How to Use Baquacil in Your Swimming Pool
Baquacil is a sanitizing system that is a chlorine alternative! Here's how to use it.
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Although it may cost more than chlorine, Baquacil users have been singing this products praises since back in the 1980's! Chlorine and all of the products associated with it could be considered a sanitizing system, the same holds true for Baquacil.
It's a three part system that has been quite successful over the years and has in fact spawned numerous knock offs of the original. -
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You should find a retailer somewhere near you that sells Baquacil and bring them a sample of your pool water, about 8 oz. or so. They have a device called a colorimeter that can test your water and determine your pools' alkalinity, pH and calcium hardness. They can also tell if there is any copper or iron present in your water. I used to be an authorized Baquacil dealer, so I know the product inside and out!
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Your pool size will determine how much Baquacil you will need to treat it with. The first part of the system is the sanitizer, which gets added once a week and is the most expensive of the products you'll need to use. Second is a an algaecide that requires a very small amount every week. Last, is the shock which is added once a month.
When you bring your water sample back into the dealer after treatment, they will also be able to get a reading on the amount of sanitizer and shock present in your pool.
The system has its own ancillary products that the manufacturer recommends that you use.
Read the labels on the balancing chemicals, specifically the Total Alkalinity, pH Increaser, pH Decreaser and Calcium Hardness Increaser. You will notice that all of these chemicals are generic products and any similar product can be substituted for theirs. HOWEVER, that is as far as the similarity goes. You CANNOT use any other chemicals to substitute for any of theirs.
If you try to use chlorine shock with their system instead of their liquid shock your pool will require some major costly attention to rectify your error, not theirs! -
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The Baquacil folks provide you with a booklet telling you each step to follow and in what order, plus the dealer is always there for questions. If it is something the dealer has never encountered before there is an entire staff ready to answer questions and resolve the problem.
The system is costly, but cost is a trade-off when it comes to simplicity of operation and the amount of time that you save, which has a pricetag on it as well! Your time is money! -
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If you aren't sure about switching over to Baquacil, why not ask around the neighborhood or at work to see if anyone there is using the product and what they think of it. You might even take a trip over to their pool so you can see and feel the difference of the water when it has been treated with Baquacil as opposed to chlorine.
Their sanitizer is not pulled out of your pool by the sun as chlorine is. It doesn't bleach out your bathing suits or pool liner either. It doesn't sting your eyes like chlorine does and it has a silky feeling on the skin.
Baquacil may be more expensive to use than chlorine, but the advantages it offers are well worth the price.
The choice is yours. I believe that all systems can work if used properly and under the right conditions, so it's your call.
Just remember why you got the pool in the first place, it was for recreation, relaxation and, oh yeah, FUN!
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Tips & Warnings
Backwashing is necessary but hard to watch with expensive chemicals flowing out of your pool at a high rate of speed.
Follow the booklet and the dealers instructions. The booklet will tell you about weekly maintenance, filter cleaning, the resolution of problems and give you step by step instructions on opening and closing your pool.
Never mix chlorine or any other systems sanitizer, shock or algaecide with Baquacil, it does not like that at all, and will let you and your wallet know!
Don't try to cheap out by reducing the necessary amount of product that your pool needs or you'll be defeating the purpose of the system.
Don't think that more is better all of the time. Sometimes the right answer is simply the right dosage and no more.
