Hello all,
The quick and short of it... TFP and PoolMath app recommend a TA between 70-90. However, I went to the pool store today and had a test done, just for the heck of it. They are recommending a TA of 125-150. Why such a drastic difference, and what should I follow?
The longer story... last year we had a replaster. For 4 years my pool was trouble free. But after the replaster, for the month it was open after, I could not for the life of me keep my pH in check. It was constantly rising. I just opened the pool and it was sitting above 8.0 (guessing about 8.4 since my color scale only goes up to 8). I always maintained an alkalinity of about 75. But still could not get pH stabilized. Would the higher alkalinity value help me get this thing stable?
I know plaster curing can wreak havoc on acid level. But I need some relief. Im dumping 32-64 oz of muriatic acid every few days to get some acid in this thing. The replaster was done in August last year so hopefully it’s close to being done curing.
As always, thanks for your help.
The quick and short of it... TFP and PoolMath app recommend a TA between 70-90. However, I went to the pool store today and had a test done, just for the heck of it. They are recommending a TA of 125-150. Why such a drastic difference, and what should I follow?
The longer story... last year we had a replaster. For 4 years my pool was trouble free. But after the replaster, for the month it was open after, I could not for the life of me keep my pH in check. It was constantly rising. I just opened the pool and it was sitting above 8.0 (guessing about 8.4 since my color scale only goes up to 8). I always maintained an alkalinity of about 75. But still could not get pH stabilized. Would the higher alkalinity value help me get this thing stable?
I know plaster curing can wreak havoc on acid level. But I need some relief. Im dumping 32-64 oz of muriatic acid every few days to get some acid in this thing. The replaster was done in August last year so hopefully it’s close to being done curing.
As always, thanks for your help.