As a pool owner, you understand the need for clean, sparkling water, which is why so many people turn to a robot pool cleaner to make cleaning less of a chore and more of an automated task. However, while robotic cleaners such as the Beatbot AquaSense Pro can go a long way in helping to vacuum up debris, the clearness of your pool water also relies on maintaining the right balance of chemicals. You may ask: Does baking soda make your pool clear?
This article discusses how baking soda helps clear up pool water and how you can duel between the low-tech method and high-tech cleaning tools like pool vacuum robots to get a glittery, low-maintenance paradise.
Using Baking Soda for Pool pH Balancing
Sodium bicarbonate, or baking soda, is mainly used to increase the pool water alkalinity. Although it doesn’t literally “clear” water like clarifiers and flocculants do, getting the proper pH and alkalinity levels will help balance water chemistry, ultimately the key to clear water. When your pool’s pH and alkalinity are not balanced, the water may become cloudy or encourage scaling and stains. These levels are partially stabilized, indirectly resulting in more precise, balanced water using bicarbonate soda.
For pool owners with a robot pool cleaner like the Beatbot AquaSense that does most of the scrubbing and cleaning, managing your pool’s alkalinity will help your cleaner work its magic. A well-balanced pool environment will also allow the cleaning robot to operate more effectively since there will be less chemical imbalance to rectify.
How Baking Soda Aids in Calcium Scaling
Calcium buildup can be a common problem if your water is hard. Over time, calcium deposits can cloud the water and cause unsightly scaling on the surface of the pool and equipment. Baking soda can alleviate this problem by increasing alkalinity in a more controlled way. That balance keeps the calcium in the water from binding together and creating scale. Like the Beatbot AquaSense Pro model, pool cleaning robots increase the chance of minerals building up, possibly clogging the filters or damaging components.
A pool vacuum robot can pick up large debris and particulates that can lead to scaling. At the same time, the correct chemical dosage (facilitated courtesy of baking soda) will keep the pool crystal clear and clean over the long term.
Ask an Expert: Which is Better for Clarity: Baking Soda or Clarifiers?
Although baking soda helps maintain alkalinity, it’s essential to note that it differs from pool clarifiers, specifically focusing on improving clarity. Pool clarifiers work to bind together small particles that can then be swept up by your pool’s filter or pool vacuum robot. Baking soda cannot clear tiny particles from the water.
You must add baking soda (for pH balance) and a clarifier (to remove fine particles) for optimal pool clarity. These chemicals work with a robotic pool cleaner, vacuuming larger debris for crystal-clear pool water. These combined efforts reduce manual cleaning frequency, leaving you with a low-maintenance lifestyle.
Baking soda for cloudy water prevention
A mismatched pool’s chemistry sometimes causes cloudy pool water, and baking soda is a solution to keep your pool’s pH levels stable. To create a more stable pH that minimizes cloudy water, baking soda helps balance the alkalinity in your pool水. It also is ideal for long-term upkeep, maintaining a steady state of clear, sparkling water.
If you want to clean the pool thoroughly after treating it with baking soda, you can use a robot pool cleaner – the Beatbot AquaSense. The robot will schlep out crud, and with adequately balanced chemistry, the water will remain clear and inviting.
Recommendations for Using Baking Soda in Your Pool
Adjusting your pool’s alkalinity with baking soda is easy. Here’s an essential guide:
- Check the Alkalinity: Test it using a pool kit. The target is between 80 and 120 ppm (parts per million).
- Adjust with Baking Soda: If your alkalinity is low, apply baking soda around the pool. A rule of thumb is that 1.5 lbs of baking soda per 10,000 gallons of water raises the alkalinity by ten ppm.
- Circulation: Run the pool pump and turn the water to circulate for at least 4-6 hours to spread the baking soda evenly.
- Retest the Water: Recheck the alkalinity and repeat the process to reach the desired level.
Once you add baking soda to the pool, run your robotic pool cleaner/ vacuum cleaner for a pool that will float on the surface to remove waste.
Add Beatbot to Your Pool Maintenance Routine
If you need to maintain a swimming pool regularly, a robot pool cleaner, such as the Beatbot iSkin Ultra or Beatbot AquaSense Pro, can help you do it more effectively. These intelligent machines break up, suck up or scrape dirt or debris out of the pool effortlessly, helping to ensure that your chemicals (a cornstarch or baking soda solution) are most effective. However, the swimming pool robot cleaner does the rest for you, providing a clear swimming pool, which pH balancing with baking soda cannot provide you with.
Conclusion
Baking soda helps keep your pool clear by controlling pH and alkalinity levels, which is critical to preventing cloudy water. Although it’s not a traditional clarifier, it is vital to your pool maintenance regimen. Adding baking soda to pool water using robot pool cleaners like the Beatbot AquaSense Pro and pool vacuum robot is a great way to allow the pool water to sparkle so well that one feels fresh after going. With the right combo of chemicals and high-tech cleaning tools, you have a low-maintenance and beautiful pool to kick back in all season long.