6% ultra bleach

[Pool in Carolina Blue]

I have been buying 6% ultra at Aldi store for 99 cents per 3/4 gallon jug. Has anyone found it cheaper than that?

[JohnT]

Cheapest I can get is $1.28 at Walmart.

[CarlD]

Good price!

[ldsmommyof12]

I am wondering if it is ok to use ultra bleach in the pool. There is more and more of it and getting harder to find regular bleach. Thanks

[Pool in Carolina Blue]

I am wondering if it is ok to use ultra bleach in the pool. There is more and more of it and getting harder to find regular bleach. Thanks

Ultra is 6% and regular bleach is 5.25%. You can do the math based upon pricing in your area, but the Ultra is a better deal here!

[CarlD]

I am wondering if it is ok to use ultra bleach in the pool. There is more and more of it and getting harder to find regular bleach. Thanks

Of course. It's fine. It's merely 6% solution rather than 5.25%.

One gallon of 6% will add 6ppm of chlorine to 10,000 gallons of water.

One gallon of 5.25% will add 5.25ppm of chlorine to 10,000 gallons of water.

[chem geek]

Just to make things more confusing, Clorox Regular bleach is now 6% (at least where I live). But it does seem that other brands have Regular at 5.25% and some even lower while their Ultra is 6%. When possible, see if the percentage is on the bottle and always use unscented when using bleach.

Richard

[bcb1]

That's a great price. I always use wal-mart ultra bleach, and it's $1.28 around here too.

[Pool in Carolina Blue]

That's a great price. I always use wal-mart ultra bleach, and it's $1.28 around here too.

The Wal Mart is $1.28 here as well. I stopped into Aldi (I had never been in one before but know they have Wal Mart "fits" in Germany) and wham saw the .99 display. Costco runs about $1.20.

[waterbear]

Check the prices of the 12.5% stuff at the pool store. Sometimes that's the best buy. One in my area (ok the one I work at!) sell the 2.5 gallon carboy for $3.99 for a refill. (There is a one time $5.99 charge for the carboy and then you just bring the empty back and pick up a new one.) That's the equvalent of slightly more than 5 gallons of ultra bleach for $4! Dosing is easier also. 1 oz raises 1000 gallons 1 ppm FC so if you have a 16,000 gallon pool each 16 oz. (1 pint) will raise it 1 ppm or if you have a 22,000 gallon pool each 22 oz will raise it 1 ppm, etc.