Recently I bumped my borates up from 50PPM to 80PPM after obtaining some additional information from one of our knowledgeable and respected TFP experts.
I must say that I have not had any pH excursions or anything. In fact, my pH has been extremely stable for over a year now and typically lives at around 7.7 ppm.
Basically I just wanted to see if I would experience any additional or added benefits from the increase of borates.
It does appear that I have. Maybe this is just the "placebo" effect.
But after adding nearly 30 pounds of boric acid and brushing the pool and running the pump several hours, I certainly think that I see an improvement.
The water appears to be even more clear if that was possible (with the pump off, it hardly looks like there is any water in the pool) The water seems to have an added sheen and brilliance that appears to be greater than before.
I am not necessarily promoting the use of borates because everyone has their own situations such as pets that drink the pool water, etc etc. But in my particular situation, environment and water chemistry, the added borates appear to have improved the look and feel of the pool water.
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I must say that I have not had any pH excursions or anything. In fact, my pH has been extremely stable for over a year now and typically lives at around 7.7 ppm.
Basically I just wanted to see if I would experience any additional or added benefits from the increase of borates.
It does appear that I have. Maybe this is just the "placebo" effect.
But after adding nearly 30 pounds of boric acid and brushing the pool and running the pump several hours, I certainly think that I see an improvement.The water appears to be even more clear if that was possible (with the pump off, it hardly looks like there is any water in the pool) The water seems to have an added sheen and brilliance that appears to be greater than before.
I am not necessarily promoting the use of borates because everyone has their own situations such as pets that drink the pool water, etc etc. But in my particular situation, environment and water chemistry, the added borates appear to have improved the look and feel of the pool water.
r.
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