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The Insta-Test® 5 Pool
and Spa Owner's Handbook

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The Insta-Test® 5 Pool and Spa Owner's Handbook

Insta-Test® 5 Pool and Spa Owner's Handbook

Congratulations on selecting the easiest way to obtain reliable water test results. The Insta-Test® 5 test strips were developed specifically for use in pool and spa water by the first company in the United States to produce field test kits for pH. Since 1919 the LaMotte Company of Chestertown, Maryland has played a key role in developing simplified methods to help professional analysts monitor water quality. The Insta-Test® strips are a combination of the best available analytical chemistry in a form that is so simple and convenient anyone can use it.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Why you should test the water

Chapter 2: Using the 5-way test strip

Chapter 3: The role of each primary test factor

Chapter 4: The importance of other water test factors

Chapter 5: Trouble shooting water problems

Chapter 6: Water treatment tables

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