cheap bleach at Dollar General

[ChemE]

Thanks! That's a start. It's not terribly far from me, probably 35 mile round trip, or close to $6 in gas, but that's still waaay cheaper than where I was going (Beltsville, about 2/3 the distance). Plus, it's almost all highway.

Are they a good store for other items as well?

Namco has almost anything you need at normal high prices, but also great sale prices. Be careful with any advice they give. Use your own common sense and this board.

Also, they have 5 gal containers of Liquid Chlor on sale. I believe it is also 12.5%. The con of this approach is the 6$ deposit, and that you will need a hand pump to transfer to a smaller, suitable container. I will stick with the gallons for convenience and safety.

Also, they sometimes run out of sale items temporarily, so you may want to call them and make sure they have plenty of stock before embarking on your 35 mile trip.

If you stock up on 12.5%, store it in a cool place such as your basement to preserve the chlorine concentration.

Good Luck!

[Tyrone Shuz]

Namco has almost anything you need at normal high prices, but also great sale prices. Be careful with any advice they give. Use your own common sense and this board.

Also, they have 5 gal containers of Liquid Chlor on sale. I believe it is also 12.5%. The con of this approach is the 6$ deposit, and that you will need a hand pump to transfer to a smaller, suitable container. I will stick with the gallons for convenience and safety.

Also, they sometimes run out of sale items temporarily, so you may want to call them and make sure they have plenty of stock before embarking on your 35 mile trip.

If you stock up on 12.5%, store it in a cool place such as your basement to preserve the chlorine concentration.

Good Luck!

Yeah, that's the thing about bleach, you can't really stockpile it, as it does have a shelf life, plus it takes up a lot of space. The two pool places nearest me have never carried the high-power stuff till this year, and it's /very/ expensive.

And I don't bother with advice at supply houses. The guy at Water Works in Beltsville is pretty straight with me, I guess because he knows I'm educated. They also did great work installing my pump and filter along with the mesh cover. I like to patronize them, but I don't want to pay $6.95/gal for bleach!

[Tyrone Shuz]

the flyer does not specify what %, but I was in there 3 days ago, and the salesman told me theirs is 10%, as we were 'discussing' using BBB.
I just had to. It's soooooo much fun.

Their on line catalogue doesn't list the product at all, but then again, I'm not sure I'd want to have liquid bleach shipped from somewhere far away in hot trucks.

[bryjen]

Wish I got to this link sooner I just bought a couple of cases of the sno -ee. Guess ill take it back.

[cajunfla]

Their on line catalogue doesn't list the product at all, but then again, I'm not sure I'd want to have liquid bleach shipped from somewhere far away in hot trucks.

Well unless you live near a liquid chlorine manufacturing plant, you really have no idea how long it has been in the stores warehouse before appearing on the shelf at your local store.

Does anyone know where liquid chlorine is manufactured??

[bryjen]

Guess Ill keep the sno-ee bleach added at 7:30 tonight fc was 3. Two hours later its reading 5.25. According to the calc that comes out about 5.6%.

[poolbuoy]

Shaw's supermarket this weekend sale is (96oz.) 10 for $10 of clorox. The shelf was almost empty and it was only Saturday.

[mathey]

Anyone else having a tough time even finding bleach this year? My two local Walmarts have been completely sold out of bleach several times this year already!

[Dr. Spike]

Anyone else having a tough time even finding bleach this year? My two local Walmarts have been completely sold out of bleach several times this year already!

So far I have not had any troubles. The Sam's Club near by always seems to have some. Decent pricing too. Also the Grocery store a block away always has some, but the are pricey, as with everything else the sell.

[bryjen]

Hi Mathey Im here in Frederick,Md. Not too far from you. The Target here and walmart seem to have plenty. I just discovered we have a Big lots store here also. They sell cases of Sno-ee bleach 6 one gal to a box. Cost $1.30 a gal.I saw an earlier post that the concentration was 3%. But after adding and checking it was 5.6%.