This is a good idea. Thank you!I contacted the local pressure washing companies, and asked them where they got their bleach from
How do you buy your bleach?
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I bought 15 gallons today from Home Depot of their brand HDX for a total cost of $2.99 for 10%. The Julian date printed on the boxes showed "19 150" so does this mean May 19th for the manufacturing date? The bottles at HD sit outside so judging by the very little dust on the boxes/bottles, I would say they have only been there for a week or two.
LoneWolfArcher
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Local pool shop has 4 for $13.99 of 12.5%. They are my new go to!
I atually think fresher.. late may early june. Today is 19 156... 6 days old--- you struck gold!
When you said that it was only 6 days old, I got skeptical and went down to the parking lot at my office to check my trunk. It actually turns out to be 19 151 so it is only 5 days old. I feel like I just accidentally scored front row seats at a concert or something and I might go scalp these 15 gallons outside my local pool store.
Now if I could just figure out how to put all 15 gallons in my pool today to take advantage of my supercharged bleach...The attached picture is definitely how you shop when you're a TFP follower with 15 gallons at a time. Thanks for the clarification on the dates and I used to select which bottles/cases to buy based on which had the least amount of dust
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LoneWolfArcher
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So 10% is 80% of 12.5%. Which means the price needs to be 80% of 12.5% to be worth it.
13.99/4 = $3.50/gallon
$2.99/3.50 = 85.4%
So the 12.5% I am getting at Pool Town is a better deal according to the math.
I will post up the bottle date of the 8 gallons I bought this afternoon later.
13.99/4 = $3.50/gallon
$2.99/3.50 = 85.4%
So the 12.5% I am getting at Pool Town is a better deal according to the math.
I will post up the bottle date of the 8 gallons I bought this afternoon later.
That sounds like a great bulk purchase but how do you get the drum out of the back of your truck? A 55 gallon drum full of bleach has to weigh a good 500 lbs.I buy a 55gal drum of it every year from my local chemical supply company.
They even deliver it to the back of my pickup truck while I am at work.
All it takes me is a phone call.
The first drum was the hardest... look up barrel knot in rope knots. Edit: It is called a "barrel hitch" (not knot).
I backed up under a 1 ton chain hoist, and attached THAT rope configuration to the barrel, lifted it, then drove out from under neath it.
From that point on, all I do is back up near my buried barrel, and siphon out of the new barrel into the one I have buried in the ground beside the pool. The empty plastic barrel weighs next to nothing.
I backed up under a 1 ton chain hoist, and attached THAT rope configuration to the barrel, lifted it, then drove out from under neath it.
From that point on, all I do is back up near my buried barrel, and siphon out of the new barrel into the one I have buried in the ground beside the pool. The empty plastic barrel weighs next to nothing.
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Ever seen “Moonshiners”?
This reminds me of the stuff Josh does on there...
LoneWolfArcher
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MrXYZ123
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I just found out about NAPCO for my liquid chlorine, ditto on the spout comment. I bought a container from Amazon and a self venting spout and it is working like a champ. ~$22 all in for both. The staff at Napco are awesome too, super nice.
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