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What does water maintenance with pool chemicals consist of?
Chemical water treatment consists of applying the necessary products that guarantee the conservation, hygiene and perfect transparency of the water.
As you can see, these problems have several solutions, so it will not be difficult to clean the pool well to avoid having water loaded with chlorine or artificial lime that irritates the skin and eyes.
Next, we present the following article: Analysis of products to maintain a swimming pool.
That said, in this case, our goal is that in this article we consider a review of essential pool products and thus ensure that the pool gives us the least possible problems.
What are pool chemicals used for?
Keep water balanced
The maintenance of a swimming pool is important to ensure that the water has an ideal and clean appearance, and to keep it in the appropriate hygienic conditions, avoiding harm to health in the form of damage to the skin or eyes.
In addition to disinfecting, we must protect our pool water from factors such as: bacteria, dust, algae, organic matter, precipitation of calcium and magnesium salts, oxidation of iron and magnesium salts...
Consequently, the use of different types of chemicals in each phase of the cleaning or maintenance process It will help the water to always be in optimal conditions.
In addition, all pools will need different chemical treatments to keep the water in optimal conditions.
First essential step in pool chemicals: pH adjustment
As is known, there are many chemical products that are needed to disinfect the pool and ensure the correct treatment of water conservation, which begins by adjusting its PH to the ideal between 7,2 and 7,4.
To carry out a correct control of these levels, we have a series of kits and accessories to analyze the pH of water.
What is pH
The pH is responsible for indicating the concentration of H+ ions in the water, determining its acidic or basic character.
psicin pH values
Furthermore, pH is a value that is expressed with a logarithmic scale between values 0 and 14.
The ideal pH value is between 7,2 and 7,6. Having the pH in this range is not only good for having the water in optimal conditions, but it is also ideal for the skin and eyes of bathers.
A reduced or elevated pH considerably reduces the disinfection effect.
What are the essential pool chemicals for maintenance?
Next, we detail theanalysis of swimming pool products essential for good treatment of pool water on a recurring basis.
1st essential pool product for maintenance
Maintenance disinfectant for water treatment
Maintenance disinfectant
- Treating pool water with a chlorine-type disinfectant, etc. is the way to effectively eliminate a wide range of pathogens that are deposited in the water to prevent it from being harmful to health and being contaminated.
- For this reason, It is essential to treat the water with maintenance chlorine or, instead, the disinfectant that we use. (if not automatic). Although, if it is automatic, there are also certain requirements to be considered throughout the period.
Maintenance chlorine
- Maintenance chlorine is the main agent that most pool owners use to treat water, because it is worth noting that it is the most economical.
- There are different formats of maintenance chlorine, such as: liquid, granular or multi-action.
Bromine for water treatment
- Bromine is a perfect oxidant for water disinfection with the same degree of effectiveness as chlorine.
- Es very aggressive against viruses, bacteria and fungi In addition to eliminating all types of organic impurities deposited in the water, but compared to chlorine, it does not give off unpleasant odors that may bother bathers, nor does it cause irritation to the eyes and mucous membranes.
- It has a great tolerance to temperature increases and pH variations, making it perfect for indoor pools with heat pumps or spas.
- In addition, bromine is perfect for disinfecting water because it is a very aggressive antioxidant against bacteria, fungi and viruses that eliminates organic impurities, without unpleasant odors or irritation to the eyes and other mucous membranes.
- Next, we provide you with the link so you can find out more: bromine poola.
Saline chlorination
- Salt chlorination consists of a process by which common salt (sodium chloride) is added to the pool water and, using an electrical device, the chlorine and sodium are separated.
- Chlorine disinfects the water and combines with sodium again, repeating this cycle indefinitely.
- This option is one of the most sought after, since it does not require chemical substances for its maintenance.
- It has different advantages such as improve blood circulation and respiratory capacity, less irritation and redness of the eyes, prevents the formation of wrinkles, less dryness of the skin...
- If you want more information, you can contact us for more details and to know the best equipment. saline chlorination.
Other products for the disinfectant treatment of pool water
2nd essential pool product for maintenance
pH minus
- Essential product: pH lowering base (refer to the fact that in Spain the pH tends to rise)
Water pH lowering base
- Maintaining pH levels at their optimal level is essential to guarantee, not only the good condition of the water and a long life of the pool, but also to guarantee the health and comfort of bathers.
- The main function of the water pH reducer is to reduce the pH itself when it is greater than 7,6.
