No urgency on needing more bleach as I have a SWG. Just use it to top off levels before a swim party, etc. But want to know if it is safe to use the Walmart bleach I bought today. (I did find hand sanitizer and Bounty paper towels!)
Walmart bleach has changed
- Thread starter TerriP
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Turbo1Ton
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- Dec 26, 2019
- 1,840
- Pool Size
- 14500
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
I used the 'concentrated' great value bleach several weeks ago when my SWCG was giving me fits reading low salt levels. I had no issues.
--Jeff
The Wal-Marts near me were out of the GV 6% bleach from early March until just a couple of weeks ago. No liquid pool shock to be had there either. I'd just about given up and had bought the infamous 3" tabs but realized I should check with the local pool stores to see what they might have. The local Leslie's has 12.5% liquid chlorine in cases of 4 gallon jugs. I have been running that for the last month, it helped me through my SLAM.
- Jun 8, 2019
- 4,576
- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
You might also have an Ocean State Job Lot near you - they have pretty good prices on liquid chlorine.
I did encounter this bleach at Walmart today. There were only two "gallons" left. It's by no means conclusive but I did use one jug in the pool today.
Wow, funny to see the differences in supplies around the country....I've been happily using the green labeled GV 6% bleach in 1 gallon jugs from mid summer (when we bought a house with a pool) up until a couple weeks ago. $2.64/gallon and I average about 4 gallons a week so I was pretty happy with my chemical consumption at $10/week. Everything else has been super stable (it's a 20yr old pool), I'll be adding acid to lower the pH for the first time this week.
Went to walmart a couple weeks ago and saw they switched over to this 81oz 7.5% stuff. Cost is higher which is annoying but I used it for the first time last week and it seemed ok.
Went to walmart a couple weeks ago and saw they switched over to this 81oz 7.5% stuff. Cost is higher which is annoying but I used it for the first time last week and it seemed ok.