons of chlorine FC around 60 and 3 filter changes. Drained a portion of the pool probably 20%. But as stated above, CYA levels are very high. After a couple of weeks, chlorine dropped to around 5. Kids are swimming in it. So, I decided to just...

Well, if I need to drain it then I will get it resurfaced. One of the reasons I neglected it this winter is because it needs to be resurfaced. Instead of doing it now, I was hoping to wait until the fall. You can see the moddling on the first stair in my pic. We bought the house knowing it...

OK. Did the tests today. Results: FC - 60 CYA - 100 Alk - 140 Ca - need to recalculate since I saw the update after I did the test Looks like I overshot my Shock FC target of 39 by a little. But I hadn't done much with the green spa so introducing this unchlorinated water should help bring the...

Got my TFP kit of Friday but was gone all weekend. Will be testing tonight and post results. So far, reading through the posts and education sections here, I was not afraid to start to tackling the algae and I have killed most algae now and have cleaned the filters twice. Finally looking much...

Bought the leaf vac yesterday hooked into the garden hose. Worked pretty well, but couldn't see the bottom of the deep end after stirring things up. Dumped 4 pounds of shock in two nights ago and 6 gallons of 8% bleach in last night and ordered the TFT100 kit. Looked marginally better this...

Moved into our new 15 year old house in August with a pool, hottub and decorative waterfall. Got a few months of swimming in before winter. Bought the house knowing I would need to resurface the pool as I can see a few cracks and the finish is faded. Thought I would resurface this spring, but...