Helping neighbor with pool

[Watermom]

I never used either since I always buy Borax. Washing soda is sold at Walmart, groceries, etc. called Arm and Hammer Washing soda. I agree -- let the neighbors do the running around part.

[jilted]

Water: Totally clear, not cloudy at all

They found some borax at target.

FC: Being kept high
pH: still not above 7, just added box number 4 this morning (the whole box) since I will be going in to work today and won't be able to test mid day.

So far, we have added 4 boxes of Borax and 1.5 bottles (3lb container) of ph+ that they had left over from previous year.

-stephen

[aylad]

If the water is now totally clear, then you can test for chlorine at night, then test again in the morning before the sun hits the pool. If there is 1 ppm or less chlorine loss, then you can let the chlorine levels drift back down--but how far will depend on a current CYA level. If you haven't started adding the CYA, now would be a good time...I would follow label directions to get the dose for 40 ppm, then add only half of that to an old sock and hang it in front of the return so it can start dissolving. It can take several days for the CYa levels to show up, so I wouldn't even test for it for 3-5 days.

Janet

[Watermom]

With pH below 7.0, you need to be more aggressively working towards getting it up than just adding Borax once per day. Have them pick up a cheap OTO/Phenol Red kit and they can test it themselves several times per day and each time add more Borax if needed.

Good news on the clear water!

[BigDave]

You've been using your K-2006? Did you do the base demand test? This seems like the kind of situation it might be usefull.

[jilted]

I used my K-2006 last Friday when we first started. I have been using a cheap OTO/Phenol Red test multiple times a day to monitor FC and pH.
I will run the full suite of tests with the K-2006 tomorrow. Last Friday I did not do a demand test after seeing an unreadable pH.
Current inventory is 3 more gallons of bleach and another box of borax.

-stephen

[BigDave]

Put in the Borax