Baking Soda from your grocery store works the same as the Bicarb the pool stores sell to raise PH. The local Wal-mart sells 8 lb bags for close to a dollar a pound. Shop for your best price. Be aware that baking soda will raise your alkalinity as well.
the pH can be raised by adding an alkaline chemical such as soda ash (which also raises total alkalinity quite a bit) or borax (which has only a slight effect on total alkalinity), or by aeration of the water to outgas CO2 (which will raise pH with no impact on total alkalinity).
Soda ash actually has very little effect on Total Alkalinity. Baking soda is the chemical to use to raise T/A.
Borax...This inexpensive laundry booster (green box) can be used to raise the pH in pools. Use 1/2 cup at a time, then test until the proper pH for your pool water is achieved.
Clorine: Clorine forms a strong acid when mixed with H2O.
Hardness increaser from your pool supply company
baking soda
By adding baking soda, you can raise the pool's pH. Baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) is a base, which neutralizes acidity.
Even an unusual item such as this can be found on Amazon. Nextag also supplies this item. In the Swim is a national franchise that has pool supplies.
You shouold not use household products to replace pool chemicals. There are many unique properties of pool chemicals that you should be aware of
Because you're a doucher with a pool.
You whip your dick out and pee in the pool.. that oughta do it! :)
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Soda Ash
To raise calcium in your pool use calcium chloride. You premix it in a container to let it dissolve and add 6lb for 10pmm in a 50,000g pool.
Yes, however not at all effectively as you would require a large amount of household strength bleach to have the same effect as the stuff you would get from a pool supplies shop. Once the water has gone green it requires a "shock dose" of chlorine or similar to kill off the growth, usually 10-15L (~2.5-4gal) of swimming pool strength chlorine is sufficient to "shock" a household pool (~<100,000L). It would be more effective to use household bleach to prevent the green from forming in the first place
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