dmanb2b said:
I purchased two more jugs of HTH sta/cond at Wally's last week and had a friend (whose pool I'm converting to BBB, over there last night working late) purchase two jugs also, in past few days. At my Wally's and hers all of the newly stocked HTH products now have purple tops.
I like the HTH sta/conditioner the very best because it dissolves out of stocking the absolute fastest of any I've used. Actually it breaks down into a fine powder and disperses into the water the fastest. It might take longer for it to really dissolve but I suspect it's pretty fast. I've emptied a whole stocking loaded with 2 lbs in a few hours (2-3) by massaging the bag a few times during that time, as long as it is hanging in front of a return.
At my Wally's the HTH sta/cond was crammed in with the calcium chloride, (to raise calcium hardness levels) on top shelf, and the jugs look exactly alike. The HTH has a numbering system along the bottom part of label. HTH sta/con will have the "1" highlighted. There are other HTH products that are "1" also so be sure it is "cyanuric acid" and in the 4 lb jug.
BTW... my friend's pool guy commented to her that the liquid chlorine was going to get expensive. I asked her how much her huge bucket (at least 50 lbs) cost. It was $129 or maybe $167 and purchased less than two months ago. It is almost gone. I asked her how much the Wally's 6% store brand chlorine cost. I had her get 6 jugs a few days ago. I then told her she would be using a few jugs of bleach every month once we got the stabilizer in there. I then asked her, at the rate the cal chlor is being used (and she needs no higher CH than it has now) and with the Texas sun and heat just kicking in eating all her chlorine in a day, how many more will she have to purchase this summer and fall. MANY
at $129-$167 a pop. Her CYA was 0% as of last night. So I'm adding 8 lbs (12-14 K play pool) and will add more after we test in a few days. How much was that a jug? $14.99 X 2 = ~$30.
So she asked me how long the CYA would last. Easy answer..... for a very long time with possible tiny additions over summer to add some after backwashing.
She did the numbers, in her head, very quickly. :idea: :idea:
I then told her that as long as we did her pool the BBB method she would save so much money and never, ever see algae again.
BTW..... She hasn't had time to start studying Pool School yet.
gg=alice