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[west1745]

I have added liquid bleach from Walmart on a few occasions - and it works great!! So yes - trust us!!

The worst thing to add in my humble opinion, is that crazy dry stuff for shocking that contains stabilizer. Because it is easy to get too much stabilizer in the pool - this happened to me and I had to do a partial drain and refill.

Now that I have Ben's Kit and the Taylor drop salt test, I am never setting foot in another pool store. Home Depot and Walmart have everything I need. And of course with this forum I have confidence, too!!

[CarlD]

Kath,
We can back up our advice with facts, figures and empirical evidence of it working in thousands of pools.

The pool stores are merely parrots for the pool chem companies who lose INCREDIBLE amounts of money from our advice.

Here's the first thing to know about chlorine: ALL chlorine is exactly the same in the water.

The various stuff they sell may or may not add unwanted chemicals. Bleach does not.

Many pool stores sell "Liquid Chlorine 6%". This is IDENTICAL to generic Ultra Bleach. Identical. Only the package and label are different. Both are 6% Sodium Hypochlorite, 94% salt water.

Read our stickied posts. Go to our sister site, PoolSolutions.com and read the tips. Follow our advice and your pool will be clean, you will have minimum of work, and you will save money.

Hey! That sounds like all the snake oil salesmen! But the difference is that WE can back it up!

[waterbear]

Carl,
I would gladly buy a huge bottle of the snake oil this forum is selling because it works!

[kathgilliam]

Pat, I have read and reread your post. It seems with each day's experience, more and more of your post sinks in and the light dawns!

I am convinced. I really want to be self-sufficient in caring for our pool. It may take quite a while to get me to that point, but that is my goal. I especially like the idea that I don't have to rely on the pool store for supplies or advice!!!!!!!

K

[PatL34]

Glad you are seeing the light. Took me close to 8 years to get there. It's like trying on a dress or suit, and adjusting it until it feels comfortable.

The only thing I do basically is add muriatic acid to keep the pH from 7.2 - 7.6
and add a small amount of CYA after a backwash.

Pat