Re: [Paddlewise] Soaking Pool Skirt in Sodium Thiosulfate

From: Dave Kruger <dkruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 08:10:38 -0800
Craig MacKinnon <elroca_at_earthlink.net> wrote:

>  Anyone try soaking their pool skirt with Sodium Thiosulphate?
> 
> Does it work? Is it cost effective? I ask because my "neoprene" spray skirt
> fizzes like an Alka Seltzer; clearly air--and I assume water--permeates the
> skirt. After use in the pool, I'm thinking about soaking the skirt in a bucket
> of tap water and a does of Sodium Thiosulphate--osmotic treatment and
> neutralization of the chlorine. Any opinions?

I have not tried this, but it should neutralize the chlorine, all right.  Cost
effective?  Probably.  Should not take much more than a teaspoon of the
thiosulfate in a gallon of water or so.

Don't think it will change the porosity of the skirt, though.

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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