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poolmagazine
I know a lot of folks use baking soda instead of pre-packaged alkalinity increases but there's a controversial pool care hack that touts baking soda as some sort of magic cure all. The advice has been shared a million times and recently went viral. This tip just doesn't seem to jibe with what I know about pool chemistry. It would seem to me that if you're routinely needing to add bicarb to your pool every other day, there is probably something else going on that needs to be addressed. Nothing about this video seems based on best practices or professional advice but got picked up by mainstream media outlets all the same. Thought I would open it up for debate here.