Crystal Clear Pool Water, the secret that pool stores don't want you to know!! FIX THIS FIRST...
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- Stop wasting money on expensive pool chemicals. Perfect pool water can be easy and cheap to obtain. Testing your water is important but fixing things in the correct sequence is the most important step.
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Exactly what I use and do. BAKING SODA IS THE GIFT...ONLY THING I USE with chlorine tabs and granular shock. No other chemicals needed. 😊
Watch your ph as well
Calcium hardness is important for keeping the pool surface in good shape, stabilizer is helpful to keep chlorine in pool longer…
Pro tip: put it in your net and drag it around. None will sit on pool floor 👍
Put it in your Net? Where is that?
@@amypletcher4411you dont have a hand helf pool net to clean your pool?
Been doing this for years. It works.
Thank you for your honesty
Thank you !! My pool is so clear now !
Good advice !!!! We use test strips, and alkalinity and ph are key !!!
Thank you its spring in south africa and you've saved me alot of money
Thanks for the tip, was wondering why my pool shock wasnt doing its job
I just seen this product at Walmart today I will be saving money this year. Thank You
Works every time!!! Thank you😊
Thanks for the great tips!
Thanks bro! Much appreciated!
Thank you for this advice. My pool was green opening it. Did what you s😮at and it is now crystal clear. Thank you for sharing!!
Glad it helped!
Solid tips without the BS. You got yourself a sub good sir.
you rock! thank you ....its hard to find an honest pool guy ;-)
I appreciate that!
Thank you !! neighbor's pool is so clear now !
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Great simple video. thanks
Thank you, this was very thoughtful and informative of you. I don't have a pool, but if I ever get one I'll be wiser thanks to you.
Thank you for that much appreciated❤
I was having major issues with algae this year..lots of wash-off from the pavers, etc....lots of torrential rainfalls....I would chlorinate and shock my pool because it would turn green fast. It felt like so much more work this year than most years. I didn't know it could be the alkalinity. Thanks so much. I was doing it out of sequence. Much better.
so glad I could help!!
It's been a big issue this year. A lot of my pools got hit with mustard algae even though their levels are in optimum range.
Thanks so much for this tip
Thank you so much for your help!
Thanks, for the information! 👊🏽
He is right on that, I have been using just baking soda, shock and chlorine tablet in my pool..
What’s your stabilizer? Hope it’s not above 100… from the tabs.
Thank you for being an honest one! This works and my pool is incredibly clear, ready for swim season and more importantly the water is balanced!
Very happy to hear it helped you!
Exactly what I needed to know to fix my cloudy pool. Thank you.
check out the advantages of adding Borax to your pool.
Very smart and helpful video.
Nice 👌 I feel lucky my water management has been easy always easy just using clear balance with chlorine...im always looking for more advice great video...
The other thing is that the heavy metals in your water actually oxidize and cause problems so if your water has a lot of rust or heavy metals filter and check levels before adding shock
Thanks for sharing! Great video!!!
Thank you for great info👍
Very good video. Telling the truth on where to save money.
Exactly what I needed. Thank You, Very Nice!! new sub. appreciate the video 👍
Thanks for the interesting video.
Good Advice Brother I'll try it and sounds really cheap
Thanks for sharing. Good informations
I fuqqin ❤ it!! Y’all have given me some Gr8 ideas!!!
great advice....!
Tack för tipset. Detta var ju intressant. Mvh gh i omsala❤
Well this guy can come and clean my pool any day 😂😂😊
Thanks for the tip!! We bought a house that already had a inground pool!! So much to learn!! Pool stores some of them- only want to sell me more chemicals:( New sub here too)
You're right, they don't have to come fix what you thought was supposed to be the dosage because they sold you stuff you had no idea what it's purpose was. I'm a pool pro and balanced is your key word and keeping it that way.
Great video and advice this video would have saved alot of money in the past. Glad I found it now.
Glad it helped!
Thanks man
Thanks ! I believe I’ve been doing it all wrong as in shocking my pool and cleaning it before checking levels
technically shock will not work unless your alkalinity and PH are in range
Umm what is shocking the pool mean
@@pammiestewart1419means putting in lots of chlorine to shock the water after heavy use like a pool party.
