Hey all!
**Intro - My wife and I bought a house this past winter, and it has a 30ft round above ground pool. It supposedly works, per the previous owner. The cover that was on it had a lot of rips, and long story short, when we got that drained and the cover pulled, the water under is pretty green. My understanding is I can shock it, without draining the entire thing. So, we filled the pool to the skimmer. I had to order a new pump/filter screw cap because that was missing. We have all of the chemicals, a lot were left, some we've had to purchase.**
I found TFP by posting the above on Reddit. I got great advice. I installed the app on my phone and looked at what chemicals I needed to SLAM. I have the Taylor test kit. We also have a hot tub that came with the house so I have some familiarity with the chemicals. Admittedly, the hot tub took me a couple of weeks to get right, but now I can pretty much eye ball it and know what I need to do, though I do still test the water to verify.
Anyways, after installing the app and looking at what we needed, my wife and I went to Menards to snag the remainder of the chemicals we didn't have after looking at the app. Here comes the overwhelming part where I messed up. I was googling the chemicals needed, followed by Menards. I think we bought some stuff that isn't technically what we needed.
We bought the following:
I think per the SLAM on the app we added six gallons of shock, two of the little boxes of baking soda, and then I added two whole bags of the AlkaPlus before realizing the chemical listed on that, isn't the same chemical listed in the app, even though when I googled it w/ Menards, that's what came up.
Another thing I am tempted to do is to grab a sample and bring it to a pool company to have them test.
I appreciate you all taking the time to read this.
Hvstle
**Intro - My wife and I bought a house this past winter, and it has a 30ft round above ground pool. It supposedly works, per the previous owner. The cover that was on it had a lot of rips, and long story short, when we got that drained and the cover pulled, the water under is pretty green. My understanding is I can shock it, without draining the entire thing. So, we filled the pool to the skimmer. I had to order a new pump/filter screw cap because that was missing. We have all of the chemicals, a lot were left, some we've had to purchase.**
I found TFP by posting the above on Reddit. I got great advice. I installed the app on my phone and looked at what chemicals I needed to SLAM. I have the Taylor test kit. We also have a hot tub that came with the house so I have some familiarity with the chemicals. Admittedly, the hot tub took me a couple of weeks to get right, but now I can pretty much eye ball it and know what I need to do, though I do still test the water to verify.
Anyways, after installing the app and looking at what we needed, my wife and I went to Menards to snag the remainder of the chemicals we didn't have after looking at the app. Here comes the overwhelming part where I messed up. I was googling the chemicals needed, followed by Menards. I think we bought some stuff that isn't technically what we needed.
We bought the following:
- Pool Shock
- 20 Mule Team Borax
- Utikem® AlkaPlus Pool Treatment
- Utikem® Pool Chlorine Stabilizer & Conditioner
- A&H Baking Soda
I think per the SLAM on the app we added six gallons of shock, two of the little boxes of baking soda, and then I added two whole bags of the AlkaPlus before realizing the chemical listed on that, isn't the same chemical listed in the app, even though when I googled it w/ Menards, that's what came up.
Another thing I am tempted to do is to grab a sample and bring it to a pool company to have them test.
I appreciate you all taking the time to read this.
Hvstle
