I bought a house in the fall that included an In ground pool (gunite) that hadn't been used in years. I drained , cleaned it and repaired some tiles. I then filled it with city water. I added what I thought was Calcium Chloride (ice melt I had on hand) to raise the Calcium Hardness. It turned out to be Urea Ice melt that my father had put in my Calcium Chloride bucket. It was probably 15 lbs. I figured it out when I added regular Calcium Hardness increaser from the pool store and it got very hot on mixing with water. THe ice melt I had on hand got freezing cold ( what urea does on dissolving ). So I now have the equivalent of hundreds of people peeing in the pool all day long. The water is now cloudy light green, and I tried shocking with liquid chlorine and my CC is very high (off the range) . It is retaining FC for a number of hours though. Should I continue shocking ? Or drain the pool and start over?
Accidentally Added Urea to Pool
- Thread starter Brocktoon
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
- 53,274
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Welcome to TFP.
If water is cheap and draining is practical then starting with new water is the easiest path to a clear pool.
www.troublefreepool.com
Otherwise it will take the SLAM Process over quiet a few days and lots of liquid chlorine.
What test kit do you have?
If water is cheap and draining is practical then starting with new water is the easiest path to a clear pool.
Draining - Further Reading
www.troublefreepool.com
Otherwise it will take the SLAM Process over quiet a few days and lots of liquid chlorine.
What test kit do you have?
Thanks for the tip. The water here will probably cost about $200 to fill it up again. I guess the chemicals would probably cost $100 plus a number of days of time, I was just trying to avoid draining again.Welcome to TFP.
If water is cheap and draining is practical then starting with new water is the easiest path to a clear pool.
Draining - Further Reading
Otherwise it will take the SLAM Process over quiet a few days and lots of liquid chlorine.
What test kit do you have?
- Jul 21, 2013
- 53,274
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
A Poolmaster 5 does not have the tests for CYA and FC over 10 that will let you do the SLAM Process.
You need to get the TF-100 Test Kits or the Taylor K-2006C test kit ro apply TFPC methods. Read Pool Test Kits - Further Reading
I suggest you read ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry
Shirker
0
- Jul 2, 2014
- 749
- Pool Size
- 19000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
And tell your dad to always put chemicals in properly labeled containers :/