I'm convinced, next step.

[TxDan]

I have done a lot of reading here and have decided to convert from soft swim to chlorine. To start the process I would like to order the kit that Ben offers for this purpose.

Where do I locate and order the kit?

Thanks

Dan

[medvampire]

TxDan

You can find ben kits here
http://www.poolsolutions.com/cart/shopping.php

I would read every thing you can find on his site

http://www.poolsolutions.com/

Steve

[brent.roberts]

Hi Dan

Have you negotiated your way to read through some previous conversions under the Baquacil/Softswim section

http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/forumdisplay.php?f=137

You are going to go throught a lot of liquid chlorine. Any early decision needs to be made to use laundry strength bleach or go to a pool store and lug less than half of the gallons. Pool store liquid bulk chlorine is about 12% and laundry bleach is 5.25 or 6%. Don't even look at the cut rate 3 1/4%.
The pool store stuff has short shelf life and if the turnover at the pool store is not pretty brisk, and the storage conditions are cool and out of sunlight ... it will decay down from the 12% pretty fast so you may not get your moneys worth.
It's hard to beat Walmarts prices.

You could need something horrendous like 50 or 60 gallons of 6% depending on your pool size. You might negotiate a deal for a skid.

After you get that huge effort behind you, you will see a huge drop in your costs to run you pool.

What kind of filter do you have ?
What is your pool size ?
What kind of pool is it - concrete/plaster, vinyl lined.
Any metals in the water ?

We had a huge loss of old postings and stories on this forum with a computer crash about 6 months back so you cannot see the stories and pictures of the dozens and dozens of folks that have made the same decision as you. They all need several days of encouragement, but then reported comments like...
my water has never felt so good and looked so perfectly clear.

Lots of folks here have helped lots of others through the conversion. It's not something I've done myself but this will get you going.

Good luck

[Watermom]

Welcome to the forum. When you get ready to start your conversion, instead of continuing on this thread, start a new one in the PHMB forum which is where all the other baq conversion threads can be found.

[TxDan]

Thanks for the link to the order page. I see a few different kits listed. Which would be the best for what I want to do?

Dan

[TxDan]

Thanks for the reply. to answer ayour questions.

I have a 10,000 gallon above ground vinyl lined pool. The filter is a sand filter that now uses Zeosand, just changed last month. I have never had metals in the water, but how would I check to make sure?

Dan

[Poolsean]

Copper test kit and iron test kit (or strips may be available). Test for both as the staining potential and treatments are different for both.

[brent.roberts]

some pool stores will run metal tests for you.. then try to sell you something to get rid of them. Just get the results and tell us what they said.

[medvampire]

TxDan
I would and will be getting my self this kit
http://www.poolsolutions.com/cart/ps234.php

Steve

[TxDan]

Order placed today, see you all in the other forum in a few days, thanks.

Dan