Hello, and I'd like to thank everyone in advance. This forum has been enlightening.

I'd always been interested in the Borax treatment to the pool and after finding "The great sodium tetraborate experiment" and a few other threads and info here and around the web, I decided I was going to do it.
Starting last Tuesday I began adding the Borax (20 mule team) along with the muriatic acid. I have an 18k-ish gallon pool and I added 14 boxes of 20 mule team and 3.5 gallons or so of acid over the next several days. Half between Tuesday and Friday and the last half on Friday and Saturday morning. Saturday and Sunday's swims made our skin feel drier than it ever had before. Yesterday seemed a little better, but I can't say I'm encouraged. We have a SWG and have always loved the feel while swimming and after. I hope I didn't screw up a good thing.

My chemistry per dropper kit and test strips ( not I don't own a k2006)((Yet!))

18,000-ish gallon gunite and plaster pool
Temp: 88-90
Salt: 3000 (according to control panel)
pH: 7.6 titration and strip
FC: 10
TC: 10 (both by test strip)

TA: 120 titration and strip
CYA > 50 but < 100 (again, test strips)

My chlorine was running a touch high because I had left the generator off for a few days while adding the borate and additional salt. I "boosted" and shock-bagged the pool to catch up for that and the large load of kids Saturday on my PPool. Also, I was adding small amounts of acid throughout the weekend to keep my pH lower, I'd like to lower my TA a bit, but I doubt I ever got below 7.2.

Here is my question. Is water condition that is making our skin feel dry, being caused by the addition of borax and is it a temporary one (perhaps incomplete solution or chemical breakdown/reaction.)?