Looking for cheap bleach

[gordyjamz]

Here in IL, Great Escape is selling cases of 4 gallon 12.5% for $9.00. That comes to $2.25 a gal. It would be like 8 gallons of 6% for $1.12 each. That's the cheapest I've seen around here. Normally 6% 3qt bottles are goin for 1.49 or at the lowest 1.29 when on sale. Plus less empties to deal with too.

[Cardiac]

Thanks Sue and gordy! I will see what our Great Escape is selling it for out in Merrillville, IN.

Bob

[BigRickysPool]

Springfield, MO.

Dollar General is selling their DG brand of 6% 182 oz. for $2.00. Sale runs 8-1 - 8-8. Two bottles of 6% 96oz. at $1.00 would be a better deal, but often those $1.00 bottles are 3%. I prefer the 182's simply for less recycle.

Rich

[CarlD]

I buy 12.5% Liquid Chlorine in 5 gallon carboys for $17 each. Since this store's LC regularly tests at 14%, I figure it's the equivalent of buying 6% bleach at $1.46/gallon.

But it doesn't beat 4 gallons of 12.5% for $9! Here, it costs more than DOUBLE that for gallon jugs of 12.5%.

Carl

[PBLsQuad450]

I have an Aldi up the highway selling 6% for $.99 for the 96oz bottles. I watched the impact on my FC as I started using it and it is working like it should in terms of raising the level in the pool, so I am pretty sure it is really 6% (pardon my skepticism, it's a Jersey thing). Not bad. Bought 10 cases. Got the classic "that's a lot of bleach" from the register person, so I said, "it's between Memorial Day and Labor Day, I wear a lot of white!"

Anyway, I think that's a little cheaper overall than the carboys, but that's real math?

[CarlD]

If you want to test your chlorine, fill a 5 gallon bucket with 10 liters of tap water (that's 5 2-liter soda bottles full) You may want to check the FC level of the tap water first. Then add 10ml of bleach to the bucket. Most drug stores sell eyedroppers with a 10ml marking. Mix and test the bucket's FC. It well be the same as the concentration of your bleach, minus, of course, the FC level of the tap water.

Yeah, it's a Jersey thing. We had a less-than-honest contractor give a bad check to the supply house and they came to ME looking for their money--because that's where they delivered his material. He took the money we gave him up front for materials and used it for something else. Later, I Googled him and we learned he had spent a year in jail for taking people's down-payments and...keeping them. He actually completed the job OK, but he knew I was seriously...ticked. And, no, I didn't have to pay the supply house. My GC had wondered why he ALWAYS left his car door open. It became obvious: to make a quick get-away!

BTW, if you ever read Phillip Roth novel "The Plot Against America", he mentions Richie "The Boot" Boiardo, a very real person...his house isn't too far away. I know a coupla guys who knew him when they were kids. Supposedly, the Boiardos were the model for the Sopranos! His grandson is now a respectable orthopedic surgeon.
Sometimes, I wish we had stayed in Virginia!

[gordyjamz]

This year, Great Escape is selling cases of four 1 gal bottles of 12.5% "pool shock" (sodium hypo) for $10. They raised the price a buck from last year but its still cheaper than reg bleach at the stores around here. If my math is right, it comes out to about 1.25 a gallon (reg bleach). Most stores here are selling 5% 96 oz anywhere from 2/$3 to 1.99.

[CarlD]

$10 for 4 gallons of 12.5% is a GREAT price! Grab it!

Carl