Bleach as Chlorine

[GraceByDesign]

I tend to put some in the pool, then put the jug under the water and top it up with water so it is more diluted.

Then how do you know how much actual bleach/chlorine you are adding to the pool??

[Spensar]

Then how do you know how much actual bleach/chlorine you are adding to the pool??

Didn't mean to be confusing. It's when I'm adding a full bottle of bleach.

[GraceByDesign]

ok, yes, my q was confusing also...

after you put "some" bleach into the pool, and top it off with water, how do you know what the concentration of the chlorine in the bottle is? I mean, if you put 1qt of water into the 3qt jug (let's say of 6%) that is significantly stronger than if you put 1.5qt water into the samg jug (4% vs 3%) So the next time you use that watered down jug, how do you know how much chlorine you are really adding?

OHHH, I just read it all again to see if I was missing something. . . you are using the entire jug, but you are just diluting it so you can pour with less fear of damaging liner DUH!

[tagprod]

ok, yes, my q was confusing also...

after you put "some" bleach into the pool, and top it off with water, how do you know what the concentration of the chlorine in the bottle is? I mean, if you put 1qt of water into the 3qt jug (let's say of 6%) that is significantly stronger than if you put 1.5qt water into the samg jug (4% vs 3%) So the next time you use that watered down jug, how do you know how much chlorine you are really adding?

OHHH, I just read it all again to see if I was missing something. . . you are using the entire jug, but you are just diluting it so you can pour with less fear of damaging liner DUH!

I think I saw a lightbulb turn on! I have one or two moments like that a day.

[Jakebear]

We've had our pool 4 years---Just converted to BBB this summer --- the pool and water is the best it has ever been ----- Thanks Ben and to all those on this forum.

Buy your own "drop type" test kit ---- read ----- read ----- read some more and ask questions.

The only dumb question is the one you don't ask!!!

[Ohm_Boy]

Funny that 6% Sodium Hypochlorite from a grocery store will bleach your liner, but no other chlorine-containing compound will, huh? Gotta love the pool store rhetoric. I'm sure that they believe what they tell you, they are just informed by the chemical companies and their bosses and co-workers. It's pretty tough for them to discredit Sodium Hypochlorite when their own product has the same stuff, so the "other" ingredients must be the trouble. I mean, after all, it's not "pool chlorine", it's bleach. Sakes! How's a poor pool store owner to stay in business, after all?
Nope. Same stuff. Just stay away from the 'designer' bleaches, as they do tend to have undesirable junk in them.

I recall back when I was 14 years old (some 34 LONG years ago) when I was helping to clean our olympic-size school pool. It was drained, and we scrubbed the concrete with stiff push-brooms and a solution made from mixing the chlorine granules with water. I don't know what they were using for chlorine back then, I assume it was di-chlor based solely upon what I know now, but it made quite an effective bleach. It SERIOUSLY took out a perfectly good pair of blue jeans and a tee shirt. I'll admit that they were pretty cool with the splatter bleach job, but parts of them were just too eaten to live long, and I had to pitch them. You can bet that solution would have bleached your liner too...