So bleach is getting hard to come by. May have to go to the pool store. It's been a long time. What would you guys/gals purchase to get you through the virus panic?
Bleach shortage
- Thread starter David0408
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For the household or the pool??
Skippy picked up 4 gallons of Pool Essentials liquid chlorine at Walmart last week for the pool (we actually only needed one to get us til the pool is warm enough to turn on the SWG again) so I guess we're all set with extra strong bleach for household/laundry needs.
Check the pool aisle cause as you say... it may be there when folks don't realize pool liquid chlorine is the same (albeit stronger) as household bleach.
Maddie
Skippy picked up 4 gallons of Pool Essentials liquid chlorine at Walmart last week for the pool (we actually only needed one to get us til the pool is warm enough to turn on the SWG again) so I guess we're all set with extra strong bleach for household/laundry needs.
Check the pool aisle cause as you say... it may be there when folks don't realize pool liquid chlorine is the same (albeit stronger) as household bleach.
Maddie
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,233
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,233
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
You should need less then a gallon a day of 10% liquid chlorine.
What do you keep your CYA at?
I forgot I still have some old pucks! I’ll just use those until I find some bleach. It will start to bring up my cya too.
I lied. I go through about a gallon per day once the heat hits. Right now I put in 3 gallons every 7-10 days or more.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,233
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
That is more like it. One gallon of 10% gives you 4.2 ppm of chlorine.
Costco was insane today with people grabbing toilet paper and paper towels like they were flat screen tv's on Black Friday. Many people had Clorox in their carts and it was gone pretty fast too. I went to Home Depot after to get some chlorine and they had about 100 gallons with most only a couple weeks old. I bought 12 gallons and I don't think anyone even thinks about chlorine in the pool section.
Also, no one is buying trichlor pucks to sanitize their house....
Also, no one is buying trichlor pucks to sanitize their house....
I just checked my Bravo bottle and it says 6%!! Used to be 8.25.Not happy. It's the same price too!
Cleay I'm the last one to realize this. So who sells the best bleach now at the best price? What do you guys use?
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,233
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
My local pool store sells four gallons of 12.5% liquid chlorine for $22 and they have a ton of it lol. Guess I'm buying from them until I find a better deal. I'll never buy Bravo again. For pool or household.
It’s out of stock. I guess I’ll buy it when it’s in stock and go local when it’s not. Thanks.
Just now at the Evans, GA Wallyworld- 3 half full shelves of Pool Essentials Liquid Chlorine $3.64
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check Home Depot for LC. Theirs is less than $10 for 3 gallons.
I'm wondering what happens when New York State closes non-essential businesses, shortly before I want to open my pool. I bought about 25 gallons of 10% bleach at the pool store (which yes, I know degrades quickly depending on storage temperature) but I'm really wondering if I should buy some stabilized pucks just in case. No WAY am I staring at a green, unusable pool after my family of five has been "isolating" for months. It's already difficult and it's only been a few days!!! Anyone else have a plan for if/when liquid chlorine isn't available? I'm looking for options... * planner * over here. It's killing me that I haven't solved the problem already, so please don't tell me everything will be fine and I can trust that the grocery store will have bleach by then. Not feeling so trusting at the moment!
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