Hi all, I just set up the Intex Heavy Duty 18' x 9' x 52" above-ground pool from Costco. I put two doses of bleach in the first day, ran the filter, dosed once again the next, never getting the Borax from the local Target (I have two boxes now though). Only got to swim in it once before we left town for 5 days so I threw in four doses of dichlor (from Amazon) and double dose of polyquat. Now the pH is high (8.4) and the chlorine is 5ppm (vinyl cover on).

So I'm wondering if I should add some doses of Borax in to make up for the ones I missed while filling up the pool, or should I just calculate how much acid I need to get the pH back to normal? That, and my wife is supposed to be taking over the chemical maintenance so I could use a good reference on the chemical process (after she reads the Super Simple recipe).

Thanks a lot!