Salt Water Magic Monthly Kit

[primetime]

The PB came out today and started up the pool equipment for the first time.

He also left a three ring note book for me with information. We do have a 2 to 3 hour indoctrination scheduled for this Thursday, but I went ahead and flipped through the note book.

In it he recommends buying a product called "Salt Water Magic Monthly Kit" . Has anyone used this product?

Here is a link I found http://naturalchemistry.com/pool-and-sp ... ts/show/23

Thanks for any input!!

 

[reebok]

bah. see waterbear's post about halfway down:
pulling-my-hair-out-t7347.html
most of that stuff isn't needed if you follow the BBB plan. to go line by line per that website...
salt: just need the cheap solar salt
metal deactivator: does your water even have metals?
phosphate remover: not needed if you follow correct chlorine/cya which should be easy for you with a new pool and swg.
conditioner: CYA. definitely needed. can get from walmart. he should put some in himself as part of the startup (or at least, my guy did).
stabilizer: borates. see the borate sticky in the chemistry 201 forum.
enzymes: not needed if you follow correct chlorine/cya which should be easy for you with a new pool and swg.

 

[Guest]

Salt water magic is an expensive mix of salt, borax (and boric acid for pH neutrality), EDTA (a sequesterant you may or may not need--it's not the most effective sequesterant anyway) and CYA. Add them separately and you will be in better control of the levels and you will also save a LOT of money.