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    Plaster Repair

    What is the best white plaster repair product? I have 3 areas that have loosened up and I need to repair them. I plan on emptying the pool in spring and refilling after the repairs are complete.
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    Free Chlorine Level

    23,000 gal, white plaster, DE filter , SWG, solar panels My CYA level is 70, PH is 7.2 Calcium Hardness is 550 Total Alk is 80 Water temp is 86 Yet I cannot get the FC level above .5 I've put 20 gallons of liquid chlorine in over the last week with no difference. Any suggestions?
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    TA and Green Water

    Just a question. I had a green tint in my water and posted that here. I saw my TA was 180 from a pool store test and they said my Adjusted alkalinity was good (120). In reading things on this forum, They said ignore the adjusted TA, which I did. I lowered my TA with muriatic acid and voila...
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    Water has greenish tint

    The water in my pool has a green hue to it, not blue. The water is clear. I had the water tested and these are the results: CYA - 50 ppm Total chlorine - 2.6 ppm Free chlorine - 2.6 ph - 7.5 Total alkalinity - 90 Calcium Hardness - 400 Copper - 0.5 ppm I am switching to Salt instead of...
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    New to SWG

    I've had my pool for 32 years. 24000 gallons, plaster, DE filter. I installed a SWG for my chlorine. I can get all the water settings to correct levels but I'm concerned about the CYA level. I had the water tested. Everything was good except the CYA level. The test said 50 ppm. The store...
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    CYA too high

    My pool is white plaster (replastered 3 yrs ago). The last 2 years I've had to slam the water with liquid chlorine upon opening. I put 10 gallons of liquid chlorine into pool yes terday afternoon and by 1 pm today I had no FC and had about 1 to 2 TC. Never had to add liquid chlorine prior to...