My neighbors do not believe me on Chlorine

[chem geek]

I just put some "Party Blue" that I had into the pool to see how fast the diffusion would be. This is a dye that makes the water blue and it breaks down in a couple of days. I put it into the pool over the jet at the deep end and within a couple of minutes the deep end was pretty much filled in with blue. Then, the blue reached the bottom two drains as well as the skimmer and the blue dye started to come out of the shallow end jets. After five minutes, there was blue everywhere, though it was much darker in the deep end (even accounting for the greater depth).

After 15 minutes, it looked like the entire pool was filled with the dye and it has not changed in color since (after an hour), so the diffusion (at least of dye) seems pretty darn fast. Perhaps have your neighbors get some of this stuff to put into their pool -- the visual effect is pretty convincing!

Richard

[hulla]

Why go on a crusade educating your neighbors. Just smile and wave boys, smile and wave.

[KurtV]

Richard,
How much of the dye did you add?
k

By the way, I love the scientific perspective you bring to the forum.

[Ohm_Boy]

...if you pour chlorine into one spot it will only work on that area of the pool.

One would think that your neighbor could find out for himself with two glasses of water, a few drops of food coloring, and an aspirin...

You do realize that you are basically trying to teach a pig to sing, right?

[chem geek]

Richard,
How much of the dye did you add?
k

By the way, I love the scientific perspective you bring to the forum.

Thanks. I used the recommended amount on the GLB Party Blue bottle -- 1 ounce per 10,000 gallons, so around 1.5 ounces for my 16,000 gallon pool.

Someone else on this thread mentioned using food coloring and that would probably work just as well though I don't know if it's as concentrated as the Party Blue stuff (it's REALLY concentrated). Either way, I'm sure the chlorine will break the coloring down, but please, don't take my word for it. I don't want someone to get "stuck" with color in their pool because they used food coloring.

Richard

[KurtV]

Thanks Richard. I don't intend to color my pool, I was just curioius from a mixing of liquids perspective.