Pool Chemicals to Prefer, Pool Chemicals to Avoid

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Pool Chemicals to Prefer, & Ones to Avoid

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Blended chemicals are a nightmare for pool owners: they cost more per unit of 'real' chemicals AND they often add unneeded phosphates or pH buffers causing their own real problems.

AVOID:

• Any type of chlorine with "BLUE" in the name.
• Any type of 'shock' or chlorine described as 4-in-1 or 5-in-1.
• Arm & Hammer brand pool chemicals
• Biolab brand pool chemicals
• Clorox brand pool chemicals.
• Clorox bleach (often contains additives!)
• Pool Time chemicals (a Biolab brand!)
• Pool chemicals sold by Walmart or Costco -- ALL that I've seen are blended.

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PREFER:
(chemicals for small pools in BLUE)

• 20 Mule Team borax 4# box(@ Walmart)
• Arm & Hammer washing soda 3.4# box @ Walmart
• Arm & Hammer baking soda 12# bag @ Walmart (also: Costco, Sams Club)
• 20 degree/31% muriatic acid gallon @ Lowes (also: Home Depot)
  Before using muriatic acid, READ these instructions!
• trichlor - 40# bucket @ Sams Club
• dichlor - 50# bucket @ Sams Club
• dichlor - 24 x 1# bags @ Sams Club
• 10% Pool Bleach gallon @ Walmart
• plain bleach gallon @ Walmart
• 24 x 1# cal hypo @ Amazon
  
  
• Peladow calcium chloride, 50# bag @ Amazon / OxyChem info for Peladow
  
  
• Orenda PR10000 phosphate remover - 1 qt @ Amazon (only THIS brand!)
• 60% polyquat @ Amazon: A - B - C (check all 3; prices fluctuate)
  
  
• DE powder @ Amazon (Available in-store at some Walmart's)

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IMPORTANT: Just because a chemical is preferred, you should NOT assume that YOU need that particular chemical. IF you need it, you'll be better off buying a preferred brand than other wise. But, if you don't need it . . . you don't need it, whatever the source.

Also, you can sometimes get decent chemicals from non-preferred sources. BUT you have to be very careful to read the label!

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