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The paint blistered into small bubbles 1 month after painting. About 1 year after some of them got bigger and popped. Now about 75% of the pool has small blisters, of which maybe 15% of them have popped. I think my guy was painting in the middle of the hottest days despite me telling him not to...

So weird things have been happening to my pool. pH: 7.6 Alk: 40 CYA: no longer existent CH: 1000 I know these numbers aren't the greatest, but again, perspective living in Africa with no access to affordable liquid chlorine and only granulated cal hypo (which everyone uses in this country as...

Also plaster is not an option here in this country, no one has access to the material. It's only painted concrete or tiling. Tiling was out of our budget at the time.

Thanks for all the responses. It's possible to get a SWG here, and yes that might be a better long term solution. I can get trichlor but I use that every few months to get both chlorination and stabilizer up at the same time.

I did change the ph to 7.1 and it helped quite a lot, but still not as clear as I'd like it to be.

Scaling doesn't seem to be bad, then again I have white pool paint ... there are areas where the paint looks a bit crusty and almost light brown. which could be some scaling, not quite sure. Near the tile line it's also white too. Another weird thing is that when I use my DPD powder in the...

Hi all. Struggling with a pool that is constantly cloudy but has proper color (blue). Readings: ph: 7.4 fc: 5.5 cc: <0.5 ch: 1025 TA: 50 cya: 30 Located in Rwanda, I've always used sodium hypochlorite 65 as my primary chlorination source as well as for slamming the pool. Liquid chlorine not...

Bubbles range in size from 1/4 inch to max 3/4 inch or so. My guy said he would try a different imported paint so we may do so but honestly wait another year since we haven't seen him try it on another pool.. we were the guinea pig for his first project in this country though he has other...

Thanks for the questions. I test using the taylor k2006 kit. Overall TA would be more like 40 since there is 30 CYA (33% is -10 to the overall TA). I do add water, usually once every week to two weeks during this dry spell. Usually it is pretty wet here the rest of the year, humidity averages...

Hi all, I tested my pool this morning: ph: 8 FC: 5 CC: 0 CYA: 30 CH: 825ppm ALK: 50 Temp: 21C Here we have had a very dry season, basically no rain in the last 2 months with 45% humidity, maybe even less at times. Pool has slowly become more cloudy and slightly turquoise in shade. Did a OLCT...

Yeah, the hose fits directly into the skimmer port without the plate thus bypassing the skimmer basket. I want to use the skimmer basket as a prefilter for vacuuming so we don't need to keep clearing the pump filter...

Hi everyone. I have a typical blue pool hose that is a 1.5inch , but my skimmer plate is 1.25inch. I can't seem to find the proper type of step down adapter... you'd think it was simple but I can't find it. Here are some photos. Any ideas? A 90 degree one would be perfect but those have threads...

Thanks for all the advice everyone. The pool finish is simply acrylic paint. Doesn't hold up well at all, it bubbled 2 months after being painted on. 1 year in and bubbles are everywhere, mainly near the skimline tile, and now they are popping and I can sometimes push them and see a not so...