Your pool is a beautiful and inviting place. You swim in it, lounge on the pool deck, and relax with friends. The water is crisp and clean, but that doesn’t mean you should neglect pool maintenance.
Pool cleaning chemicals are an important part of pool maintenance – they ensure that your pool stays safe for swimming! In this article, we will discuss some pool cleaning products to help you maintain your pool so you can enjoy it all year round.
The first one is pool chlorine. Chlorine helps kill pool bacteria and algae, but can also be dangerous to swimmers with allergies or sensitive skin. The pool’s pH should always be kept at a level that will keep the chlorine from becoming too strong for humans.
The second pool cleaning chemical is muriatic acid. It acts as an alternative pool sanitizer that doesn’t produce toxic byproducts like other chemicals do when they interact with each other – this makes it better for your health! Muriatic acid shouldn’t be used on marble pools because the effervescence could damage them over time, so you’ll want to use another product if yours is made of marble.
The third pool cleaning chemical recommended is a stabilizer/conditioner. Stabilizer/conditioner extends the pool’s life by eliminating chlorine-resistant algae and bacteria strains, so it is great for pool owners who want to avoid having to drain their pool of water every few years.
Stabilizer/Conditioners can also help with corrosion, scale build-up, scaling of pool surfaces, eye irritation caused by strong oxidizers in some other pool chemicals, etc.
The fourth chemical that should be included on this list is clarifier or flocculant. Clarifiers are used after you shock your pool with super chlorination because they cause all contaminants including dead organic matter (dirt) particles to clump together into larger masses which allows them to more easily fall out of suspension in the water column and attach to pool surfaces.
Some pool owners also use clarifiers as a regular part of their pool maintenance regimen because like algaecides and sanitizers; they help keep the water looking clean and blue by preventing dirt particles from clouding it up.
Other chemicals that should be added are Stain & Scale Chemicals (used for removing calcium deposits such as those caused by hard water), Metal Treatments (different types can protect your pool plumbing against corrosion or destroy heavy metals in the pool water which would otherwise stain it yellow), Flocculant/Clarity Aid (help clarify cloudy pool waters) and Clarifier/Flocculants (clarify cloudy pool waters).
Another important step is to vacuum your pool. A pool vacuum should be used weekly to remove surface debris and other particulates from your pool’s surfaces, especially the floor which accumulates a lot of dirt over time.
We hope this information on pool cleaning chemicals was helpful.
