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  1. Jim S

    Starting on borates. Help confirm calculations.

    I used Proteam Supreme Plus instead of the borax and acid.Much easier then going back and forth with the other method.This product is awesome to say the least.Multiple benefits .One of the most notable being chlorine loss of .5-1ppm aday with 8 hrs of sun.Great buffer for TA and PH.It will...
  2. Jim S

    Bonding an above ground pool

    With the high price of copper the average price I've found is roughly between $1200-$1500.Thats for running power from the panel to the pump and bonding the pool.You could possibly save money by putting in post and digging the trench from the house to the post.Recently ran into issue with...
  3. Jim S

    Blue lagoon

    Its amazing how difficult the pool stores make pool care maintenance.I went to Leslie pools looking for Borate test strips.Asked an employee and his response was "whats a borate".I turned around and left. Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk 2
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    Blue lagoon

    Name is Jim.From New York and first year pool owner.24'rd. 54 " tall.After tossing the Pristine blue the pool store sold my wife I told her my new recipe for a sparkling pool.After some research I went with TFP and BBB method.Heres the numbers. FC 5.0 ppm TA 100...
  5. Jim S

    How much sodium bisulfate

    Re: Almost ready for Borates! I was just worried that such a large quanity of muriatic acid would be hard on the vinyl liner. Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk 2
  6. Jim S

    How much sodium bisulfate

    Just how much sodium bisulfate will I use as opposed to the muriatic acid.14000 gallon pool.The calculator says to use 51 pounds of borax. Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk 2
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    Aerating

    Thanks for the quick response.First year pool owner.24' above ground.Wife did'nt want to use chlrorine so she chose Pristine Blue.After finding this forum and much research I threw that Crud away and went out and bought Chlorox 6% unscented.Better sanitized than sorry.At the moment TA drifts...
  8. Jim S

    Aerating

    Just curious to know how long after treating with sodium bisulfate to lower TA should I start aerating to bring the ph back up. Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk 2