In July 2022, I decided to follow the procedure within TFP to add borax to the pool. My goal was to stabilize pH rises and lower the frequency and amount of muriatic acid that I normally have to add.
However, after adding borax I find that I am having to add like 3X to 4X MORE muriatic acid to maintain pH at recommended levels, BUT the amount of salt I've had to add to the pool has dropped from about one 40 lb bag a month to nothing so far- I haven't had to add any salt since the borax treatment in July! Weird right?
Any ideas on why this might be?
Other bit of information - pool was re-plastered at the beginning of June 2022. Started Borax at the end of July . I am an experienced pool owner (15 years), TFP user for many years, but new to borax.
I use titrating test kits wherever possible. Test strips for the borax as I don't think there is a titrating test kit. Here are my typical pool chem levels:
Borax : ~45 ppm
Salt: 3200 ppm (tested with test strips and titration kits)
CH: 350 ppm
CA: 60 ppm
TA: 70 to 90 ppm
FC: 5 to 6 ppm
pH: targetting 7.6
Could it be that my borax is acutally higher than what I'm reading off the test strips ? Will too high borax levels cause this? Too low?
Thank you in advance for any help with this
However, after adding borax I find that I am having to add like 3X to 4X MORE muriatic acid to maintain pH at recommended levels, BUT the amount of salt I've had to add to the pool has dropped from about one 40 lb bag a month to nothing so far- I haven't had to add any salt since the borax treatment in July! Weird right?
Any ideas on why this might be?
Other bit of information - pool was re-plastered at the beginning of June 2022. Started Borax at the end of July . I am an experienced pool owner (15 years), TFP user for many years, but new to borax.
I use titrating test kits wherever possible. Test strips for the borax as I don't think there is a titrating test kit. Here are my typical pool chem levels:
Borax : ~45 ppm
Salt: 3200 ppm (tested with test strips and titration kits)
CH: 350 ppm
CA: 60 ppm
TA: 70 to 90 ppm
FC: 5 to 6 ppm
pH: targetting 7.6
Could it be that my borax is acutally higher than what I'm reading off the test strips ? Will too high borax levels cause this? Too low?
Thank you in advance for any help with this