Looking for cheap bleach

[MajahC]

I paid $1.60 per gallon at Marc's grocery (locally owned) in Westerville, Ohio today. That's about as cheap as I've found it since I don't shop at Walmart and there isn't an Aldi near me.

[Watermom]

Was it 6%?

[MajahC]

Yes, it was 6%. Seemed to work just fine. I'll be stocking up this weekend. The store isn't convenient to my house, but it will be worth the trip for the bleach. Usually I'd only say a special trip was worthwhile for shoes!

[CarlD]

Nice to see bleach prices coming down!

[mja351]

i got a 3 pack of 182oz jugs of clorox at costco in nyc for $9 and change

[pratzert]

I don't know if you have these stores near you... but "NAMCO" has 5 gallon jugs of 12% concentration for $17.00.

You pay a refundable $6.00 deposit on the jug.

A couple gallons of 12% and *WOW*... it clears up the pool in a jiffy !

[jhm]

This is one thing I still buy from a pool store for two reasons. It is a bit more expensive (about $0.25/gal), but I need fewer jugs because it is 12%. That is much more convenient for me. The bottles also pour much nicer, and are naturally recycled. Plus they sell muriatic acid that is a lot stronger than home depot (the home depot acid dropped in strength about 2 years ago, but not in price), so I pick it all up at one time.

The pool store also claims their chlorine is "fresher" than bleach or home depot chlorine. I'm skeptical on this, any thoughts?

[pratzert]

Chlorine DOES have a shelf life.

So it may make sense that a pool stores Bleach "may" be "Fresher" since they would likely have a quicker turnover of their stock.

And I said I used the 5 gallon jugs of 12% from NAMCO, but I should also add that buying it in a 5 gallon jug is cheaper than buying it in gallon jugs, but it is less convenient.

I have to pour it into a smaller pail first since it's tough to lift a full 5 gallon jug up to the side of an AG pool. But I ALWAYS wear goggles and do my best not to splash it at all.

Oh... did I mention that I ALWAYS wear goggles when I mess with liquid bleach.

Bleach (especially 12%) will start to brun your corneas immediately.... so please be safe and wear goggles when handling Bleach.

This is one thing I still buy from a pool store for two reasons. It is a bit more expensive (about $0.25/gal), but I need fewer jugs because it is 12%. That is much more convenient for me. The bottles also pour much nicer, and are naturally recycled. Plus they sell muriatic acid that is a lot stronger than home depot (the home depot acid dropped in strength about 2 years ago, but not in price), so I pick it all up at one time.

The pool store also claims their chlorine is "fresher" than bleach or home depot chlorine. I'm skeptical on this, any thoughts?

[Cardiac]

We have "Dollar General" stores here in NW Indiana that also sell 6% jugs for $1.00. We don't have anything around here that sells any higher concentrations.....

BTW, I am a new user here, but have read almost every post on the forum (Seems like it anyway), as we are new pool owners this summer. I adopted the BBB method right off the bat, and our pool's chemistry is spot on. Which was no easy task since we have really crappy well water.

Thanks for all the tips!!

Bob

[aylad]

Welcome to the forum, Cardiac....

I'll have to recheck our Dollar General stores again around here, but the last time I checked for bleach they had it for $1 but it was only 3%. If they've started selling the 6% that would beat WalMart's price tremendously!

Janet