Here's How To Increase Your Swimming Pool's pH With Baking Soda.
Do you need to increase the pH of your pool?
It is true that a swimming pool must keep a pH between 7.2 and 7.8.
Neither too acidic nor too alkaline! Otherwise there are risks to your health ...
This is because if the pH is too low, you risk itchy skin and itchy red eyes.
But no need to buy a pH corrector for all that!
Not only is it not cheap, but it is also not really natural ...
Tip pto increase the pH of your pool naturally is to use baking soda. Look :
How to do
1. Test the pH of your pool with test strips.
2. If it is too low (less than 7.2), add between 1.5 to 2 kg of baking soda to bring it back to a level of between 7.2 and 7.8.
Note: these chemical measurements of the swimming pools are based on a swimming pool of approximately 40 m3. If your pool is smaller or larger, you will need to adjust the amounts of baking soda.
3. Put the baking soda in the pool water by making large circles on the surface of the pool to avoid putting everything in one place.
4. Let the baking soda dissolve in the water for at least 6 hours.
5. Turn on the pool pump to make the baking soda easier to disperse.
6. After 6 or 24 hours, test the pH and alkalinity of the water again.
7. If the pH is still below 7.2, repeat these steps.
Results
And there you have it, you have increased the pH of your pool with baking soda :-)
Easy, fast and efficient, isn't it?
You don't even need to use an overpriced pH corrector!
Thanks to the bicarbonate, you have increased the pH of the swimming pool and you prevent the water from stinging the eyes and attacking your skin.
In addition, it works for the maintenance of all swimming pools: above-ground, buried, semi-buried, plastic and even for inflatable pools.
Additional advice
If this is the first time you are doing this kind of treatment, start by adding 1/2 or 3/4 of the recommended amounts.
After repeating the test, you can always add more if the level remains too low.
Otherwise you risk adding too much and disturbing the delicate pH balance.
Why does it work?
Baking soda is naturally alkaline: it has a pH of 8.
When you put baking soda in your pool water, you automatically increase the pH and alkalinity of the water.
The bicarbonate thus improves the stability of the water and its clarity.
Moreover, it is not for nothing that commercial pH correcting products use bicarbonate in large part in their composition.
By using baking soda directly, you can maintain your pool for a fraction of the cost of these products.
Your turn...
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