Diluting issues

[denanbob]

My chlorine is super high and I only have the Walmart 6-way test kit where the chlorine only goes up to a "5". So I was going to try the dilution method to see what my true chlorine was. However, the more water I add, the more ORANGE the water turns. Not yellow. I was going to use like 3 vials of the water and 5 drops of the OTO solution. Then mix and pour back into the vial and multiply the readout by 3. However, the more water I add, the oranger in color it gets. Anyone have an explanation for this? Am I not doing this right? Thanks much!

[SUNNYDAYS]

Make sure you are using distilled water not tap water.

[shadowman]

Is the distilled water dilution only true for the "yellow" type test? My Taylor K-2006C says to use tap water but it is the FAS-DPD test. I am using filtered water from the refrigerator tap. Is this OK?

[CarlD]

The ONLY way to be sure your diluting water is free of any chemicals (especially chlorine) is to use steam-distilled water. It's available at any supermarket or discount drug chain and costs less than $2. for a gallon. Since a gallon contains 128 ounces, and the shot-glass dilution method uses 1.5 ounces each time, that gallon will last you all summer.

What's the big deal? $2 for the proper distilled water is less than one gallon of ultra bleach.

[halefmly]

Distilled water is only 66 cents for a gallon at WalMart.

[CarlD]

Distilled water is only 66 cents for a gallon at WalMart.

Yeah, that's less than $2, right?