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    Stone sealing - Split face & coping

    I just used a sprayer a week ago or so to apply the HD. That really worked well. If too much pooled I was ready with a roller but never needed it on the flatter surfaces. On the waterfall I needed a rag to catch the small pools that quickly developed.
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    Stone sealing - Split face & coping

    Re: Stone sealing - Split face & coping If you call them and ask (stonetech) they will tell you that you can also us the HD sealer. Its way cheaper. Its easy to apply and so far is great. Once you go to HD you cant go back to the saltwater sealer though because they are quite different. Water...
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    Did I just mess up big time or what :(

    You are not alone. My problem was cracked parts in the filter but with the same result. It took several days but the little robot did his job. I had to brush the sides and especially the steps to help out.
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    Can't remove return collar to install sprinkler cooler

    The cooler in action. Its job today is aeration. Trying to get TA down. Adding borates and TA was too high.
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    Water clarifiers and polishers?

    No I didn't know about vacuuming to waste. Glad you told me.
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    Flocculant www.factorydirectchemicals.com

    Just wanted to alert everyone of a relatively cheap way to buy floc if you are willing to spend 100 at a time. Total Solutions Pool Clarifier | Factory Direct Chemicals Its 4 gallons of floc. Works well for me. They carry other chems as well, like: PH up - Sodium Hydroxide and Potassum Hydroxide...
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    Water clarifiers and polishers?

    I have a DE and I use flocculant. Sometimes I get a 5-8psi increase in the DE filter. I backwash for 10 seconds or less and its fine. I bought 4 gallons of floc online for 99 dollars. Pretty good price. Total Solutions Pool Clarifier | Factory Direct Chemicals I do like the fact that it clears...
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    DuPont StoneTech Pro Sealers

    So here is the tiny deck leading to the kitchen. Not a lot of salt water action will take place here and no rain as its covered. I think one layer of salt water sealer is fine here. Think I'll leave this area with just one coat. This stuffs expensive!
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    Pentair Boost-Rite for my Polaris

    Super easy. Super quiet.
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    Can't remove return collar to install sprinkler cooler

    This part is important. You screw it in first then screw the big part into it otherwise youre in the pool turning this big contraption into the side of the pool with all sorts of torque in the wrong directions and probably marginal success getting threads lined up. Also with my pool without this...
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    Led Pool Bulbs

    You should specify in-ground or above ground. The lights are quite different. I noticed ebay has a lot of above ground lights for great prices that are held to the side with magnets. I've never used an LED light for the pool, so no recommendation but I'll watch for what you find to work.
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    DuPont StoneTech Pro Sealers

    Only stippled the brush in pools after second coat. Here we are 13 minutes after second coat. In a few minutes I will dab the stone with a microfiber cloth and take a pic. You can see the grout has a small pool and on the left bottom side there is almost a film of white. When I dab it it will...
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    DuPont StoneTech Pro Sealers

    Ok. About 15-20 minutes after application. Going to do second coat. Less applied for second coat as experiments yesterday proved on this stone that less soaks in, but not much less.