Bought a short sale where the pool has been sitting for over a year. It has a cartrige filter. Where do I begin? I have had 3 pools before, but have never been here, but have to do this. Need a T-Shirt with help!
Which is why Budster and myself suggested Proteam's very excellent product System Support. Both of us work in the industry and this product is not as well known as it deserves to be, IMHO. It is designed for pools such as this to clear them quickly and economically and it is the only product of its formulation on the market (sodium percarbonate) being sold for this usage. (the amount of chlorine needed to clear this pool would very possible cost quite a bit more than the System Support and Dry acid needed.)H2O_Keeper said:I beleive the response about draining as an option was intended more for the time (adding chems, testing, brushing, changing filters/backwashing) and the monetary value of the bleach opposed to your time for a drain/clean and the local cost for water refill.
Well, in your case, both are going to add to your workload clearing the pool....especially DE.One other thing....I have always had a DE filter. This is a cartridge, should I keep it or upgrade to DE before I start?
poolgeek.com sells ProTeam System Support here for $80.73 for 25 pounds. It's pure sodium percarbonate at 157.01 g/mole for 1 sodium carbonate (105.99 g/mole or 67.5%) and 1.5 hydrogen peroxide (1.5*34.015 g/mole or 32.5%). However, though the consumption/usage of chlorine is an acidic process, this is not the case for hydrogen peroxide (because it's half-reaction consumes twice as much hydrogen ion).waterbear said:(the amount of chlorine needed to clear this pool would very possible cost quite a bit more than the System Support and Dry acid needed.)