Bring a 1 quart sample of your pool water, in a clean container, to our store "water lab".

You will get the prescription you need to prevent stains, scaling and damage to your equipment and re-circulating system. This will avoid unnecessary clean up and repairs when re-opening your pool in the spring.

STEP BY STEP:

Balance vour water: Your pool may be balanced already. If not, you will find out from our testing lab. Should test show the presence metals or high calcium, please follow the directions of our lab personnel.

Adjust total alkalinity: If low, raise to 125-1_>0 ppm (vinyl liner), 80-125 (plaster pools)

Adjust pH: Test should show a pH of 7.4-7.6. If not, Adjust

Raise calcium hardness: Raise to 172-225 (vinyl liner), 200-275 (plaster pools), or as recommended by our lab personnel.

"House keeping" chores: Brush walls, vacuum pool, clean water line with surface cleaner, clean skimmer and pump filter baskets.

Backwash and clean filter thoroughly. If filter has not been cleaned recently, "Kleen It"' filter cleaner and "Descaler" to the filter. Turn filter/pump off and let it soak per label instructions.
Backwash filter till clean. Never store a "dirty" filter.

Super-chlorinate pool water: For best results, treat with quick disolving "Lok-Up" winter shock ll. Run pump and filter for several hours to thoroughly distribute product.

Algae protection: When pump and filter are shut down, any algae present in the water will grow and flourish. Prevent this by adding "Lok-Up winter algaecide directly to the water around the edges of the pool. Run pump and filter to circulate the water before proceeding.

Partially drain pool: Drain pool approximately 4 inches below skimmer inlet, unless otherwise instructed.

Prepair equipment: Drain water from pump, filter, heater and plumbing lines. (store "plugs" in pump filter basket for safe keeping) Make sure electricity/gas is turned off.
Never use any kind of anti-freeze.

Cover the pool: A well designed cover will protect your pool from unwanted debris and "help" keep the water "clean".
If you decide not to cover your pool, you will need to add a second dose of winter chemicals around mid-winter. Please check with our lab personnel regarding this procedure.

We wish you a safe and happy wiinter season. See you in the spring.