The Right Way to Shock Your Pool

> There are so many different kinds of shock on the market inlcuding
> -Calcium Hypo ( the active ingredient )
> -Lithium
> -Non-Chlorine
> -BaquaShock
> and More

> These are the 4 basic ones out there. If you have a vinyl liner above
> ground pool or in ground pool and you are using chlorine then you are
> probably using calcium or lithium shock. The difference between the
> two is that calcium you have to pre-dissolve for liners and lithium
> you do not. Non-Chlorine shock you probably use if you are using
> bromine or some other sanitizer for your pool. And your using
> baquashock if you are using baquacil as your main sanitizer.
> How To shock your Pool Using Calcium Hypo
> If you are using a vinyl liner pool then you must predissolve each bag
> of shock in its own bucket of water. This stops the shock from laying
> on your liner and bleaching it.
> Note: Always Use Gloves
> Take one 1lb bag of shock and pour it into a warm or cold 5 gallon
> bucket of water about
> 3/4 full.
> Note: Always add shock to water not water to shock. Wear clothes you
> don't care about cause they might get bleached. Warm water dissolves
> shock faster than cold, its your choice.
> Use a wooden stick and stir around the shock making sure it gets all
> dissolved or as much as your can. Pour the bucket of shock all around
> your pool or heave some in the middle. You may have some undissolved
> shock at the bottom of your bucket. In this case just dip your bucket
> in some pool water give it a swish around and pour it back into the
> pool to help dissolve some of that shock.
> If you have a bigger pool or a problem and you need to add more bags
> of shock repeat this procedure for as many bags as need. DO NOT mix
> all the bags together in one bucket.
> Tip: Always Shock At Dusk or Nighttime. This allows the shock to reach
> breakpoint oxidation. If it were during the day the sun would burn off
> 1ppm of shock every hour causing it only to reach breakpoint for an
> hour instead of 8-10 hours.
> Note: most shocks require at least 8 hours with no one in the pool
> read the label before adding shock. Also some dealers will tell you
> to add shock directly to your skimmer. This is not a good idea
> especially if you have chlorine or an automatic chlorinator. Reason
> being is because calcium hypo and tri-chlor, which can be found in
> chlorine tablets, creates a harmful chlorine gas. To get to the
> point, your automatic chlorinator could explode. It's happened.
> Shock should also be added every week to ensure a clean and green free
> pool.
> How to shock a pool with lithium or non-chlorine shock
> This one is easy. Just sprinkle the bag of shock all around your pool
> as many times as needed. These two kinds of shock do not require a
> pre-dissolve and do not require them to be put in at night. But they
> aren't as effective at killing algae and are more expensive per bag
> than calcium.
> How to Shock a Pool with Baquashock
> Again this one is easy too. Just pool the gallon bottle into your
> pool. You should do this once a month but more is required if your
> pool test shows otherwise.

> Your Local Pool Guy wrote:

> > There are so many different kinds of shock on the market inlcuding
> > -Calcium Hypo ( the active ingredient )
> > -Lithium
> > -Non-Chlorine
> > -BaquaShock
> > and More

> Joseph Meehan wrote:
> Does more include 240V AC?

> There are so many different kinds of shock on the market inlcuding
> -Calcium Hypo ( the active ingredient )
> -Lithium
> -Non-Chlorine
> -BaquaShock
> and More
> These are the 4 basic ones out there. If you have a vinyl liner above
> ground pool or in ground pool and you are using chlorine then you are
> probably using calcium or lithium shock. The difference between the two
> is that calcium you have to pre-dissolve for liners and lithium you do
> not. Non-Chlorine shock you probably use if you are using bromine or
> some other sanitizer for your pool. And your using baquashock if you
> are using baquacil as your main sanitizer.
> How To shock your Pool Using Calcium Hypo
> If you are using a vinyl liner pool then you must predissolve each bag
> of shock in its own bucket of water. This stops the shock from laying
> on your liner and bleaching it.
> Note: Always Use Gloves
> Take one 1lb bag of shock and pour it into a warm or cold 5 gallon
> bucket of water about
> 3/4 full.
> Note: Always add shock to water not water to shock. Wear clothes you
> don't care about cause they might get bleached. Warm water dissolves
> shock faster than cold, its your choice.
> Use a wooden stick and stir around the shock making sure it gets all
> dissolved or as much as your can. Pour the bucket of shock all around
> your pool or heave some in the middle. You may have some undissolved
> shock at the bottom of your bucket. In this case just dip your bucket
> in some pool water give it a swish around and pour it back into the
> pool to help dissolve some of that shock.
> If you have a bigger pool or a problem and you need to add more bags of
> shock repeat this procedure for as many bags as need. DO NOT mix all
> the bags together in one bucket.
> Tip: Always Shock At Dusk or Nighttime. This allows the shock to reach
> breakpoint oxidation. If it were during the day the sun would burn off
> 1ppm of shock every hour causing it only to reach breakpoint for an
> hour instead of 8-10 hours.
> Note: most shocks require at least 8 hours with no one in the pool read
> the label before adding shock. Also some dealers will tell you to add
> shock directly to your skimmer. This is not a good idea especially if
> you have chlorine or an automatic chlorinator. Reason being is because
> calcium hypo and tri-chlor, which can be found in chlorine tablets,
> creates a harmful chlorine gas. To get to the point, your automatic
> chlorinator could explode. It's happened.
> Shock should also be added every week to ensure a clean and green free
> pool.
> How to shock a pool with lithium or non-chlorine shock
> This one is easy. Just sprinkle the bag of shock all around your pool
> as many times as needed. These two kinds of shock do not require a
> pre-dissolve and do not require them to be put in at night. But they
> aren't as effective at killing algae and are more expensive per bag
> than calcium.
> How to Shock a Pool with Baquashock
> Again this one is easy too. Just pool the gallon bottle into your pool.
> You should do this once a month but more is required if your pool test
> shows otherwise.
>