Pool Shock

In The Swim Knowledge Pool: Swimming Pool Shock

Shock Treatments for Swimming Pools

Granular chlorine is a convenient way to sanitize and disinfect pool water. Used in small amounts, swimming pool shock can raise chlorine levels quickly for a pool found to be lacking. In larger amounts it will easily super-chlorinate or hyper-chlorinate pools for removal of cloudy water, chloramines, and disinfectant by-products. Most importantly, swimming pool shock quickly destroys pathogenic bacteria, viruses and microbes found in pool water. 

The Many Types of Pool Oxidizers

•  - Di-Zap Multi Shock is stabilized, and can be used daily in pools, spas and fountains without calcium build-up.
•  - Pool Shock and Super Pool Shock from In The Swim is suitable for all purposes, sold in bags and buckets.
•  - Non-Chlorine pool shock does everything that pool shock does, with exception to killing heavy algae blooms.
   

The Many Uses of Pool Oxidizers

•  - Restores clarity to cloudy pool water
•  - Kills pool algae strains of all types
•  - Sanitizes to destory bacteria of all types
•  - Removes chloramines and other chlorine byproducts
•  - Breaks down organic and non-organic matter, and bather waste
•  - Raises chlorine levels quickly when found to be near zero
•  - Removes stains on plaster, pebble and fiberglass pools
   

How To Shock a Pool

•  1. Clean the pool of debris before shocking a pool
•  2. Balance the water chemistry and adjust pH to 7.2-7.4
•  3. Each pound of pool shock can deliver between 7-9 PPM, per 10,000 gallons of pool water
•  4. Add enough to reach a target threshold of 10, 20 or 30 PPM, depending on water condition
•  5. Brush the pool, and run pool filter for 6-8 hours following super-chlorination
•  6. Keep solar covers safely stored off the pool until high chlorine level subsides
•  7. Check chemistry levels within 24 hours and adjust as needed, if chlorine is found to be zero, repeat shock treatment
   

Pool Shock Treatment Tips

•  - Always add chlorine to water, Never add water to chlorine
•  - Always use the entire bag, Never store half-used bags of shock
•  - Distribute the chemical around the pool, Never pour into the skimmer
•  - Always adjust pH level to the low side, 7.2-7.4, where chlorine is more potent
•  - Brush the pool after shocking, with a stiff pool brush, or a stainless steel bristled algae brush
•  - Vinyl pools should pre-dissolve pool shock. Pour into a bucket of clean water and stir until dissolved
•  - Sweep up any spills immediately, and add directly to the pool.
•  - Never mix chlorine granules with any other type of chemical, or anything except water.

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