Quote Originally Posted by rickabel
I'm a new user of clorox bleach but still have the sounds of the pool supply clerk telling me the horror stories of using "damaging" chemical substitutes in my pool. Can anyone tell me if there is something to be concerned about if you use say hydroclorite instread of lithium type chloine in a vinyl pool?
Sounds like another pool chemical supplier hard sell. You can use regular unscented bleach from Walmart or grocery supermarket without any problems at all. I would not bother going back to that pool supplier again.

Hope this helps.

Pat