Podcast Episodes

Episode 23: Metal Staining and the Ecosystem of Metals in Pool Water | The Pools Scientific Podcast

Season 1 Episode 23

Pool metal stains rarely come from just one source, and this episode walks through the real chemistry behind them. 

John covers where metals and miner…

an hour ago

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Bonus Episode 3: Closing and Winterizing Your Pool | The Pools Scientific Podcast

Season 2 Episode 3

Closing day is the last time anyone touches your pool's chemistry until spring, and most closing checklists skip the one thing that actually matters:…

5 days, 1 hour ago

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Episode 22: Beyond the Pool Store | The Pools Scientific Podcast

Season 1 Episode 22

Why does that sharp chemical smell at the pool mean your chlorine is losing, not winning? 

This episode breaks down the real chemistry behind combined…

1 week ago

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Episode 21: Ask John, Part 2 Why a Correct Reading Doesn’t Always Mean a Correct Answer

Season 1 Episode 21

Eight real questions this episode, pulled from the Ask John page, the Trouble Free Pool forums, and real clients of the Pools Scientific field lab. 

E…

2 weeks ago

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Episode 20: :Let That Stuff Go! | The Pools Scientific Podcast

Season 1 Episode 20

Twenty episodes in, this one is different. 

Not a new chemistry lesson, a release. 

Every dreaded test result, every answer taken on faith from a stran…

3 weeks ago

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Episode 19: Pool Chemistry: Is Every Pool the Same, or Is Every Pool Different? |The Pools Scientific Podcast

Season 1 Episode 19

Above ground pools, vinyl liners, and fiberglass shells all get treated like the industry's afterthoughts, but the actual chemistry never agreed to t…

4 weeks ago

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Episode 18: Pool Won't Hold Chlorine: Five Wrong Answers and the One That Worked | The Pools Scientific Podcast

Season 1 Episode 18

A real member's pool, followed across five real water tests over nearly three months. 

Every single time, a retail pool store gave the same handful of…

1 month ago

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Episode 17: Pool Additives: What Borates, Enzymes, Clarifiers, and Phosphate Removers Actually Do | The Pools Scientific Podcast

Season 1 Episode 17

Ten products sit on every pool store shelf with almost no real explanation attached: borates, enzymes, non-chlorine shock, chlorine neutralizers, cla…

1 month, 1 week ago

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Best Pool Test Kit: Which One Should You Actually Trust | The Pools Scientific Podcast

Season 2 Episode 2

Test strips, drop titration, photometric readers, digital salt meters, TDS probes, automated monitors, even your thermometer. 

Every real type of pool…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Episode 16: Too Much Chlorine in Your Pool? Why This High Reading Was Actually Correct | The Pools Scientific Podcast

Season 1 Episode 16

 A health inspector failed a pool that had nothing wrong with it, for having too much chlorine. 

What actually happened next traces back through a hun…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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