Cheer up! For starters, I'll bet that 42 TA was from the pool store, not your own test. So you probably haven't done the test wrong. 130 is high, but plenty of us have tap water that is higher! You just overdosed it a little. Nothing that a little extra time and acid won't fix.rndog43 said:so I had my wife double check my chorine count this morning it took her 26 drops to turn the water clear so that equaled to 13ppm.... also used the pool calc to determine how much Baking Soda I needed to reach a TA of 70 from 42 . It said 196oz, I put on 194 and 3 hours later Im getting a reading of 130...my pool is toxic right now. I'm getting depressed what do I do now?
Worry about it once the pool is clear and swimmable.