Finally wrote down my brush routine instead of winging it

Started by Marlene Foster · · 2 replies
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Small thing but it made a difference. I used to brush the pool whenever I remembered, which honestly meant maybe once a week if that. Gene suggested I just pick two days and stick to them no matter what, so I started doing Tuesdays and Fridays before the sun gets too high. Nothing fancy, just the wall brush and a once around the steps and the shallow end corners where stuff always settles. Three weeks in and my FC is holding steadier between tests and I am not fighting that dusty film on the plaster anymore. I know everyone says brush more but actually putting it on the calendar like a chore instead of a someday thing is what finally made it stick for me. Sometimes the boring advice is the advice.

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same here, putting it on actual days instead of "whenever" is the only reason i brush at all now. steps and corners are exactly where my swamp leftovers still like to hide too, diving pool deep end is the real culprit for me
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Swamp_tyler is right about the corners hiding stuff, same deal here, but for me the thing that got left out is the steps themselves, not just around them. With three kids doing cannonballs off the top step all summer theres always sunscreen and who knows what getting ground into the texture there and if I skip it even once it goes slippery feeling fast. Fiberglass so no plaster dust for me but that step grime is its own monster. Love that this turned into a calendar thing instead of a someday thing though, thats really the whole trick isnt it.