Having Trouble Cleaning a Pool..

If Pinch a Penny is using liquid reagents, it's quite possible that their test is reasonably accurate.

I'd be willing to bet that the "we'll come out to your pool and evaluate it" will result in suggestions (possibly quite insistent) for chems that will cost alot more than the K-2006. Maybe I'm wrong (and this site is an exception) but there's not alot of altruism in the pool biz, and probably none in a "free service" that's baked into a corporate operating procedure.

I also seriously doubt that the water changes much in 20 minutes.

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Originally Posted by BigDave

I also seriously doubt that the water changes much in 20 minutes.

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If you collect it with NO air space in a CLEAN plastic or glass container, and keep it reasonably cool, it doesn't change quickly.

Fair enough.
My point still is: Inviting the pool store over may well cost more than buying a K-2006. Based on the presumption that "free" is never really free.

I wasn't disagreeing with anything you said, Dave. Just adding a testing comment about how to avoid changes in tested water.

Thanks,

Ben

I didn't mean to be defensive, just to emphasize the importance and value of regular testing and monitoring.

Clearly you're right, laboratory practice is important. You wouldn't get good results if you sucked down a bottle of coke, dipped it in the pool half filling it with the top water, capped it, and let it sit in the bed of the truck in the hot sun (at noon?) on the way to the PS.

You might be surprised how close to that some people come -- I've seen a little of that, but I bet Waterbear & Waste, having worked in stores, have seen that a LOT.

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Originally Posted by BigDave

I didn't mean to be defensive, just to emphasize the importance and value of regular testing and monitoring.

Clearly you're right, laboratory practice is important. You wouldn't get good results if you sucked down a bottle of coke, dipped it in the pool half filling it with the top water, capped it, and let it sit in the bed of the truck in the hot sun (at noon?) on the way to the PS.

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Dang! I gotta stop doing that. I might even mess up my truck bed!:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by PoolDoc

If Pinch a Penny is using liquid reagents, it's quite possible that their test is reasonably accurate.

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Back on topic, they do use liquid reagents, and just record it on the computer.. And thats how I got the printout.. Other than that everything else came out fine.. Like I said, or like I think I said, it kinda makes sense cause we are starting to get stains within the pool.. The paint seems to be even coming off or thinning out.. Which is why it makes sense.. However, at least I think 11 pounds is a little much, or is that the correct amount needed? Or would be needed being the tests are 100% accurate..