Anyone have a recommended place to order the borate test strips? I went to all three pool stores in my town and no one had them.
If you are fairly confident in your pool volume, I see no reason not to follow waterbear's procedure and put the whole amount in. If you happen to end up a little high, that is not a problem, you will eventually drop due to backwashing, etc.jsw5620 said:Test strips are on the way. Since I have never added borates, is it safe to assume that I am at 0ppm and I can go ahead and add the borax and acid maybe say 3/4ths of the required amount to get to 50ppm and test when the strips come in? I think the directions said to NOT test for at least 48 hours anyway.