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Regular chemical maintenance of a
Soft Swim® or biguanide pool
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Soft Swim®
Mid-Season Care 1. Clean Filter with Soft Swim® Filter Cleaner.
Filter cleaning should be done about every 6 weeks. Soft Swim®
Filter Cleaner is specifically made to break down the "long string" biguanide
molecule. Typical other filter cleaners are not. 2. Run filter a MINIMUM of 12 hours DAILY.
EVERY DAY. From pool opening to closing. 3. Shock the pool with 1
gallon Soft Swim®
C Clarifying Shock per 10,000 gallons or any part of 10,000 gallons about every
3 to 4 weeks. Add an EXTRA bottle of Soft Swim® "C" if pool has not been Shocked in over 3 weeks. If pool water temperature stays warmer that 85°F, Shock pool every 3 Weeks. 4.
Mid-Season: Add 1 bottle of Soft Swim® "C" or half dosage into the skimmer (add very slowly, this may cause the pump to become air-bound; bleed the system of any air; do not run the pump dry) to clean the lines. 5. Thoroughly BRUSH the pool walls WEEKLY. 6. Remove ladder(s) from pool & clean with BioGuard® Stow Away. Replace in pool after cleaning. 7.
Mid-Season: Clean Solar Blanket with BioGuard® Stow Away to remove early algae & mildew growth. 8.
Mid-Season: Double regular Soft Swim® "A" dosage. 9. Maintain Soft Swim® "B" level at 35
to no more than 50 ppm.
10. Test the pool weekly with Soft Swim®
Test Strips.
11. Adjust pH, Total Alkalinity & Calcium Hardness as necessary. In
certain pools (not all but more than just a few), low total alkalinity CAN cause
higher consumption of Soft Swim®
B. Click on the Water Balance area for more details. 12. Bring in a 1 qt. water sample for a complete computerized analysis. 13. USE THE POOL!
| BioGuard®
Soft Swim®
B Sanitizer Dosage Chart |
| Pool Size |
Test at
20 ppm |
30 ppm |
40 ppm |
50 ppm |
| 5,000 |
16 oz |
8 oz |
0 |
0 |
| 7,500 |
24 oz |
12 oz |
0 |
0 |
| 10,000 |
32 oz |
16 oz |
0 |
0 |
| 12,500 |
36 oz |
20 oz |
0 |
0 |
| 15,000 |
40 oz |
24 oz |
0 |
0 |
| 17,500 |
48 oz |
32 oz |
0 |
0 |
| 20,000 |
52 oz |
36 oz |
0 |
0 |
| 25,000 |
64 oz |
40 oz |
0 |
0 |
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