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    Grout Cracks under coping/above tiles

    What product would you use to replace everything? (would the perma tile grout that I purchased work?) Also when you say replacing it, does that means I will have to break/chip away at the existing grout? (sorry I don't have my husband here with me and I just want to make sure I know what part...
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    Grout Cracks under coping/above tiles

    Hi all, would like some help on how to repair the cracks that I have around the pool I've purchased Perma Tile Grout Waterproof (someone recommended to use this on a website that I found a few months ago -before I found TFP)...
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    Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack

    Will do! Thanks mknauss and santacruzpool too!
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    Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack

    Thanks Tim! Have a great night :)
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    Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack

    Ok so I'm just going to check FC until it drops below 10. I will check pH again as well to see where it's at. Then bring pH down to 7.2 with my dry acid since I'm going to shock at high Cl levels (thanks for the tips on how to add it) I'll wait a little bit and add enough LC to raise it to...
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    Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack

    Re:  Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack Oh Drats! I was being impatient and wanted to get a jump start :/ Should I go ahead and test for OCLT tonight/morning? And then adjust pH if the FC is below 10 in the morning? If it is below 10, then I can go ahead...
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    Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack

    Re:  Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack THANK YOU! I went ahead and started to SLAM (bringing it up to 16ppm) before I got your reply. Do I wait a few hours before I bring the pH down to 7.2? Or go ahead and add dry acid now? If I add acid now, should I...
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    Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack

    Re: Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack Here are today's numbers (TF100) Ran the filter for 5.5 hours before taking sample Cl 1ppm pH 7.8 FC 1ppm CC 0.5ppm CH 175ppm TA 80 CYA 45?? 40-50 (I read this about 6 times and it kept coming back as I can still see it...
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    Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack

    Re: Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack So I had a previous thread about high CYA (and I appreciated all the help about SLAM-ing it, but because I needed 8.7gallons of Cl to SLAM at 35 possibly every few hours, in the end my husband decided that we should just...
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    Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack

    Re: Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack Thanks Tim5055 I don't think I technically SLAMmed the pool yesterday (just used PoolMath to bring the Cl level to 10) I will recalculate it to bring it to 35 today. I did go out to sweep again and there's still "dust"...
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    Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack

    Re: Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack Here are the new results... Saturday 9:30am added 2 gallons 10% liquid chlorine to SLAM the pool (since I started out with 2.5ppm the day before) 3:50pm (6.5 hours later) tested for CYA (since the sun was out) at 90 I can...
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    Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack

    Re: Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack Another question....should I take my Tri-chlor floating dispenser out of the pool?
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    Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack

    Re: Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack kellyfair- I didn't know that's how to do a CYA test -fill to the first line, then to the second, etc and I have definitely been staring at the black dot to see when it disappears. (the instructions say to slowly fill the...
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    Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack

    Re: Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack kabutotx- thanks about following the instructions and wiping the tip. I actually tried the TF100 when I first got it 2 days ago and my numbers were crazy CH 525-550ppm TA 390 (I know I counted the tiny drops and some were...
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    Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack

    Re: Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack the water is not crystal clear (can't see the heads/tails in the quarter toss) but i can see the drain in the deep end and I've been sweeping everyday (i can see "dust" come off the stairs when I sweep every morning right...
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    Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack

    Re: Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack Ok thanks again! I'll head out to the store (I did buy the big gallons @ Costco last week and then came on the forum and someone asked about the Chloromax which made me go back and return them but I didn't buy any to replace)
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    Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack

    Re: Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack Thank you! I was afraid of that :mad::mad: - - - Updated - - - Should I use Leslie's Power Powder Plus (cal hypo) or purchase Chlorox? I also have my daughter's birthday pool party next week. Should I go ahead and start...
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    Help...took the advice from Leslie's and now my pool is out of whack

    Hello everyone, I'm a new pool owner and I've been taking poor advice from the internet (purchasing test strips that one site recommended-bad I know that now) and then followed that up with taking my water samples to Leslie's. After my 3rd analysis at Leslie's and my pool not getting any...