Carbonate Alkalinity
You are probably familiar with the effect of cyanuric acid on the effectiveness of chlorine. Or, at least, the myth…
Plaster, Fiberglass, & Vinyl Pool Surface Fails
A few years ago, I had the opportunity to present at a conference. This one the National Swimming Pool Foundation…
How Phosphate Removers work
I’m continuing with the specialty chemical thing. Last week we talked about how enzymes work. This time it’s how phosphate…
How enzymes work
If you’ve been following along, I’m sure you’ve noticed that I’ve been spending a lot of time talking about specialty…
Langelier Saturation Index Inaccuracies
The Langelier Saturation Index is the basis of swimming pool water chemistry. A simple mathematical formula determines whether the water…
Pool Acid Scarcity? Try a Borate-Bicarbonate Buffer
In the last article, we spoke about some of the alternatives to muriatic acid that are available. But how cool…
Muriatic Acid Alternatives
I guess we can add muriatic acid to the list of pool products that are becoming impossible to find this…
Swimming Pool Supply Chain Broken
This is a hot topic right now. I’m sure some people who work with swimming pools have been able to…
How Borates in Swimming Pools Buffer pH
This may very well be the ‘New Craze’ in swimming pool chemistry and probably comes as close to being the…
Alum CyA Removal Method Step-By-Step
This is probably a bit overdue, but we decided it would be easiest to bullet point the CyA removal method…
