What chemical would free my pool of debris?

Question

clarifier
algicide
chlorine
soda ash
acid

Answer 1

My friend has a pool business and we often spend our days cleaning pools and his clarifier works great. You need to really brush your pool to break off anything that is sticking to the sides and then add the clarifier somewhat evenly around the pool. It will bond to particles and make them fall to the bottom. Follow that up with a very good vacuum, and if it's to dirty vacuum straight into "backwash" and add more water. Don't try to cut any corners or you'll either not ever get it cleared up, or it will take a lot longer and cost a lot more. If you need more let me know and I'll call him and ask him what brand of clarifier we use.

Also, if you own your home look into a salt system rather than chlorine. It cost a little to set up but it will easily pay for itself in a year or two and no nasty chlorine smell/taste etc. You simply add salt when the machine tells you to. It's a great tool with lots of built in features. I've seen them on Ebay too, and they aren't hard at all to hook up. When the light blinks and says you need to add 80 lbs of salt, you go to Home Depot, Wally world or somewhere and grab a 80lb bag of water softener salt (yellow bag usually) and pour it in, and your done! Bam $5 to make it another month or two. Way better than Chlorine.

Also, something people miss when they have pools is how their water "returns" are set up. Make sure your water returns have a constant flow going in the pool to push floating debris to the skimmer. If you have two or more returns you should be able to point them to where it almost makes a whirlpool effect and pushes most to all of the debris in a circular motion to the skimmer. If your returns don't rotate, go spend $10 and get some that do, you'll notice a difference right away.

If your pool is round, or has a ledge, or is shallow, make a whirlpool before you get out, the more the merrier and it's quite fun especially for kids who like to ride round and round. Let it settle and then vacuum in the morning or at least before you swim again. This should break dirt loose from the walls, AND concentrate most of the dirt in a much smaller area for easier vacuuming. Ok I'm done now.. LOL

Answer 2

Clarifer, makes stuff fall to the bottom,

Answer 3

vaccum it and you do have a skimmer.? I would not use any more chemicals than necessary.....