Hi! New pool owner here - I have a Bestway Steel Pro Max 15x48. It has been a very long, stressful and (to be completely honest) somewhat traumatizing journey for my husband and I trying to get this pool up and running. It's August 9th and here in the Northeast US, I've got MAYBE two more months until I'll have to take this pool down for the winter. I'm looking to get my chemicals balanced as quickly and efficiently as I can.
Last night we had a water test done at Leslie's and a few issues came up. They recommended we start with the stain and scale prevent, which we did - we added that around 7pm last night. My question is, do I have to wait a full 24 hours as the report says or can I move onto the next step (Alkalinity Up) now, at around 20 hours? Each step from here is about 4 hours apart and I'd rather not be out there in the dark adding chemicals or have to drag this out for more days than necessary. Image of the test results are below.
Last night we had a water test done at Leslie's and a few issues came up. They recommended we start with the stain and scale prevent, which we did - we added that around 7pm last night. My question is, do I have to wait a full 24 hours as the report says or can I move onto the next step (Alkalinity Up) now, at around 20 hours? Each step from here is about 4 hours apart and I'd rather not be out there in the dark adding chemicals or have to drag this out for more days than necessary. Image of the test results are below.