- Therefore, in the event of a possible pH imbalance, it is essential to have this product stored.
3st essential pool product for maintenance
pH-plus
Why the pH plus pool product is essential
- On the other hand, it is also valuable to have in our warehouse pH increasing acid (especially in case we add too much pH minus).
4th essential pool product for maintenance
pool algaecide
- In another position, we could mention that the use of algicide, since it never hurts to resort to preventing algae formation.
Algaecide, algae prevention
- Algae can appear even if the pool is disinfected. This appearance may be caused by chemical residues or external agents such as plants or trees located around the pool, rain, temperature changes, etc.
- So the way to prevent green water in the pool is to use a pool algaecide.
- There are quick- or delayed-acting pool algaecide formats and also different specific types: for yellowish, pink or black algae.
Use of pool algaecide
- Depending on the area where the pool is located, we recommend using it more or less frequently.
- There are areas where it does not hurt to use pool algaecide weekly.
- However, there are other locations where it will not be necessary to use it always, but only in times of high temperatures when the chlorine concentration drops.
5th essential pool product for maintenance
Pool descaling chemicals
- Most basic pool chemical product: el descaling (product that prevents or eliminates salt deposits)
Pool descaler
- And, as its name indicates, removes all encrustations limestone, organic waste and mineral sediments that, during the inactivity of autumn and winter, have formed on the bottom and walls of the pool.
- It is an extra strong detergent cleaner formulated for cleaning lime scale, organic residue and mineral sediments.
- Product also suitable for cleaning the interior of sand treatment plants.
6th essential pool product for maintenance
Pool waterline descaler
- Special highly degreasing gel descaling soap especially indicated for cleaning the waterline of the pool.
What is pool waterline descaler for?
- Specially formulated to remove grease, dirt and calcareous encrustations from the edges and walls of swimming pools and adjacent areas that require it.
- Special for liner, polyester and painted pools
- Eliminate traces of grease and dirt on the edges, pool walls and adjacent areas
- Non-alkaline degreaser for cleaning pool edges and walls
- In cases of persistent dirt on surfaces close to the waterline, it is advisable to lower the water level to achieve greater product effectiveness.
Sponge for waterline descaling
- On the other hand, this product is truly indicated to be used together with the descaler for the pool's waterline (this way we will not damage the coating).
What is the waterline descaling sponge for?
- These magic sponges for waterline from the pool remove embedded stains without having to use
- detergents or chemicals.
- Suitable for all types of pools and coatings
7th essential pool product for maintenance
Pool clarifier
- They are products responsible for helping the filter and/or skimmer to absorption of the smallest particles, grouping them and facilitating their collection.
- we will avoid turbidity and the appearance of foam, in addition to eliminating traces of oils or creams that may remain floating in the water.
Pool clarifier characteristics
- Firstly, Pool clarifier has an action very similar to pool flocculant; They are very similar because they both help remove fine particles and help the filter trap them.
- Even if, the clarifier works with coagulant but with permanently low flocculation.
- So, the main difference between clarifier and flocculant for swimming pools is the action time (it does not have such imminent results).
- Unlike flocculant, pool clarifier does not require manual collection after application, but the dirt is collected by the filter.
- On the other hand, the result of the action of the pool clarifying product is independent of the water temperature.
- So that you can know all the details, we leave you with the link: characteristics of pool clarifier.
Pool maintenance chemicals not recommended
Pool chemicals: Liquid chlorine
Why we don't recommend liquid chlorine
- Liquid chlorine or sodium hypochlorite is made up of a concentration of 10%.
- And, although it is the most economical, it is also the most unstable due to its composition since it loses effectiveness with sun exposure.
multi-action pool chemicals
Why we do not recommend the multifunction
- Pills Triple action contains algaecides and decanter (flocculant) with 90% active chlorine in the form of trichloroisocyanuric acid, boric acid or copper sulfate as algaecide and alumina sulfate as decanter.
- This mixture allows for a triple action, preventing the development of microorganisms, flocculation of suspended particles and algae growth.
- It is a product of slow dissolution, so the release of all components is gradual.
- The use of these pills must be done with caution, since being an oxidizing product it can cause irritation of the mucous membranes, eyes and skin. It is not advisable for this product to be in contact with liner or paint materials, since they may discolor it.
Swimming pool chemical products tutorial
To finish this page, in the following reproduction you can see a small tutorial with the basic chemical products that we must have at home to be able to carry out good pool maintenance.