First time poster here!
Pool details:
12k gallons, 14*28
In Ground
Vinyl
Sand filter
Community well
I just moved into a house and got the pool water tested from my local pool store. Here are the details:
Total chlorine - 4.3
Free chlorine - 2.7
pH - 6.1 (woah)
Total Alkalinity - 100
Ca hardness - 38
Stabilizer - 110
Copper, Iron - 0
Shock Treatment - 1.6
Here's the recommendation from the pool store:
Add 2.5 lbs pH Increaser.
Well, I did that and nothing changed. We then went to the grocery store and bought five 4-lb boxes of generic sodium bicarbonate. I dumped each of those in and waited (hours now) and measured. The pH is still yellow (per the TFTestkits result). By 'yellow' I mean it's beneath the starting point of the 7.0 scale on the tester, at least a couple shades beneath the starting red point.
I'm about to head to the grocery to pick up more boxes. Am I doing the correct thing or am I missing something big?
Thanks!
Pool details:
12k gallons, 14*28
In Ground
Vinyl
Sand filter
Community well
I just moved into a house and got the pool water tested from my local pool store. Here are the details:
Total chlorine - 4.3
Free chlorine - 2.7
pH - 6.1 (woah)
Total Alkalinity - 100
Ca hardness - 38
Stabilizer - 110
Copper, Iron - 0
Shock Treatment - 1.6
Here's the recommendation from the pool store:
Add 2.5 lbs pH Increaser.
Well, I did that and nothing changed. We then went to the grocery store and bought five 4-lb boxes of generic sodium bicarbonate. I dumped each of those in and waited (hours now) and measured. The pH is still yellow (per the TFTestkits result). By 'yellow' I mean it's beneath the starting point of the 7.0 scale on the tester, at least a couple shades beneath the starting red point.
I'm about to head to the grocery to pick up more boxes. Am I doing the correct thing or am I missing something big?
Thanks!