Great advice
Thanks for reminding me about the Baking Soda - I used this in the past and I still have one of those unopened ~ 12-lb bag. The heat has really made it harder to keeping the swimming pool tip-top-shape!
You are so welcome!
once you have alkalinity correct, it remains the same unless you get alot of rain.....
@@dogsarefun2 Thanks, we were on the threshold of a drought declaration, but lately we have a lot of rain that I cannot keep the swimming pool clear. Besides the rain the heat and humidity envelopes you as soon as you step outside.
Well, I looked at swimming pool and the water was yellowish/greenish - most likely the dead algae. We have had a lot of rain and when it isn't raining it is HOT and HUMID! I might have to try vacuum the swimming pool again, but that is a real challenge because I do not have skimmer vacuum plate - I just shoved the hose down the pipe. I did my first vacuum in nearly 5 years a couple of weeks ago. I removed the equipment that has been stowed in the cedar chest for a couple of years. The suction head may be salvageable if I can get replacement wheels and bearings, but that will be a pain. The swimming pool vacuum hoses are mostly intact, the swimming pool vacuum cannister - Wesson - appeared intact and without any cracks in the plastic housing. I used a suction head that is basically a triangular brush with maybe 30-feet of good vacuum hose line. I had a successful first vacuum with old equipment that I pieced together. Early this evening I did my usual swimming pool cleaning method:
Step 0; Rinse the pool deck free of debris
Step 1; Checked and emptied the skimmer basket free of debris and leaves
Step 2; Brushed the floor and walls of the swimming pool
Step 3; Checked the Chlorinating Tablet Floater it has tablets
Step 4; Performed a full cycle cleaning of the swimming pool plumbing system; backwash, rinse and return to filtration
Step 5; Added water to the swimming pool to account for the backwash and evaporation
Usually I am just adding shock and liquid chlorine at different times on different days. In the past when the pool has gotten to this condition it usually tested to add approximately 20lbs to 35lbs of calcium
Step 6; Added eight ounces-(8-oz) of Arm & Hammer Baking Soda to balance the swimming pool ie., clear up the water by lowering the alkalinity or raising the ph - I am eyeballing it because I have not tested the swimming pool in months!
@@PappyNet01 get test strips, get alkalinity correct.... not knowing size of your pool... I use a floater chorine dispenser and keep it full with the hockey puck size tablets.... Clorox Pool & Spa Green Algae Eliminator2 to keep it clear free of algae... the copper in this product kills any algae and will prevent it from starting.
Thank You Sir
Do you need this if you have a salt water pump?
Great video thank you
Nice! Thank you!
Thanks pimp 🔥
Thank you
excellent video
I don’t have a pool yet however I subscribed 👍🏽
Appreciate it!
Great advice! What if you already have signs of algae on the bottom of the pool and yellow/green water? Do I clean the filter then start your recommendation?
Yes, you need to get some algicide in the water and vacuum the bottom. My tips are for keeping clearing up cloudy or green water and keeping it that way. Good luck!
Well done but don't add granular shock around your pool like baking soda, you'll slowly be bleaching the crease or your liner down below. Mix it in water first if you can't put a pound at a time in a skimmer.
Or brush the pool after as you are supposed to after adding granular shock.
very true!! good video bro
Glad you liked it
Thanks for sharing.
You are the only guy with the right advice on that. I stumbled into that solution on my own, but now I know why it works! This is excellent advice. Thanks!
Here is another tip for everyone's benefit. If you keep adding cyanuric acid, and it always reads low, you are low on Calcium Chloride. Raise Calcium Chloride and you may discover that you have plenty or even too much cyanuric acid.
Thankyou
The pool store looked at me funny when I said I was using the big bag baking soda. He quickly started talking about my phosphate levels. Although I was using phos free plus once a week. 🤷🏼♀️
they always want to upsell you on expensive products!!
Good job of telling him , I have funny feeling he did try & Store pool too see if it works also try Mr.Clean white sponge in your water intake big skimmer takes all your algae alway helps your pool
Been using this also as needed but grew up with a pool so unless I go vaca I have no.problem
Yep baking soda and borax best stuff to use to keep ph and alkaline levels perfect. I have a salt water pool once it’s all stable perfect summer without adding anything but salt. 😊👍
Pool store guy here checking in.
