I'm sorry but this is all I got
If that was full strength MA, you crashed your pH and TA. You now must reverse that. Never, never, add that much acid in to a pool. Your pH could never be that high.
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If that was full strength MA, you crashed your pH and TA. You now must reverse that. Never, never, add that much acid in to a pool. Your pH could never be that high.
LoneWolfArcher
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3 gallons of MA?!? Wow.
I added less than half a gallon at the beginning of the pool season and my pH went from nearly 8, to just over 7.
I added less than half a gallon at the beginning of the pool season and my pH went from nearly 8, to just over 7.
I know stupid move. My digital ph reader said 14 so I was eager to get it down, now I know it was wrong. I have a cloudy pool now. I can see the steps in the shallow end and the bench in the deep. I just want to swim and so does the rest of the family.?
- Jul 21, 2013
- 54,457
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
A pH of 14 fails any reasonability test. Do not add chemicals unless you understand your testing and the effect the chemical will have.
I know that now, thank you to the help of the guys on here!!! I was looking into hiring a pool service but they didn't so up for the appointment.
LoneWolfArcher
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This was the some of the best advice I read on here when I first found TFP. I was forever just taking advice from pool stores or other online resources, and dumping them into my pool. That is how I ended up with copper by using algaecide. (BTW, copper is bad for fiberglass pools!)
Listen to ajw, you need to know what you are adding, why, and the effects it will have.
LoneWolfArcher
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I'm on my way now to get what the pool match says to do. I will share updates. ?
Glofton
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The pool service company did you a favor by not showing up...forget the pool companies/stores and trust the folks here. The folks here will save you a lot of time, money and headaches.
I just got back from buying the baking soda and borax. Can someone please tell me what's the best way to add them. Do I miss the baking soda with water before adding and do I pour the borax into the skimmer or into the pool water, and can I add them at the same time. Sorry guys for some many questions.
- May 3, 2014
- 59,283
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Get the baking soda in and go from there, any help in bringing things up is a positive correction right now. You need something like 15 pounds of it, did you get that much?
Yes I did, do I mix it with with pool water and then pour it in the deep end.
- May 3, 2014
- 59,283
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Just pour it directly in the pool. Brush to mix it in with the pump on. Test pH and TA after 30 minutes.
I got the TA to 40 and the pH at 6.4. I put 15lb of baking soda and 5lb of borax. Pool still cloudy.
- Mar 24, 2014
- 2,455
- Pool Size
- 32000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool SJ-55
Can you fill us in on a little background? What are you trying to accomplish? Do you have a full set of test results?
edit: When I replied to this it was a new topic. I see there is a little history already.
edit: When I replied to this it was a new topic. I see there is a little history already.
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