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Good morning.
I am a new to TFP so I have been reading as much as possible. I ordered the TF-100 kit Thursday so hopefully that will be here soon and I will get all my numbers and get my pool looking good. I have baking soda and borax and have liquid chlorine from Ocean State Job Lot. Two questions.
Is the liquid chlorine from Ocean State Job Lot or Walmart brand Concentrated Bleach OK to use or is there a brand I should use?
Also, for Cyanuric Acid, what product is best to buy and easiest to put in? I again see some Aquamate Stabilizer at Ocean State Job Lot (7 lbs $24.99), but not sue if that is a good brand.
Lastly, I read the below on how to add the Stabilizer to the pool and I am a little confused. What is the most effective way to add the stabilizer? I'd rather not have to wait an hour if I use the "swirling in a bucket" method?
Thanks so much.
As an alternative, powdered stabilizer can be added to a pool using the "swirling water in bucket" method. When water is added to powdered stabilizer in the ratio of approximately 1:4 (CYA:water) you will get the ‘clumping’ but if it is allowed to sit for about an hour it becomes a slurry. When the slurry is mixed with a larger volume of water some clumping can re-occur but the clumps are smaller and much easier to break up.[7]
Good morning.
I am a new to TFP so I have been reading as much as possible. I ordered the TF-100 kit Thursday so hopefully that will be here soon and I will get all my numbers and get my pool looking good. I have baking soda and borax and have liquid chlorine from Ocean State Job Lot. Two questions.
Is the liquid chlorine from Ocean State Job Lot or Walmart brand Concentrated Bleach OK to use or is there a brand I should use?
Also, for Cyanuric Acid, what product is best to buy and easiest to put in? I again see some Aquamate Stabilizer at Ocean State Job Lot (7 lbs $24.99), but not sue if that is a good brand.
Lastly, I read the below on how to add the Stabilizer to the pool and I am a little confused. What is the most effective way to add the stabilizer? I'd rather not have to wait an hour if I use the "swirling in a bucket" method?
Thanks so much.
How Should Solid Powdered Stabilizer be Added to Pool Water?
When using the sock method with powdered stabilizer the stabilizer can instantly cake up to a brick-like consistency once wet. Left like that, it would probably take weeks to dissolve. If you give the "brick in a sock" a good a knead with your hands, it will turn the brick back into individual grains, that would then pretty quickly dissolve through the sock and get dispersed in the pool water.[6]As an alternative, powdered stabilizer can be added to a pool using the "swirling water in bucket" method. When water is added to powdered stabilizer in the ratio of approximately 1:4 (CYA:water) you will get the ‘clumping’ but if it is allowed to sit for about an hour it becomes a slurry. When the slurry is mixed with a larger volume of water some clumping can re-occur but the clumps are smaller and much easier to break up.[7]