Did you know that the active ingredient of many alkalinity increasers is sodium bicarbonate? And that's baking soda? Baking soda raises alkalinity levels in your pool. And it can be less expensive than the alkalinity increaser at the store. If you have low alkalinity levels, this video wil show you how much baking soda to add to your pool and when to help you raise your pool's alkalinity.
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00:00 - Introduction to How To Raise Your Pool's Alkalinity With Baking Soda
00:28 - How Do You Know If You Need To Increase Your Pool's Alkalinity?
00:46 - How Much Baking Soda Should You Add?
01:04 - How To Add Baking Soda To Your Pool
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00:00 - Introduction to How To Raise Your Pool's Alkalinity With Baking Soda
00:28 - How Do You Know If You Need To Increase Your Pool's Alkalinity?
00:46 - How Much Baking Soda Should You Add?
01:04 - How To Add Baking Soda To Your Pool
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So here's a secret some brands of alkalinity increaser have just one active ingredient and that's sodium bicarbonate. Well guess what sodium bicarbonate is baking soda baking soda raises alkalinity levels in your pool and it can be less expensive than alkalinity increaser at the store. The key is knowing how much to add to your pool and when check it out so first, how do you know if you need to increase your alkalinity you'll want to test your pool water daily? Your alkalinity levels should be between 100 and 150 ppm or parts per million, and your alkalinity affects your ph, which should be between 7.4 and 7.6 with 7.5 being ideal. So how much baking soda, should you add well, as a general rule of thumb, use one and a half pounds of baking soda for 10, 000 gallons of water? This should raise the alkalinity about 10 parts per million ppm and, if you're not sure how much your pool holds check out our pool calculator over at swimuniversity.com now, once you know your pool's volume and you've measured out the appropriate amount of baking soda, don't go adding It all at once remember that alkalinity affects ph.
If you adjust the alkalinity too much in either direction, it can affect the ph as well, and then you'll have two problems to solve so start by adding just a half or three quarters of the baking soda that you've measured out rather than just dumping it all Into the pool in one spot make sure that you distribute it in wide arcs across your entire pool. This is called broadcasting, the chemical, be sure to wear protective gear like goggles and gloves, and it's best not to do this on a windy day. I can tell you that an eye full of baking soda does not feel good. Let the baking soda circulate and dissolve for at least six hours and keep the filtration system running during that time then test both the alkalinity and your ph levels.
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Hello dear,
Pls can you advice if the baking soda used is for food or cleaning or doesn't matter which one to be used?!
Hi how much alkalinity should you add for a pool that contains 6981 gals?
“Rule of thumb” is a law that allowed men to beat their wives with a stick no larger than the circumference of their thumb. You are talking about pool chemistry and using domestic violence as your measurement. Get with that.
My pool has low alkalinity but high ph. I read I should try to get the alkalinity up to prevent volatile ph levels. Is that true? What should I do to fix the problem?
Also typically your ph will almost always b low so unnecessary to add 0zs at a time. Unless of course you have a salt pool which will always have a high ph and you will have to raise one then lower the other to balance. Other than whatever sanitizer you choose to use these r the only other 2 that makes your pool or spa safe to swim Are you in Nepean ?
But you added salt tho not sodium bicarbonate nor baking soda
8×12 above ground pool 2800 gallon… alkalinity and ph too low… how do I increase both… ive been adding both ph and alkalinity and still nothing.
So I’m having a problem getting my alkalinity and ph up. My chlorine and hardness is perfect. I have added eight( 1Pd ) boxes of baking soda to the pool but so far nothing has changed. My pool is 30,000 gallons. I think its 1.5 lbs of baking soda per 10,000 gals. So I started with four boxes and when nothing happen I did four more. Should I keep going until something changes?
What if the PH is in the right place but the alkalinity is 50 ….how can i raise alkalinity without effecting PH ???
I’m having problems keeping ph down. It likes to get to 8.2 but my alkalinity has dropped so the pool store says to add alkalinity up but they didn’t tell me it would make my ph worse erghhhh
I like this video swim university
So I bought 5lbs “alkalinity powder” at my local pool store for $14.99 when I could have just gone down to the local Publix and paid $3.11 for the same amount. Man, do I feel stupid 🙁 !!!
I just put 2 ounces in a 1000 gallon intex pool… I EZ clor quick dissolve… About 3 ounces about 2 hours… Thank u…will check in tomorrow Service area Barrhaven??
If broadcasted in pool, does baking soda totally dissolve or does some of it settle on the pool floor?
Can the baking soda and calcium hypochlorite shock treatment be done at the same time?👙
Aldi’s 1lb box is 2 for $1 dollat
thank you for the info helps a lot im a pool tech and i always watch your videos Are you in Orleans ?
I added PHPlus and also baking soda, but I still don’t het a reading on my test kit. Any suggestions
Thanks for all the tips
Will this work in hot tubs also?
Hello, can you make a video about controlling ph in a bestway/intex pool.
Great info! Time to go to Sam's or Costco to buy a giant box of baking soda!
Can I add baking soda directly to the skimmer ?
How to decrease Alkalinity???
And you can bake cookies with it too. Service area Kanata??