Newbie with pool chemistry issues

[pool2012]

I'm caring for a 10k gal. outdoor pool that gets full sun most of the day. Water temp is 81 currently.
We've used pucks and now we have cloudy water. Before I found this forum, I had the water tested at a pool shop. Their recommendation was baking soda and soda ash. So I added the prescribed amount. My water test (done myself) showed high FC and low TC which in pool slang might be considered chlorine lock. I added bleach. Now TC is high as well.

My current test results are FC >5 (the drop test was maxed, with a test strip it was maxed at 10), CC 10 (maxed also), TC (with test strip was 10), pH 7.2 (with both tests), TA 210 with drops (maxed with strip at 180), with a test strip the stabliizer maxed at 150. I think I understand I need to keep the chlorine up at 25ppm until the water clears...along with brushing the sides and daily vacumn.

Question: how do I do that when the tests don't read that high? if the max of the test is 5, I think I dilute the pool sample with 5 units of distilled and sample that - then read the result straight? Sound close?
Thanks.