You think a small filter pump for a 15 foot circle Intex pool can handle a small pool fountain?
😂
Do NOT watch this video
Any chance you doing a review on the John Kavli mower blades ?
nothing yet, I'd be happy to if someone wants to send me a set
Are you doing this as a weekly/ daily / monthly maintenance? How much do you put in at a time ? looks like the measuring cup might be around 2 cups.
only as needed when alkalinity drops. how much depends on how low you are and how big your pool is. The bag has instructions. I used the whole bag on 16,000 gallons, 1/3 at a time. measuring cup just made it easy to scoop and apply.
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We have our customers go buy a 50lb bag of Sodium Bicarbonate (baking soda) from the farm store every year. very cheap. All of the competing pool stores are furious at us and even put out that baking soda is not for pools, while the state only allows commercial to use it instead of other chemicals.
Thank you so much! The water is clear but the bottom vynil has a greenish kind of layer that won't come out. Any advice? Thanks!
sounds like some algae staining. I'm pretty sure your will need a liner cleaning or something really strong to remove that. Did you try scrubbing it with a blue scotch brite pad?
Yes sir I did use it, will follow your advice and update you...thanks a lot!!!
if it feels crusty and hard, you may have a layer of scale protecting it from chlorine. I had that problem and so lowered my pH to 6.5 for a week. Cleared it up and all is now good. This happened to me after pretty much leaving my pool over winter. When bathing season started again, the liner felt rough like sandpaper, especially the floor at the deep end. That could be the problem. Don't see that comination of problems mentioned together much on YT or in publications
Right on, thank you.
Shock and baking sodie! Then chlorine tablets for maintenance
Ranges are important but the LSI or CSI is more important. That uses factors (Temperature, pH, alkalinity, calcium hardness, CYA, TDS/Salt) to determine the ultimate water balance. Google Orenda. They have a LSI calculator. LSI first, ranges second
What all do I need
Baking soda worked great! Thanks for your videos.
You're welcome!
Been using baking soda for 30 years
Absolutely Dead On! For years I disregarded alkalinity, then studied and found ph will never stabilize without correct alkalinity. If alkalinity is correct and ph is low (very rare) , then soda ash (sodium carbonate) is used.
Sodium carbonate can be made by baking baking soda at 400 degrees for 1 hour.
You forgot to discuss cyanuric acid aka stability aka stabilizer. It acts as a sunscreen for your chlorine to keep it from burning off by the sun. It should be 30-50ppm
There are also 3 types chlorine/shock.
Dichlor and Trichlor have stabilizer, calcium hypochlorite doesn’t .
Cyanuric acid affects the alkalinity; make sure it doesn’t get too high or your water will get chlorine locked and unable to hold chlorine. At 100ppm chlorine becomes useless and you need to dilute the water by either draining or backwashes as the only way to remove or lower it is by physically removing water.
But it will increase the calcium hardness. My pool in Phoenix always has high hardness issue
does this work for deep well water?
Hey, good go to know this 👍can i use baking soda also in lazy spa inflatable jacuzzi? Thank you
yes you can, just smaller amounts based on how many gallons.
@@nextleveldiy thank you so much
Thank you!
Where i live baking soda is actually cheaper in the pool stores (because they all buy it in bulk and put it in buckets). I have a life long problem with my pool. I live in the carbbean where my 20k gallon pool's ph is always high (alkaline) every two days i have to add 3 cups of muriatic acid to bring it down which is cost. I dont understand it. My alkalinity is correct. The only times it (ph) drops is if its rains. I think its because of the sun, and algae activity. How can i fix this? NOthing i have tried works. I and thinking about building an enclosure to cover the water.
Imma do it 😊
My well water is high alkaline and it's difficult to bring it down.... Muriatic acid and calcium gets expensive!
I read somewhwere vinegar works. I dont have that issue so i havent tried it. Double check & Look up vinegar for lowering.
