Need help finding 10% - 12.5% chlorine locally

[swilson]

I live in the Dallas/Ft Worth area. Does anybody know where I might be able to find 10% 0r 12.5% liquid chlorine in this area? I am currently buying cases of chlorine bleach at Sams (3 - 182 oz bottles @ $7.44) which appears to be a really good price but I would like to explore the higher concentration if I can find it.

[nthach]

Check Home Depot, Lowe's or Wal-Mart. I know the local HD down the street from me sells 2 gallons of 10% NaCIO for $6.75.

[dmanb2b]

My local ace hardware has HTH 10% chlorinating liquid on sale this week 2.99/gal...I usually never bother since their normal price is 4.99

[PBLsQuad450]

How are you all with these great sale prices? I want to jump in and go find the very best price per % sodium H. Can't get it out of my head though, why so cheap? Bearing in mind that So-hypo drops in potency as it gets older (not that we guys do). I work with a woman who uses the expression regularly (and always appropriately) "plant corn, get corn." Buy cheap get... I wonder. Purchased my Taylor kit from Taylor directly. Cost more? Yep. Confidence factor? Yep. Bought the one I returned as a re-packaged Leslies as the reagent was expired. I guess Amato ind. is new stuff for reagents, the way they get pasted here. Should I figure they turn over their stuff really fast? Mom always said, "there is never time to do it right, but there is always time to do it over." I certainly don't mean to be confrontational, really!! If it seems too low a price, why? Sorry, I'm from Jersey. We are born suspicious. And born knowing the lyrics to "Born to Run."

[polyvue]

I guess Amato ind. is new stuff for reagents, the way they get pasted here. Should I figure they turn over their stuff really fast?

I get the impression that they're hungry for a new niche market. Amato's primary business seems to be drycleaning goods and chemicals, which may have been introduced to supplement their Washington DC oil/coal delivery business. I've ordered from them twice this year and have no reason to suspect that they're moving someone else's old inventory. They seem to operate like a well-run small business -- sending out personalized notes and jumping through hoops to be sure they correct mistakes.

I also like Taylor's service. Some of their products are priced lower than those sold by their distributors. This doesn't include 3rd party reseller items like light boxes and glass test tubes - best to go to the source for these. There is no shipping charge on orders over $50 (or $100 -- I forget).

[CarlD]

If the liquid shock is so cheap, you can buy one gallon for $2.99 and test its potency. I use a 10ml eyedropper of the stuff and put it in 10 liters of tap water (that's five 2-liter soda bottles) and test it with my FAS-DPD test. The level of chlorine in the water is EXACTLY the concentration in the bottle. If it's 12ppm then it's 12% and you should buy it and store it in a cool, dark place--that's well-ventilated.

In the blue carboys the LC tends to hold its potency better--I think the plastic prevents UV from getting to the LC.

So, there's no problem with shopping around. Just be an informed.

This is the first I've heard of problems with the reagents in the on-line kits. I've rarely had a problem with reagents that lost potency--I tend to store them in cool, dark cabinets--Poconos actually refrigerates them and they last for years that way.

""plant corn, get corn." Buy cheap get... " is one way of looking at it, but my father-in-law (a Brooklyn boy who has lived in NJ since 1960) always says "Any poor shnook can pay retail".

We are all about getting what we need for pools at reasonable cost. Why pay $12 for 4lbs of "Total Alkalinity Raiser" when you can buy the same stuff, baking soda, in a 12 lb bag at Costco for $4 ? That's 3 times as much for 1/3 the price. In other words, the pool store is charging 9 times as much.

Here in NJ, there are strips that can have as many as 7 pool stores (Check out Rt 22 between Bound Brook and Scotch Plains sometime). There's one I buy LC at because it ALWAYS tests at 14% though they list it at 12.5% and turn over massive amounts. They also don't try to sell calcium to people with vinyl pools. SOME of their stuff is more expensive but they can get parts I need fast--if they don't already have them in stock--and their advice on mechanical issues is usually very good. But their LC is usually also less expensive than Namco (Branch Brook).