I'd like to thank everyone on the board for the great advice found here. I have a 20K gallon vinyl lined pool. Just a quick story on how much this site has helped (and saved me in $$$).
I started reading the information on this site in late May after having a cloudy pool and spending way too much money trying to fix it at Leslie's. I really felt like I was chasing my tail. After doing a lot of reading, I got the pool cleared up cheaply by shocking with liquid chlorine. I also changed from never getting good free chlorine levels with Trichlor to getting great free chlorine levels using Clorox. Got the pH and alkalinity in line using muriatic acid and an aerator made from a compressor and a porus garden bleeder hose (even less tail chasing). I then decided to get brave and go for the BBB method; my pool now sparkles every day. It also amazes me how stable the pool chemistry has been.
All I need to do is add about half a 192 oz jug of Clorox every day to get about 5-6 ppm of free chlorine (CYA = 50). The pH hasn't varied from 7.6-7.8, nor has the alkalinity changed...in fact, the only chemical I have added since I added Borax/muriatic acid has been Clorox. I just came back from a 2 week vacation, in which I had someone add the Clorox daily and add water as needed because of evaporation, and the pool water was crystal clear, and the chemistry spot on.
The cost saving has also been remarkable. Instead of adding algecide, ultrabright, pool perfect/phos free, and constantly fighting the pH and alkalinity battle with pH increaser, alkalinity up, and muriatic acid, I now just add about $1.50 of Clorox a day and life is good.
Thanks!!!
I started reading the information on this site in late May after having a cloudy pool and spending way too much money trying to fix it at Leslie's. I really felt like I was chasing my tail. After doing a lot of reading, I got the pool cleared up cheaply by shocking with liquid chlorine. I also changed from never getting good free chlorine levels with Trichlor to getting great free chlorine levels using Clorox. Got the pH and alkalinity in line using muriatic acid and an aerator made from a compressor and a porus garden bleeder hose (even less tail chasing). I then decided to get brave and go for the BBB method; my pool now sparkles every day. It also amazes me how stable the pool chemistry has been.
All I need to do is add about half a 192 oz jug of Clorox every day to get about 5-6 ppm of free chlorine (CYA = 50). The pH hasn't varied from 7.6-7.8, nor has the alkalinity changed...in fact, the only chemical I have added since I added Borax/muriatic acid has been Clorox. I just came back from a 2 week vacation, in which I had someone add the Clorox daily and add water as needed because of evaporation, and the pool water was crystal clear, and the chemistry spot on.
The cost saving has also been remarkable. Instead of adding algecide, ultrabright, pool perfect/phos free, and constantly fighting the pH and alkalinity battle with pH increaser, alkalinity up, and muriatic acid, I now just add about $1.50 of Clorox a day and life is good.
Thanks!!!