Making your pool water blue is an easy way to enjoy the benefits of a blue water therapy. There are two main ways to make your pool water blue, either by adding a blue dye or by having a naturally bright color in your body.
Blue is one of the most popular colors for swimming pools, as it can make a quick reference for how much water you have in your system. Adding some blue to your system will help relax you and add some therapeutic value to your therapy.
The second way to make your pool water blue is by adding bluetac, a powder made from titanium oxide. This can be purchased at many different sources and has been used for years to make fresh-looking spa waters. Bluetac differs from regular soda ash in that it does not change color when exposed to sunlight.
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Add some more blue if needed
When bleaching your pool water, it is important to know how much blue you need. Most commercial blue systems require more chlorine in relation to the quantity of water you have.
Some systems are chemical-only, meaning they don’t calculate how much blue water you have. Instead, they advise using less to achieve the same amount of blue!
If you have very little bluewater, there is no need to buy a much more expensive system. You can easily achieve the same effect by buying two different products and mixing them together.
Use a clear chlorine filter
When you put salt and chlorine into the pool, your goal is to get as much salt and chlorine into the water as possible. This helps to create a perfect environment for your children to play in and for the water to work effectively and powerfully on your bodies.
The problem is that some people have trouble with these chemicals. Some people cannot handle how much they are absorbed into the water or how strong the disinfectant taste is. For these people, using a salt-based chlorine filter is an option.
These filters are typically made out of calcium or magnesium compounds, which stick to the water when it passes through. When you remove them, you are left with a clear pool!
This change can be scary at first, but it really does help make sure people know what they are removing is in the pool.
Use a colored chlorine filter
When you add the necessary amount of chlorine to your pool, your filter will change to a blue or grayish color. This is because the water passes through the chemicals and process.
This is what makes it look like water has been sitting in a pool for a while. The phenomenon is known as limescale, which causes it to appear blue. This happens when the process removes dissolved organic matter (D OH) from the water, which helps with clarity.
To make sure your filter is working properly, test it by adding one drop of water and seeing if the volume changes are present. If so, then it is working! If not, try a different brand of chlorine or an even higher level of chlorine.
How often you need to replace your filter depends on how much you are using it. Some models do not require replacing as often as others.
Add liquid chlorine stabilizer
As mentioned before, chlorine is a great disinfectant. However, too much can be harmful. Chlorine exists in many forms including chemical, mineral, and water.
When using a pool filter to remove bacteria and debris, it can run out of chlorinated water sooner. This causes the filter to work harder and longer to keep the water clean.
To prevent your blue water from turning green due to excess use of chlorine, add liquid stabilizer to your pools equipment. This prevents it from being completely dissolved in the water when needed.
Liquid stabilizer is simply salt that has been diluted with water. It keeps items such as salt cells from being overused as disinfectants. With enough use, the cells will break down and eliminate the excess salt which will help prevent against excessive growth of bacteria and fungi.
Use a non-chlorine shock
When filter media is not present, chlorine in your pool water comes from two sources: natural minerals in our water supplies, and low-chlorine chemical shock therapy used to prevent infections in our water.
When these sources are out of balance, too much chlorine is present. This can happen when there is a high flow rate of water or when someone else does an extensive cleaning.
In this case, the person was using too much chemical shock to remove old debris. Too much disinfectant was also used when washing the pool equipment, resulting in unnecessary disinfection.
More often than not, chlorine is present in our pools without us knowing it. This is due to lack of media quality control and proper shock treatment. Either people were lacking awareness of the required Shock levels or they were unaware that their pools needed it.
Add aluminum sulfate to the water
When the water is blue, add a packet of aluminum sulfate. This will change the water to gray or white, depending on where the powder goes. The effect is similar to adding salt to your water, making it more difficult for algae to grow.
Aluminum sulfate comes in tablet, liquid, and powder form. The tablet form is the most popular as it can be mixed with other chemicals or ingredients such as calcium or magnesium. The liquid and powder are almost identical so it can be hard to notice the difference in an environment that does not necessarily account for the differences.
However, both must be used properly or they may cause harm to your children or animals that live in your pool.
Test your water to see if it is the right color
If your water looks yellow, lime-green, brown, or dirty looking, then you need to add some type of color to it. These colors can be added in a variety of ways, but the main one is by adding them into the water.
These colors are called artificial colors and they are used in designing color schemes for products. Some of these colors include aqua, red, orange, and green. When mixing these colors into pool water it can look cool and fun.
To add the color you must use a grater attachment on your pool filter set or use some sort of paint remover to remove any old color from the water.
Rebalance your water balance
When you add a new colour to your swimming space, it’s important to know how to balance the water chemistry in your space.
Most paints contain sodium, calcium, and magnesium compounds to help with water balance. When mixed together, these substances create a slight change in the surface tension of the water. This creates areas where water sits at different heights and moves up and down as it drains.
To keep the chemistry balanced, use enough paint to cover the entire surface of your pool or spas and add some salt or alkalinity to bring up the pH. For an acidic environment, use less paint and increase the amount of salt or alkalinity required.
Sometimes new spaces require more work than previous spaces did.