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Dirty pool water can make you very sick, so keep reading...
The postings on Pool Water Testing Blog have a fun, yet informative, style and as such will educate and entertain you at the same time.
Personally, we think the people responsible for that site may have sat in the pool house sniffing pool chemicals for too long as adolescents, but their site provides useful information about pool water quality, pool water testing, and other pool related matters.
Recently on the Pool Water Testing Blog
What is Diatomaceous Earth? -- Rather than go into a (boring) chemistry lesson we will address the reason WHY so many of you have asked us this question: You want to know what it is because the pool guys left a bag of suspicious looking white powder at your house and didn’t tell you why. DE (Diatomaceous Earth) Pool Filters [...]... more details here, 07/13/2011
Opening a Pool Later in the Season -- Not everyone has the opportunity or ability to open their swimming pools right when Summer starts to peek around the corner. Travel plans, work, attending school graduation functions, weddings and a host of other events can quickly fill up a family’s free time… and make opening the pool a waste of time — until it [...]... more details here, 07/12/2011
Question: Do I Need to Add Stain Control Chemicals? -- A common mistake made by new and veteran pool owners alike: Assuming their tap or well water contains no dissolved metals. This mistake often results in the formation of ugly, hard to remove metal stains on pool water surfaces once chlorine shock gets added to the water. Find Out What Caused the Stain With Jack’s [...]... more details here, 06/30/2011
How Does a Pool Water Clarifier Work? -- A common question we have heard many during our tenure working in pool stores over the years: “How does a pool clarifier work exactly?” Pool Perfect RemovesOils, Lotions & Organic Scum Despite our knowing a bit more than the average person about chemistry and wanting to share that knowledge, we usually refrained from going into [...]... more details here, 06/17/2011
Replacement Reagents for 2-Way Pool Test Kit -- Yep. The phantom reagent thief struck again. Happens every year to 10′s of thousands of people worldwide. Lucky for you we know where a place that will deliver a whole new kit right to your doorstep. Total Chlorine & pH 2-Way Test Kit for Pools and Spas What’s that? you say you don’t need a [...]... more details here, 06/16/2011
Quick Information About Bromine -- While the majority of pool owners use some form chlorine to keep their pool water clean and sanitized, a good number of people use bromine tablets or bromine powder in place of chlorine. As a general rule bromine offers more disinfecting power than chlorine because even its combined/used form (bromamine) still has the power to [...]... more details here, 06/15/2011
