Cloudy Water

[Simmons99]

There is something in your pool that is "eating" or combining with the clorine you are adding - that's probably what made it cloudy to start with. You need to bring your clorine level back up to "shock" to "burn-off" this combined clorine.

I think the combined clorine indicates you still have something in your pool that's not "dead" - but the experts can probably explain this better.

Hang in there - it sounds like it's getting better

[Very Frustrated]

i do have a vinyl liner...i have and will keep adding the bleach and pray this will eventually clear. how can i determine the free chlorine and combined chlorine without going to the pool store to analyize the water?

[mas985]

The best way to measure free and combined chlorine is with a test kit that does so such as the one Ben sells. But in a pinch, I sometimes will use this crude and somewhat inaccurate method with test kits that test total chlorine only. After adding the drops and mixing, immediately note what the color and reading is. This is close to your free chlorine level. After a few minutes, note the color and level again. This is your total chlorine level. Combined chlorine is then the total - free. If the color does not change, you probably do not have any more combined chlorine. Again, this is not very accurate and will miss small amounts of CC. Long term you might want to order Ben's kit.

[Very Frustrated]

how do you order ben's kit? phone number...website or something?
price? thanks

[mas985]

You can order it here:

http://www.poolsolutions.com/cart/ps234.php

[Very Frustrated]

thanks for the primitive method and website also.
pool water has been cloudy too many weeks..
i'm giving it one last try tonight...shocking to these levels again..then i am giving up this season... thanks to all who has tried to help.

[CarlD]

You could always use Poconos's plastic sheet method and COMPLETELY replace the water in your pool, so you can swim in it this summer. I'll ask him to post the link to his description.