We are in the process of shocking the pool. Although it in itself, is quite shocking.. Scott put some deadly, do not huff or inject this crap because you'll turn into a skin sloughing zombie, chemical in it.. Along with half a gallon of muratic acid (isn't that the stuff that eats hair out of you drains?)..
A winters worth of leaves, branches and hibernating mosquito's bubbled to the top. This is not an overstatement.. It bubbled like a friggin fountain soda..
The directions read something like - Put this flesh eating chemical into the slimy above ground pond that sat in the yard all winter because when you finally had time to drain it and pack it up, it was already full of autumn leaves, had been frozen three times and had a dead squirrel and two dead birds fished out of it.
Once you add the magic dust then add half a gallon of muratic acid and sit back for 10 minutes to watch the miracle. Anything and everything that had sunk to the bottom amazingly bubbles, not floats, bubbles like hot deadly lava to the top so you can skim it off.
Once skimmed (or skinned), you then turn on the pump and let it run for 48 hours. After your 48 hours, your pond will magically turn back into a pool with crystal clear blue water (though the thought of what WAS in it, makes you question whether you really want to put your body into it).
Helpful hint: Before adding the deadly, magic combination, you might want to check to see if your pump still works. Ours did not and it was too late to go buy another one.. So we had to wait.. The bubbling of course caused all of the lovely thawed bacteria to move and agitate like the spin cycle on a washing machine, creating the most pungent Lake Vermilion-like smell that wafted through the entire neighborhood. In addition the 101 degree sun that followed the next day, managed to burn the existing chemical out of the still brownish-green water.
So after 24 hours enjoying the aroma of the swamp things farticals and the chemical reaction we added, we are now running 10,000 gallons of pond scum and an additional 2 gallons of pool shock, through the filter.. The lady at the pool store swears the water will be drinkable in 48 hours...
Everyone is welcome... Bring your own straw..
11 years ago
