Quote Originally Posted by dalygnus View Post
Started bleaching today with 2 gallons of 5.25% sodium hypochlorite. My wife who got in the pool and said the walls were slimy (water is clear). Would appreciate advice on maximum daily amounts of bleach (22,000 gallon pool capacity) and suggested frequency of application (e.g. 2 gallon every 4-6 hours, 8 hours, daily?). All the algaecide that was put in (about a half gallon) was algaecide 40 and the water is prone to foaminess -- so, I'm sure I did this to myself :-(
If you can find out a level for your CYA, then use the best guess chart in our sigs to determing what your target chlorine levels should be. All the levels posted here are safe for a vinyl liner pool. Until you can get your chlorine to register at all, you need to target the "shock" level, and add bleach as often as possible during the day to maintain that level until you're starting to hold a chlorine residual.

Janet