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Depends on the type of soap, how much you use, and how much water your pool has. Most hand soaps leave a heavy residue on the rim of the surface they dissolve. Try leaving your favourite bar of soap in a bathtub filled halfway with warm water. That's pretty much what happens, in a much lower scale, and at a significantly lower pace.
Now lets make it interesting. Say you have a round 15" above-ground pool, 5.5 feel deep, with 4,646 gallons of water inside it. And you decide that adding soap could turn it into a place to swim and cleanse at the same time. And you know that dial foam antibacterial liquid soap rinses clean and passes the bathtub test leaving no residue stuck behind. So you add the entire bottle (50 oz refill) to your pool (in the interest of cleanliness). And you live in West Los Angeles right now (this, to keep weather temperature in mind). What happens then?
Your pool will smell nice. It will also be a bit cloudy. And after your daily swim you will find the water to be "softer" (lower pH) and your skin will not be as dry as before. Nice, right? Now lets check the pool filtration system: no problems to report. For now. Its only been 2 days since I added the soap. I suspect with time the scent and cloudiness will lift. I also suspect that the filtration system, the filter in particular, will be coated with a clear slime-like substance, that will impair its ability to filter the water from the pool, and you will now have to either keep an eye on it and rinse it often, or pay up and replace it more often than before.
Either way rest assured and know you are not the only one who thinks... hum... I swim in this stuff every day... I wonder if my skin could benefit from this or that... Its your life, and your pool. Go on and do great things!
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CoachUnfortunately, you'll need to drain/replace the water. Next time, don't let the kids get into the dish soap. :(
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