Adding CYA (Stabilizer) My Way - Lesson Learned

[PatL34]

After trying various ways to add CYA to the pool that is most effective in dissolving it in record time, I came up with the following "patented" ;) method.

Using a pool rake with a fine mesh basket, place it so that the basket is over one of the returns which has been adjusted slightly upwards to direct the flow onto the mesh part. I use a concrete cinder block as a counterweight.

The method has the following advantages:

1. I can dissolve 2 lbs of CYA in about 24 hours.

2. I can still keep on vacuuming and maintain flow to the SWG, which would have been questionable, if the CYA had been poured through the skimmer. I have a DE filter.

3. The return jet creates a substantial disturbance in the mesh basket, to help the CYA dissolve faster.

Hope this helps.

Pat

[tundraSQ]

Did not work for me due to the mesh in my leaf rake..but i did end up with a 1/2 pound of CYA sitting on the bottom of my pool:eek: whihc I vacuumed into the filter...whihc I think is where it is supposed to go anyway...I just got it there in a different way*LOL*

[PatL34]

There's the rub. You have to use a fine mesh basket for this to work, otherwise as you say, it goes to the pool bottom.

Pat

[tundraSQ]

There's the rub. You have to use a fine mesh basket for this to work, otherwise as you say, it goes to the pool bottom.

Pat

yes I do agree that the idea is brilliant...had I been smart I would hve dumped the CYA into a nylon and THEN tossed the nylon into the pool rake.

[smallpooldad]

Great idea, thank you.

I have to do my stepson's pool this week as he is having a second birthday party for our grandson. This at least will speed up the process.

He has not maintained his pool properly in 5 years and now wants me to get it ready so our grandson can learn to swim. Good idea as I nearly drowned when I was seven.

One learns so much on this site that is why I love it.