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Maintaining a flexible delivery program was deemed an important development priority. The key consideration is that today the salt component is not generally added as the pool is filled and in fact there are many different regimens and theories of exactly when salt should be added. While that is something we are currently working on, we decided to provide a 2 component system that allows for adding the products in a flexible manner. This flexibility is maintained whether the pool is new or a retrofit with previously balanced water.
Pristiva Primer® is added just as the pool is filled or transitioned to a pool salt and provides immediate protection of pool surfaces while waiting until the salt system, Pristiva ActivatorTM, is added as desired and the SWG is started up. Both products work together to provide the outlined benefits and patent applications have been filed.