Pool salt not dissolving

[Dave schley]

Why doesn’t my Morton pool salt disolve this year?,,,,after one week,I have about a quarter of a bag of christals in a bucket of water,and even put in my pool it blocked my strainer,,,,,,,HOW is this good for my pool?

 

[duraleigh]

Welcome to the forum!

No clue why your salt is not dissolving. Salt is readily dissolved in pool water. Don't let it sit on the pool floor, if it is. Brush it around.

 

[RLP]

I believe there were issues with several brands of salt latey. I think Mortons was one of them.

Could the stuff in the bottom of the bucket be something other than salt, that was mixed in with the salt?

Could the water in the bucket be at the point where it can not absorb any more salt (Saturated)?

 

[Getitrite]

I just used a 40# bag of Morton's Pure and Natural Water Softener Crystals. My method is to drop the contents along the shallow end as I walk around. Then I use my brush to spread from the edge toward the middle of the shallow end. From there, I have a line of crystals that I slowly brush back and forth across the shallow end. This way, I can see the crystals "dissolve before my very eyes". I have used Morton's before and the foreign substance from this bag is about the same as before. However, since I'm brushing in the shallow end where I can easily see it, I can use the Leaf Rake to scoop it out. I take about 20 minutes start to finish.

 

[proavia]

The water in the bucket with the salt crystals reached its saturation point.

Once the water is saturated with salt, the rest of the crystals will not dissolve.