Ok, got a question for all of you...I read that I should get my chlorine level to 15 ppm but does that hurt the liner?? I was told by the "pool guy" that chlorine that high would make my liner "brittle". After I told him why I needed a test kit that goes to 15. Is this true?? What about liner fade?

I have been having a rough go at my conversion:

I started ONE week ago today. I started with one gallon "liquid shock". This was before I found this forum. Then tuesday I added one in the morning, then one in the evening then one more Wednesday. I let it go after I found this fourm then Between Saturday afternoon and Sunday night I poured in 6 - 1.42 galloin jugs of generic bleach from Kmart. I still have VERY cloudy water it is like somone poured several cows full of milk in the water.

That being said I very stupidly did not vacuum the pool before I started (VERY cold water) and now I have dead algae everywhere. I brushed the walls yesterday. I have "bits" floating everywhere and I know that is at least part of my milky problem. My chlorine level is at 5 right now. What do I do next?? How do I know when my conversion is complete? I cannot find a test kit that measures past 10. I am a bit "hazy" pardon the pun on the whole dilute the sample thing.

Sorry if these seem like stupid or repetative questions,

My PH is 7.4
My Alk is 110
and my hardness is 150

Thanks everyone