is there a master list of replacement chems?

Ex

Chlorine=bleach?
alk increaser=baking soda?


I'm wondering if there is something for calcium hardness?

Also I've seen the bleach calculator is there one for the baking soda/alkalinity?

I've been using bleach for the last year and have been so happy saving all that money, but I'm still getting killed using the pool stores alkalinity increaser and calcium hardness crap. Any help would be appreciated :) thx

oh crap just noticed the more calcs on the bleach calculator. NICE!

Baking soda will raise your Alkalinity. Borax will raise your ph. There is no grocery store product to use for calcium. What kind of pool do you have? If you have a vinyl liner or fiberglass without a heater you don't need calcium.

its a 20K gunite in ground pool :)

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Originally Posted by mbar

Baking soda will raise your Alkalinity. Borax will raise your ph. There is no grocery store product to use for calcium. What kind of pool do you have? If you have a vinyl liner or fiberglass without a heater you don't need calcium.

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I believe Ice Melt, not the salt kind, is calcium up.

Dow Chemicals DowFlake de icer is one of the two products that they recommend for pool/spa use on their website
http://www.dow.com/calcium/app/poolspa.htm