POOL CHEMISTRY 101: How to Keep Your Water Balanced | Swim University

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Published 2019-07-01
Keep your pool water balanced and close to neutral, and avoid scaling, corrosion, and cloudiness, all with just three pool chemistry components. This isn't just about pool chemicals for beginners, though. Bet you could use a refresher.

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⏰ Timestamps:
00:00​ - Introduction to Pool Chemistry
01:10 - What Is pH
02:35 - What Is Alkalinity
04:03 - How To Balance pH and Alkalinity
08:09 - What Is Calcium Hardness

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All Comments (21)
  • @Julian-lw4tu
    Learned more in your 10 minute video then I did in the last week trying to understand basic pool maintenance. Thanks for making it easy to understand!
  • @azhotmom
    As a newby pool owner I appreciate these videos! I walked into a pool supply store for the first time in my life today and felt kinda smart ; )
  • Thank you! Appreciate it, I've recently decided to take over responsibility of the pool since my husband is always saying i do it but never does. It's alway been green. So i've scrubbed all the algae off the tiles after shocking it. All crystal clear now. This is the next step 🙏
  • @dannymckinsey208
    I wish this industry would STANDARDIZE these chemical names! Even between stores, they call the same additive completely different names! Please, just pick ONE CHEMICAL NAME, and stick with THAT.🤦🏼
  • @nightlightYT
    helping my mom out by taking over the pool cleaning so she wont have to pay and ur videos are what are helping me keep it clean otherwise she was gonna cover the pool with dirt! so thank you
  • @freekarella3024
    This is the best explanation ever. Your videos make me feel so confident about pool maintenance on my own as a new pool owner. Thank you.
  • The way you explain things is very understandable. It's like having a conversation with a friend and they're teaching you to take care of your pool. Thank you!
  • I can't thank you enough for these informative videos. I am a new pool owner and am lost. These have helped me enormously. I feel so smart now...well not really but thanks!
  • @grumpy_8186
    Thanks man, Now my pool is crystal. And my skin dosn't peel anymore. Needed PH up (soda ash) too fix 2 things. Thanks again for explaining the importance of PH and acidity.
  • @mophast
    just bought a 12 ft pool for the season and i also bought a house with a 20ft by 30ft in ground pool that i will be moving in only in october so this little pool will help me learn the pool chemistry for this summer great video
  • @marslegare2034
    This is the most helpful accessible video about how to balance my pool that I have found!
  • @billybrooks1
    My PH is always trending up while my alkalinity is trending down. I just add baking soda to raise alkalinity, then a little acid to drop the PH. I do this every week or two
  • Great video. Best explanation of water testing and water adjustment yet. Great Job
  • You're awesome! Haha. Thank you! I'm overwhelmed by this pool chemistry and you help so much!
  • @robinyipp7093
    Your video gives new pool owner like me a fundamental and good knowledge on water balance and keeping. Thank you.
  • @cesarbarrios758
    Thank you for all your information!!! You are great splain everything!!!👍
  • @Starwarsgames66
    I already know how to balance a pool but I do like to watch these videos as a refresher before I actually open my pool for the year just so that way I don’t screw something up.