Bleach as Chlorine

[gonefishin]

I was talking to a guy at the pool store, and he agreed that bleach can be used as chlorine but that it has many other additives in it that you don't want in your pool. He also stated that it would bleach my liner over time where the chlorine I can purchase from them would not.

Are these true statements ?

Thanks

Bleach IS Chlorine.

They are both sodium Hypochlorite. Pool Chlorine is usually 10% or 12% while bleach is 6%. Either can "bleach" your liner if they aren't used correctly. But bleach is the milder of the two, by quite a bit.

take care,
dan