Freelancer said:Talk about living in the land of plenty (Those of you in the USA), I was going to convert rather a lot of pools (100+)to borax and contacted a supplier here in Spain..
He wanted €100 per kilo..
1 EUR = 1.43USD
$143 for 1Kg
1Kg = 2.2Ib
So $65 for 1Ib of boric acid or Borax, they are the same price.
I told him I wanted 500Kg so he dropped the price to €35 per kilo so now it would cost $50 per kilo or $22.75 per Ib.. That is without shipping costs..
So for a standard 8 x 4 pool here in Spain it would cost me $750 to put 50 PPM of Borax into the pool and leave me 2 kilos for tops ups.. It's a shame Turkey is not part of the EU as they produce so I hear 60% of the worlds exported Borax. No way I am going to pay those prices, I'm now looking for a supplier either from Germany or the UK.. Fingers crossed they are not so greedy.
Does anybody know of a supplier of Lamotte borax test strips who ship to Europe.. I've found a few online shops that sell in the USA but alas none of them will ship to Europe.
Wow - you all don't use borax for laundry over yonder? That's one of the primary uses for it here in the states, and one of the reasons it's so readily available in just about every grocery store.