Had my first "bleach in the pool??" argument!!!

[waterbear]

All bleach contains sodium hydroxide. It is necessary to keep the chlorine gas in solution and part of the maufacturing process. However, the Clorox outdoor cleaner seems to have a range of chlorine concentration while their other bleaches are more exact. I would use caution about putting it in the pool. I noticed it at the Home Depot near where I live and it was actually more expensive than the regular Cloriox bleach. The only bleach that Chlorox documents on their website for pool use is the Clorox Professional Commercial Solutions Ultra Clorox Germicidal Bleach. I guess this is just plain bleach without their new whitening additive. You can probably get this stuff at a janitorial supply house but I have no idea what the price is.

[nater]

I've had luck looking at Kmart, Dollar General, and Save-a-lot for deals on regular generic bleach. Typically in the 3 -Qt size. I've foung a case of 6 for as little as $5.00. However, you may/may not have these stores in your area, and it's been several weeks since I've compared prices.

Regardless, I'd be very careful about putting "special" bleaches into the pool, you never know what they're sneaking in there.

The HD argument is funny. I've found you can pretty much start an "interesting" conversation on any given aisle if you've got some basic knowledge of what you're looking for

[VOLDADDY]

[QUOTE=nater]I've had luck looking at Kmart, Dollar General, and Save-a-lot for deals on regular generic bleach. Typically in the 3 -Qt size. I've foung a case of 6 for as little as $5.00. However, you may/may not have these stores in your area, and it's been several weeks since I've compared prices.

Nater-I have all 3 of these stores in my area. I am in N GA. Where did you find the 6% bleach for $5? I am paying about $1.30 a jug now for generic stuff. I go to Bi-Lo because it is 1 minute from my subdivision. TIA.

[nater]

It was at the local Dollar General back in early March. It was a generic brand bleach, 3qt jugs in a case of 6. I bought two cases for under $15.00. They had it piled up in the middle of the store with a big "sale!!" sign. That was the last time I looked there for bleach as I haven't needed it since.

Given my luck, it was from last summer and not very potent anymore....

[kevincad]

All bleach contains sodium hydroxide. It is necessary to keep the chlorine gas in solution and part of the maufacturing process. However, the Clorox outdoor cleaner seems to have a range of chlorine concentration while their other bleaches are more exact. I would use caution about putting it in the pool. I noticed it at the Home Depot near where I live and it was actually more expensive than the regular Cloriox bleach. The only bleach that Chlorox documents on their website for pool use is the Clorox Professional Commercial Solutions Ultra Clorox Germicidal Bleach. I guess this is just plain bleach without their new whitening additive. You can probably get this stuff at a janitorial supply house but I have no idea what the price is.

The Clorox outdoors stuff is thick, too, so I'm sure they have some sort of goo they add that may not be good for pool water.