Post by shawnturner on Jan 8, 2018 7:27:02 GMT
Hi,
I was in the pool store yesterday that I like best, because their LC always tests out at 14ppm, rather than the 12ppm it's rated at, while Branch Brook's tests at 10ppm.
And rather than their usual house brand of Sun Pools products I saw they started to carry this line.
I searched and searched and searched but could not find a list of ingredients, which I personally think should be a regulatory violation because if you accidentally ingest this stuff, how are the EMTs and ER docs going to know what they are up against?
Ok, I looked them up on the web and it's....Sodium tetraborate pentahydrate--fancy Borax. For a 20,000 gallon pool to reach 50ppm requires 67#--about 16 4# boxes of Borax, slightly short of the 22 Ben recommends...but I'm aware that Borates can be introduced via different compounds, some delivering more borates/# than others.
But....5 pounds of this on-line costs....$33.29 at one online dealer...almost $30 more than a 4# box of Borax.
I know this is a stream-of-consciousness opener to a thread but I think we just found our next pool-store scam now that the lanthanum needed for phosphate removal has dried up..some sort of export boycott by China.
Please help.
Thanks!
I didn't find the right solution from the Internet.
References:
www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php/18973-What-is-ProTeam-SupremePLUS
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I was in the pool store yesterday that I like best, because their LC always tests out at 14ppm, rather than the 12ppm it's rated at, while Branch Brook's tests at 10ppm.
And rather than their usual house brand of Sun Pools products I saw they started to carry this line.
I searched and searched and searched but could not find a list of ingredients, which I personally think should be a regulatory violation because if you accidentally ingest this stuff, how are the EMTs and ER docs going to know what they are up against?
Ok, I looked them up on the web and it's....Sodium tetraborate pentahydrate--fancy Borax. For a 20,000 gallon pool to reach 50ppm requires 67#--about 16 4# boxes of Borax, slightly short of the 22 Ben recommends...but I'm aware that Borates can be introduced via different compounds, some delivering more borates/# than others.
But....5 pounds of this on-line costs....$33.29 at one online dealer...almost $30 more than a 4# box of Borax.
I know this is a stream-of-consciousness opener to a thread but I think we just found our next pool-store scam now that the lanthanum needed for phosphate removal has dried up..some sort of export boycott by China.
Please help.
Thanks!
I didn't find the right solution from the Internet.
References:
www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php/18973-What-is-ProTeam-SupremePLUS
Motion Graphics Brand Video