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    removing metal sequesturant from fabric.

    yes i do.... thats a great idea..... i will try the carpet cleaner and post what happens... ive learned my lesson.. all pool chemicals go in the very back by the spare tire.. i guess it could have been worse...(u cant remove a bleach stain!!)
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    removing metal sequesturant from fabric.

    i was on my way home with some metal sequesturant and a palm sized spot leaked out onto my seat. i diddnt think nothing of it so i did my thing and came back to the car to clean it of but it already dried and hardened up on the seat. its a brand new car and im hoping there is a way to get it...
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    Floating Skimmer + Skimmer Sock -- How?

    i dont see any problem with removing the weir. as long as you keep the water level up u will be good. once u try it out tell us what u think about them. this is my first year using the socks and they are GREAT!
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    Floating Skimmer + Skimmer Sock -- How?

    is the bobber for chlorine? if so just take it out and use liquid chlorine or just let it float around the pool. my pool is crystal clear and i still use the socks b/c it gets so much Crud out. even with my pool being clear the sock still gets clogged and i have to clean it off once or twice a...
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    Which is faster conversion time-- BBB or SWG?

    you deff. need a good test kit.. 12 days is plenty of time if you know what your doing... i would reccomend taking a water sample to the pool store so u will have a starting point. i use BBB method and once you get your pool clear its very inexpensive to operate. ive seen on here where people...
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    Slowly making progress...at a standstill with my water...

    Re: Hazy light green tinted water....HELP! hello. first off Intex pools have the worst pump/filters....i would sugest to not buy an intex pool. take the leap and get a real AG pool.... to me it sounds like you need to shock your pool. shocking is a process. go to the Pool School section and...
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    Our neighbors expect an invitation to swim...

    our neighbors are a little nuts. over the winter months their kid took a knife and stabbed our AG pool(3 yrs ago). they ended up paying to fix it all ($700).. what im getting to is that after all that his mother actually asked if he could go swimming. we let him but we were mean to him lol so he...
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    has anyone bought a pool liner online?

    great website. i will most likely go with the swimline brand b/c youve used their services and all went well. thanks a lot. by the way that was a great looking liner!!
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    has anyone bought a pool liner online?

    a lot of the websites dont advertise j-hook liners. this website had the liner i was looking for for $400 but if your willing to wait 8-14 days (i am) then you could get it for $282. here is the link. if you could anyone could check it out and tell me what you think that would be great...
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    has anyone bought a pool liner online?

    well i dont really have one picked out. i saw these sight in this website so i guess i will start here. i just dont want to get a liner that ends up being low quality. http://www.doheny.com/ http://www.intheswim.com/
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    Pool size

    im getting ready to give you the best advice ever.... When you get your new pool do not put it up yourself. my parents and I put ours up and everything is perfect but if i had to do it all over again i would deff. had somebody come and do it... we rented a transit for leveling the ground. it...
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    has anyone bought a pool liner online?

    Im going to buy a new Liner (j-hook AG) this fall. i was looking online and there are some good deals online. i was wanting to know if these deals were to good to be true or if it was Ligit. The one that caught my eye was a Liner that had fish and coral all over the sides it looked pretty...
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    Thank you TFP!

    This website is a blessing. im a 10 year pool owner and we always had problems... For 9 years i used the pool store method and that left me with a cloudy pool and an empty wallet...... i found this site now i have a CRYTAL CLEAR :whoot: POOL and a fat wallet thanks to bleach and baking soda...
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    What a difference a good pump makes -- wow.

    i went to the intex website and it seems to me that every single pool has a super small filtration system. how could anyone keep a pool clean with something so small. i would never buy an intex pool but if i had to i would deff. invest in a better filtration system!!!!!!!
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    What a difference a good pump makes -- wow.

    also i exagerated a little bit the current is only real strong in front of the eye!!!LOL
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    What a difference a good pump makes -- wow.

    when we were looking around this was the set they reccomened. although it was more or less a sales tactic for them i am glad we have this set. our last set was a 1 hp pump/ 18 in sand filter and it could never achieve the level of satisfaction i have now. half of our pool has big trees that are...
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    does rain cause water cloudiness.

    you must have used a bad brand b/c my expierience with that product was very nice. i put some in every couple weeks now. my pool became cloudy because it lacked chlorine for a while. i added the right amount of bleach and let the pump run non stop now my pool looks better than ever!!!!!!!!!
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    What a difference a good pump makes -- wow.

    we have a 1.5 hp pump and man it puts so much water out it turns our pool into a giant whirlpool... all of the kids absolutley love it. they try to swim against the return and its pretty hard. when i try i just swim in one place...... it does help but if u dont have a good enough sandfilter then...
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    very frustrated. water is now green?

    PROBLEM SOLVED....... my pool had lacked chlorine for so long all of the nasty Crud built up and turned the pool cloudy.. i shocked it for 2 days and let the pump keep running and now my pool is crystal clear. Thanks Everybody!!!!!
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    very frustrated. water is now green?

    ive been looking for a starting point. so i guess i will start by lowering the cya. i was getting ready to name our pool "The Sharp Family Pond!"
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    very frustrated. water is now green?

    i guess im gonna drain my pool 33% to try and get the cya to around 40. that would be less bleach that i have to put in. dont know if this would help or not but 8-15 gallons of bleach per day is crazy. i could use some tips. if you have any they are very much apreciated!
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    very frustrated. water is now green?

    im soo mad. first of all its my parents pool. (i live with them)... our pool has been clear all year but there has been a nasty iron stain on the botttom. i took care of the stain with stain free and metal free (plus polyquat 60). its been exactly one week since i did the treatment. ive been...
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    does rain cause water cloudiness.

    i have a lot of metal sequesturant in my pool so i went ahead and shocked it. first i lowered my Ph to 7.0 b/c my Alk. is low so im gonna add some baking soda to raise it. i just shocked it and im waondering if i should flock the pool tonight.. i dont let people swim unless the water is clear so...
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    does rain cause water cloudiness.

    Also... would shocking help this problem at all?
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    does rain cause water cloudiness.

    here are my chemical levels FC 0 CC 0 Alk 75 Ph 7.8
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    does rain cause water cloudiness.

    i started a stain treatment last sunday and everything was going good; i put in the polyquat 60 last sunday as well. i woke up last night to a bad rain storm. i just went to the pool (i was going to vacume it) and the water is a very blue cloudy color. i can barely see the bottom but it is...
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    FC keeps dropping to 0

    my pool chemical levels are FC 0 CC 0 Alk 85 Ph 7.4 Cya 60 i did a stain treatment on my pool last sunday.. everythings going good besides the chlor. ive been using pool calculator all week to raise my Chlor. 1ppm at a time. when i add the chlor. i will wait 1-2 hours and test agian and it...
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    turning my pool around, I hope

    i have around the size pool as you. i can tell u how to fix it. every year when i open my pool i have tones of leaves. alo your on he right track, with your water being a pale whie color. Step 1. get a leaf net (long net) and for a couple days slowly try to remove as much debri as possible...
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    how to raise Alkalinity without raising Ph

    i will wait another day to let my pool rest from all the chemicals and tomorrow i will add the 48 oz aking soda.and go from there. i will reply what happens....another question. if you have a lot of sequesturing agent in your pool and your ph and Chlor. levels both get high, will the stains...
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    how to raise Alkalinity without raising Ph

    I just did a stain treament (for iron) on sunday and the stains are gone. i went and got my water tested today and my chemicals are: Fc 0 Cc 0.20 Ph 7.4 Alk 63 i heard if you raise your Ph then the stains will start to apear again. how can i raise my alk. without raising my Ph.... will baking...