My First Post

[Watermom]

Welcome to the Pool Forum! You sound like the kind of new member we like to have --- someone who does their homework! Good decision to return the Pristine Blue. That ws your first good decision. Buying the K-2006 was you second.

Hope you find the forum beneficial and enjoy participating with us!

[aylad]

Just wanted to add my welcome, and kudos to you for doing your homework-- you won't have nearly as many problems that way!! Happy swimming!!

[PoolDoc]

Sorry your post & membership got lost in the crush; not sure if you still need help, but your membership has been upgraded. -ben

[jwhouse]

No worries PoolDoc. I don't actually NEED help... yet. I'm still waiting on my test kit. Tracked it again today and it's due in tomorrow. I'll be testing my water with something better than my old reliable OTO test kit and posting the results when I get them. I may need some pointers once I get to that point but for now I'm just reading and filling my tiny little brain with the info from this site.

Thanks again to everyone here that offers their time to help the rest of us. Lord knows I need all the help I can get. At least that's what my wife keeps telling me!

[Watermom]

Lord knows I need all the help I can get. At least that's what my wife keeps telling me!

And, we all know that wives are always right!

Here is a link to some testing demos for the Taylor kit that you might benefit from watching while you are waiting on your kit to arrive.

http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthr...eos-on-YouTube

[jwhouse]

OK... Finally got my Taylor K2006 test kit. Below are my test results.
FC=2
CC=.4
CYA=40
PH=7.6
TA=110
CH=200

I will be adding a gallon of GV 6% bleach tonight. Will test before bed and again when I get up and post results. To me, from what I've read, everything looks OK except the FC and CC levels. Hopefully, the gallon of bleach tonight will fix that and with my new test kit I'll be able to stay on top of it.
If there's anything anybody sees that says otherwise, let me know.
Thanks everybody!

[aylad]

It all looks good, except that chlorine is a little low, as you've already noted. Get that up to the 3-6 range, and you should be in great shape. Happy swimming

(Are y'all getting the same amount of rain there that we are in Shreveport? Make sure you don't neglect your testing--it's especially important when it's raining! )

Janet