Clorox

[Karo123]

Is anyone using clorox bleach to clean their pool? Any help would be appreciated

[mbar]

I use chlorox, and any brand that is on sale - plain bleach, no additives. I try to get the ultra which is 6%

[tundraSQ]

Is anyone using clorox bleach to clean their pool? Any help would be appreciated


I think we all are using it to sanitize our water...what do you mean by "clean your pool"? Are you talking water or pool?

[bcb1]

Yes. Bleach (Clorox or any brand) is just plain chlorine. It generally comes in 5% concentration for regular bleach, and 6% concentration for "ultra" bleach. That means 6% chlorine (sodium hypochlorite) and 94% water.

You can go to the pool store and buy "liquid pool chlorine" - it's just bleach, but it's a higher concentration, usually 10% or 12%. But it's often much more expensive than plain old store brand bleach, and if it's been sitting on the shelf for a good while, it's probably decreased in strength.

So the answer is: feel free to use plain old bleach as a pool sanitizer. It's cheap, and it doesn't have any of the "gotchas" that using tri-chlor chlorine pucks have.

[CarlD]

I moved this to the Chlorine forum, from the automatic cleaner forum.