http://poolcaresecrets.com How To Keep Your Pool Clean, Clear, and Inviting Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:03:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Prior to purchasing our home, which came with this pool, there were a few items on the punchlist to be fixed before closing. One of these was the "hole" in the side of the pool. It was patched with presumably the same stuff I used to fix it ... http://poolcaresecrets.com/epoxy-fix-for-cracked-concrete/ Greetings again, fellow pool care warriors! It's been a while since my last post, but like they say, "No news is good news!" Our pool's looked perfect for over a month now. I was very curious about what the pool place would say when I delivered my ... http://poolcaresecrets.com/fixing-an-air-leak-on-the-pool-filter/ Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to announce that BY JOVE I THINK I'VE GOT IT. Got it right, that is... and it's lasted for over a week straight! My last trip to Pinch A Penny had me thinking on the way, "Maybe my pool's bigger than I've been telling ... http://poolcaresecrets.com/perfect-pool-chemistry-at-last/ My blue pool, that is. It's back to green now, a mere week after my previous post. Dejected, frustrated, and beginning to resent my swimming pool, I grabbed my once-again empty jugs and water sample and headed back to Pinch A Penny. On the way there, I thought back ... http://poolcaresecrets.com/well-it-was-nice-while-it-lasted/ Well, the 5 gallons of liquid chlorine, 3 stabilized chlorine tablets in the floater, vigorous side brushing, continuous filtration, and 2 pounds of Stop-Green did the trick. The pool was ALMOST blue when our guests arrived, but they're good friends and understood that the pool MIGHT not be totally ... http://poolcaresecrets.com/24-hours-and-plenty-of-chemicals-later/ As if it wasn't bad enough that I had to suffer the indignity of my Mother in Law seeing our home (and our pool) for the first time with the swimmer in such a greenish state, and that it never REALLY turned back to blue before her 10 day stay... ... http://poolcaresecrets.com/florida-pool-in-summer-oh-the-humanity/ When I saw the Water Wand cartridge filter cleaner in a Pinch-A-Penny ad we got in the mail, I thought, "This has got to be one of the most brilliant ideas I've ever seen." I MUST have one. Since it was Saturday and I need to refill my jugs anyway, I ... http://poolcaresecrets.com/water-wand-filter-cleaner/ So today things are back to normal, and the pool is happy again. So am I. It turns out that a good brushing, 1 gallon of liquid chlorine, a bunch of Stop-Green and 24 hours did the trick. This morning I woke up to a very pretty, inviting swimming pool. I ... http://poolcaresecrets.com/back-and-blue/ My Dad's always (mostly) given me good advice. I grew up with a big swimming pool, and fondly (mostly) remember my childhood pool chores. Sweep the pool. Clean the Aqua-Queen (a real bitch of a robot). Backwash it. Hohum. When we moved into this house and were thus indentured to this ... http://poolcaresecrets.com/green-pool-fix/ Since this IS a blog of sorts, this is my inaugural post. The pool's green at the moment, and is too full because it rained cats and dogs yesterday. I need to run to Pinch-A-Penny to get the water tested and refill my jugs. My guess is, it'll need a good ... http://poolcaresecrets.com/green-pool/