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Yes that is very true! This site and its people are amazing. Preliminary, it seems as though my care problem is solved running my pool below the normal recommended TA level as suggested by Chem Geek. My current kit recently turned the vial clear after 4 drops on the TA acid-drop test, which...

From OP: Thanks to everyone; especially chem geek; Lots of info to digest; ph creep has slowed; after 1 1/2 yrs of it; suspect that it's the first time I've let TA stay below 55, as suggested on this thread, long enough to notice the difference; will test TA tomorrow; but ph test suddenly taking...

I just remembered and then looked to make sure. The kit I've got has 5 bottles: 1-(clear) supposedly tests FC, total chlorine or bromine. It turns yellow, gold, brown or orange, so I assume it's an OTO; 2-(red) test PH; 3-(clear)TA acid drops, added one at a time after adding the two blue drops...

I wasn't looking for another site when I found Ben and his site; didn't even know about Ben. I was actually google searching; trying to find an answer to my very minor problem, and that is the creeping PH that keeps coming back multiple times per week that is more aggravating than anything else...

At the risk of turning this into a serious thread, my biggest problem is that I tell friends and family about the method, I mean just the basics so as not to shock them (pardon the pun); and all I get is "really; not "REALLY!", but just the regular "really". And they just continue as before...

I didn't mean it to come across as railing. I'm just using critical thinking and asking...why do I need to purchase this kit? It was a question that came upon me only after asking questions on the forum and then learning that "oh, they really, really, strongly advise these kits; not just...

Now that's an answer from the MAN who knows everything! Thank you so much. I was hoping you'd come along and help! I'll get the TF-100 and I'll have everything except maybe a chlorine neutralizer when my other tester runs low. Maybe use the distilled water trick that I read somewhere for...

Gas in my car won't make it go. Put in diesel and it does great. I've not refuted your kit or anything you teach; let alone openly refute it.

I appreciate everyone taking the time to read my long OP and provide useful feedback. Again, I don't think instructions on how to proceed with the TFPC method is all that easy and straight forward for those who are not adept at pulling all necessary info from web pages and just trying to follow...

First off, let me say that I don't have any problems with my pool, it's pool care that I'm questioning. The money and time I'm supposed to spend. Is it all necessary in my case? I read pool school last Spring and then went back to school again this Summer after asking a question on the "deep...

Thanks for the information. I'll have to go back and try to get a better or more complete understanding of some of these concepts and try to find some of the particulars that I obviously missed going through the school the first time, or maybe I forgot what I comprehended last year (which is...

OP again. Still using up my current test kit before purchasing a new one recommended on here. I can't see changing anything right now when my only problem or concern is the minor issue of having to add a little acid three or four days per week to stay in recommended range, and I can't see buying...

The store sample report should be right, or close to right, as far as I know. Nothing far different than what any test kit I've ever used has shown. I don't take their advice but I like all the numbers it gives in a print-out form, and I think I'll keep using them to confirm things even when I...

Thanks for the link. I'll put this as one of my short cuts and quick references to put with my pool kit. I think you guys have helped my beat this one to death. This is not something I feel like I must solve; just something I wanted to learn and hoped there was an easy explanation. I'll...

Okay. I guess I haven't read everything on here or have forgotten some things, but I didn't realize TFP recommended lower alkalinity levels than the store test report. But according to the above recommendation, I've just done something that will ensure that I keep adding acid. The first...

So far this season, both my tester, and the store sampled tests have shown low TA; around 60. I only recently made my first adjustment to Alkalinity and raised to about 110 (according to my tester but have not brought in another sample to the store). I tested alkalinity using the...

Store personnel have told me that water is unusually soft by nature in my area. Natural calcium levels shown from pool store sample sort of confirm that. Some caves and some limestone block plants in my area, but I don't think any are near water sources.

I'm doing the TFP method. Easy to add a little bleach every day. Works great! A wonderful sense of satisfaction and pride when you get the dosing just right, and your tester confirms that you're staying between min FC and the target, and you know your pool is staying clean. But I'm constantly...

It was like an aha moment when I found your site and found the CYA chart only five minutes after stumbling on your site in search of answers. I wasn't expecting such a definitive and simple solution to a huge problem with pool ownership all over the country. It should be a no brainer; should...