How to Test Swimming Pool Alkalinity

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Francisco Cales, Tampa Florida with Pool Inspectors on behalf of Expert Village. Our theme for today is basic pool maintenance. This time we're going to be testing alkalinity for the pool, using Tailor Test Kit. Going to open up the kit, remove the large test tube and fill it up with 25 milileters of water, or the middle line. When using the Tailor Test Kit, everything is color coded, so for our alkalinity we'll be using the green valves. The first one we'll be using will be the R007, adding two drops. The next step is to add 5 drops of R008, which is the alkalinity indicator. Your water color should turn a light green. Go ahead and mix that up. At this point what we're going to do is add drops to the water till the green changes from green to a pinkish-reddish color and we're going to count how many drops we add to it. One, two, three, four, five. Mix it up. I'm up to five. Six, seven, eight. Mixing it up and what's happening is, the shade of green is dispersing and turning pinkish. One more. At that point I can go ahead and read that I've...my total alkalinity in the pool is about 90. "