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Where do you order your pool chlorine from?
Posted on 6/10/20 at 9:28 pm
Posted on 6/10/20 at 9:28 pm
I have a saltwater pool but I like to keep a bucket of chlorine on hand for SWG issues, or heavy rains, or if I cant get my hand on pool salt for a few days after noticing I need some. Where do you buy it online for the best price?
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Posted on 6/10/20 at 9:33 pm to Tiger In the Swamp
I buy mine at Sams. I've never tried to buy it online, but it does show up on their website.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 10:17 pm to Tiger In the Swamp
I just get the liquid at Lowe’s. Keep a couple bottles on hand just in case. It’s cheap and easy.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 10:17 pm to Tiger In the Swamp
I buy 12-15% in a 55g drum. If you have a local janitorial or chemical supply call them.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 10:17 pm to Tiger In the Swamp
I normally just use the cheapest bleach I can find, but sometimes use the chlorinating liquid from Lowes. It's pretty cheap and is 10% strength, so a little stronger than bleach.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 11:37 pm to skidry
Skidry..if in BR area can you suggest a place to buy 55 gal?
Posted on 6/11/20 at 6:50 am to RC
Home Depot sells the 10% liquid cheaper than Lowe’s does
Posted on 6/11/20 at 8:13 am to skidry
quote:fair? the 10% gallon jugs at walmart are $3.50
Im not in BR but I have to believe someone sells it. If not, Dixie supply will ship it or you but it’s about $7 a gallon by the time you pay shipping. Still a fair price.
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Posted on 6/11/20 at 8:13 am to skidry
quote:how do you extract the chlorine to add to the pool?
I buy 12-15% in a 55g drum. If you have a local janitorial or chemical supply call them.
Posted on 6/11/20 at 8:56 am to Tiger In the Swamp
I have a gunite salt water pool. all i keep in hand is salt from costco. it's the cheapest. clorox from home depot cheapest and muriatic acid from true value is the cheapest. and Baking soda form home depot
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This post was edited on 6/11/20 at 10:45 am
Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:20 am to Jimbo1975
Fairly new pool owner, what's some good resources to learn how to use these cheaper household branded chemicals instead of the overpriced "pool chemical" store bought stuff?
Isn't all you need pretty much Bleach & Baking soda?
Also need to learn how to do the tests myself and then be able to read the tests and administer the correct dosage of these products.
Isn't all you need pretty much Bleach & Baking soda?
Also need to learn how to do the tests myself and then be able to read the tests and administer the correct dosage of these products.
This post was edited on 6/11/20 at 9:21 am
Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:25 am to DukeSilver
Sign up at trouble free pool, get a tf100 test kit. Stay away from pool supply stores
Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:51 am to CarRamrod
I bought a drum pump off amazon and then I just pump it into a gallon jug
Posted on 6/11/20 at 9:52 am to CarRamrod
That’s a hell of a deal. The 6% is $3 in household cleaners.
I’m paying 2.73 but 55 gal drum is a PITA
I’m paying 2.73 but 55 gal drum is a PITA
This post was edited on 6/11/20 at 10:06 am
Posted on 6/11/20 at 11:00 am to DukeSilver
I'm a Analyzer Specialist by trade. so chemistry is easy for me. but stay away pool stores. all you are paying for is the name. A lot of there chemicals are watered down. If you have a salt water pool. which most people have. SALT, for the chlorine, muriatic acid to drop the ph and bacon soda which is a type of caustic raises the ph. also you want to keep vitamin c which is ascorbic acid this removes the stains. You can get this at costco in granular form in the vitamin section for real cheap. a test kit you can get on amazon for nothing. I hope this helps
This post was edited on 6/11/20 at 11:01 am
Posted on 6/11/20 at 11:10 am to DukeSilver
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Isn't all you need pretty much Bleach & Baking soda?
You can manage all necessary water parameters with bleach, cyanuric acid, muriatic acid, borax, baking soda, and calcium.
This post was edited on 6/11/20 at 11:14 am
Posted on 6/11/20 at 12:13 pm to Jimbo1975
So for a Chlorine pool I need these?
All of which can be purchased at costco?
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bleach, muriatic acid to drop the ph and bacon soda which is a type of caustic raises the ph. also you want to keep vitamin c which is ascorbic acid this removes the stains
All of which can be purchased at costco?
Posted on 6/11/20 at 12:15 pm to Tiger In the Swamp
Pinch-A-Penny. $7 for a 2.5 gal jug of 10.5% liquid chorine. You put a 1 time deposit on the non-throw away jugs, I forget maybe several $ per jug, and just return the empty jugs when you pick up a new supply of filled containers. If you stop doing business with them, return the empty containers and they return the deposit.
This post was edited on 6/11/20 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 6/11/20 at 12:30 pm to CrawDude
Walmart quit selling the $1.83/g cleaning bleach (6%) and that was my go to. Very easy to have about 10 of those in the garage and dumping a whole gallon into the pool put my chlorine level exactly where it needed to be.
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