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forgot to mention.... when I did the test for CH, after putting in 20 drops of R0010 and 5 drops of R0011L, it turned purple not red..... (grandson confirmed that it was definitely purple not red). Now that I have gone back and looked at the pictures for the CYA results, I may be off on that...

Re: head spinning from all the info......TEST RESULTS...TF10 test results...... FC 1.5 (could have been 1.0, but I accidentally dropped the 2nd and 3rd drops almost together ...should have practiced first ) CC .5 pH 7.2 CYA 40 (and I did this one 2...

ok, bought the stirrer and only really need it for the CH test.....which, my understanding, that test is not at the top of the list for important since I have a vinyl pool and my reading is low......doesn't matter, though....with all of this "science" stuff I figure I need something that is...

Great! Thanks.... will do those tests tomorrow and post results!

Test kit arrived today.... now to figure it all out!!! Will probably try to do the tests tomorrow. Do I use the magnetic stirrer for all the tests or is that necessary? Did a quick test today with the 3-way test kit I already had.....here are the results: FC 3.0 BR 6.5 pH 7.2 We have...

It is definitely worth a phone call to the store you purchased it from.....We had 2 leaks in our first liner....I called the store and just spoke with someone on the floor..... was told I would have to take the whole thing down, pack it back in the box and return it....so, I went back out to do...

ok.... now I have confused myself..... should I go ahead and add the baking soda to raise the TA (will that help to increase the pH) before I head off to try to find Borax.... or should I go get the borax and add it before adding the baking soda. Now I can't remember if the TA helps to raise...

The test result for the pH that we got on Friday from the pool store showed 7.0..... and we haven't added or done anything except we did run the pump for 8 hours yesterday. The test I showed today for pH at 7.2 came from that 3-way test kit I had picked up at Walmart....so it probably isn't as...

Thanks, Richard! We should be getting our good test kit by Tuesday, but for now, we have the 3-2way drop kit. It is still showing the chlorine level high....it is bright yellow - matched closest with 5.0 CL and 11.0 BR ph low - exact match to 7.2 Should we go ahead and add borax (which I will...

Re: head spinning from all the info......TEST RESULTS...fina Well, we finally managed to get a sample of our pool water to a pool store (no charge - and I can go back every week to verify my own results once my test kit gets here). Here are the test results: Total Chlorine 9.0 -...

ok.....seems our problem with the sand was the fact that we didn't pack it down, so when the pool started filling up, it just pushed all of that out.... loose dirt and loose sand is not good...

Take as long as you have to to level the ground.....ours really wasn't that sloped, but we are still off a little more than we should be....will fix that when we take the pool down at the end of the season. our first attempt ended in draining about 2000 gallons of water because the first liner...

Order the test kit (find info at the Pool School link) so you have it when you get the pool up and going! I also went ahead and ordered the magnetic stirrer (read the reviews of it on here first), and the salt test strips (which you will need, too!) Also, get CYA (also known as...

We had bad storms here last night, so not sure what the condition of the pool is just yet. We have, however, located a pool store only 30 minutes from here and will try to take a sample of the water there this afternoon. Will post results as soon as I can. Unfortunately, I was already at work...

Good morning, all! First, and most important, I want to tell you all thank you so much for your help! I was getting a bit overwhelmed yesterday, but today is a new day and I feel up to the task of attacking that big bowl of water! To clarify what I posted about what we have done so far …...