Great video; Should you add this at night...and should you wait to swim after adding baking soda
?
baking soda can be done during the day. you need to add it gradually and then let it circulate. easier to do during the day. shocking is the only thing that should be done at night because the UV breaks it down quickly
baking soda will not harm you, couple pounds in 12k gallon pool disperses quickly
I've been using this exact bag of baking soda in my pool for the past 3 years, I usually dissolve it in a bucket of water and just throw it in the pool from the deck
You won't be sorry, it's inexpensive and works great! I never buy anything from the pool stores
Thanks for sharing!
Good luck with your pools surface over time then. Baking soda isn't the only chemical your pool will ever need.
@@nighthawk_predator1877
Out of work pool guy I’m guessing? I only use outlet store bleach and baking soda. Pool is consistently testing just right too.
Doesn't baking soda raise pH? I can't keep mine down. 😢
Will this be ok to use with a sand filter?
that's what I have and works great. Sand filters have a bad reputation but I love mine.
Young man, would that also work with my pond and our country sulfur water?
I'm not really sure about that issue?
thanks will try 73 yrs old daughter in college tired of trying, thought of taking pool down. spending money on chem. what about vacuming?
this video is on water balancing, not vacuuming
Please explain the difference between bicarbonate and soda
And sodium bicarbonate.
Hey does this help me get rid of that fine dirt I can't seem to get out
dirt as cloudy water? add clarifier and run your filter. balanced water is one step, filtering the water is the next step.
No mention of the stabilizer? That would be the first thing I would check as that effects the productivity of the chlorine.
Remember , keep in mind is your water source from your city well water or fresh water like CITY of CHICAGO , BIG DIFFERENCE
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Unfortunately not! Easy enough to straighten out when it happens. I'm looking into the new cordless robots!
Really news from me about Baking soda. Thanks bro. What are the best levels of PH and Alkaline for getting sparkling pool water
the proper levels are usually on the back of a test kit, and its a range not an exact science.
Ok so someone on a FB page is saying shock will always work if you use enough, is this true? Ty
Shock and chlorine will not work at all if alkalinity and PH are out of range.
ChatGPT - pH and alkalinity are related but distinct concepts in chemistry and water quality.
pH: This measures the acidity or basicity of a solution on a scale from 0 to 14, where 7 is neutral. A pH below 7 indicates acidity, while a pH above 7 indicates alkalinity. The pH scale is logarithmic, meaning each whole pH value below 7 is 10 times more acidic than the next higher value, and each whole pH value above 7 is 10 times more alkaline than the next lower value. For example, a pH of 5 is ten times more acidic than a pH of 6.
Alkalinity: This refers to the ability of a solution to neutralize acids. It is a measure of the buffering capacity of water, indicating its resistance to changes in pH when acids or bases are added. Alkalinity is usually expressed in terms of its carbonate concentration or equivalent, often measured in units of ppm (parts per million) or mg/L (milligrams per liter) of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). Higher alkalinity means that more acid is required to lower the pH of the solution.
In summary, pH tells you how acidic or alkaline a solution is, while alkalinity tells you the water's ability to resist changes in pH by neutralizing acids. High alkalinity can help stabilize pH levels in water systems, such as in aquariums or swimming pools, by preventing rapid pH swings.
I just finished cleaning up a green cloudy pool. used muriatic acid, yellow out, , clarifier, shock and 5 days running sand filter 24 hrs a day. NOW the pool is clean but white cloudy, meaning you can see the color of liner in the deep end but not the pattern. When its really clear you can see a coin on the bottom and heads or tails. How do I get it back to being that clear. I had rather not have to Flock! Alabama In ground vinyl pool.
I'm not a pool expert but as long as your water is balanced correctly, proper ph and alkalinity, your chlorine should do the work for you. Cloudy water can be a pain. Use a good clarifier and make sure to REALLY backwash your filter often. If your sand is older than 4yrs, it wont work as well either.
@@nextleveldiy It took a week, but finally it's clear, Thank You
Good video. But ive read that if you add baking soda (alkalinity) you also raise the ph levels making the pool more "base", so after using baking soda, you may need to drop the ph else chlorine doesnt work as it should
It is possible that the PH also goes up a little, but rule of thumb is to fix your alkalinity first before fixing you PH. If you try fixing your PH and then fix alkalinity, you will be fighting an uphill battle. Ph fluctuates more frequently so having it a little high to start is ok, it will drop on its own.
@@nextleveldiy thanks mate