I'm in the process of new plaster start-up. Instead of the hanging sock method, is there any reason I can't dissolve CYA in a bucket of water now so it will be ready when I need to add it to the pool?
You can, but it takes forever to dissolve.I'm in the process of new plaster start-up. Instead of the hanging sock method, is there any reason I can't dissolve CYA in a bucket of water now so it will be ready when I need to add it to the pool?
Why do you not want to do the sock method?
You should be nervous about no FC. Add some pronto. Keep it 2-3 ppm until you get cya in there. You don't want algae and you don't want to have to SLAM Process a pool with new plaster. High FC isn't good for new plaster. I would add CYA now and do lots of sock squeezing.
You should be nervous about no FC. Add some pronto. Keep it 2-3 ppm until you get cya in there.
Priority 2 do what the manufacturer says
If money isn't too much of an issue you could use liquid CYA.
I lack confidence in those mfr recommendations because they come from customers, not experts, but apparently the only red flag was the period of zero chlorine? I think I dodged that bullet. Yesterday afternoon marked 60 hours since the pool was full and I started the pump. pH has started to stabilize, at least within reason. I brought CL to 1ppm and hung the sock. I bumped it to 2 before bed. CC tested zero and the water is perfectly clear.
FC 2
CC 0
pH 7.4
TA 100
CYA dissolving now
CH adding today
I didn't know that was an option, but now that the invoice for resurfacing is staring at me, money is an issue!
Oh, and we're gonna need some pics!