Baking Soda

[mynewpool]

I have never bought baking soda before. Where do you usually find this? I have seen it in the pool section at walmart, but from what I have read it is a little more expensive than where the baking soda is normally located. Also when you add it, is that done through the skimmer like you do stablizer, or shoudl I dissolve it in water and pour in the pool?

Thanks.

 

[chris4150]

Hello mynew pool,

At walmart you can find baking soda in the pool section or the baking goods section. Its the same stuff. Just be careful if you see it in the laundry soap aisle because these baking soda products are made for laundry and are listed as having fragrances etc. The cheapest of the baking sodas are usually on the baking goods aisle. As far as adding it to the pool, I usually broad cast the recommended amount in increments and then agitate it with the pool brush as the pumps are running in order to make sure the product is dissolved adequately.

Hope this helps.

Chris

 

[JohnT]

Sam's Club or Costco are the best prices around here.

 

[chris4150]

I totally forgot about that JohnT

I recently purchased a 13lb bag of baking soda from Sams for around 5 dollars. Its easy to find since it has a nice big picture of a pool on the front of the package :-D

 

[mynewpool]

Sam's Club or Costco are the best prices around here.

I will have to check Sams Club next time I am there for bleach, since they have the best price on 3 pack of 182 oz clorox. Only 7.48 for a 3 pack.

 

[mynewpool]

I totally forgot about that JohnT

I recently purchased a 13lb bag of baking soda from Sams for around 5 dollars. Its easy to find since it has a nice big picture of a pool on the front of the package :-D

Is it the orange bag like the one at walmart?

 

[orthofish]

That would be it.

 

[chris4150]

That would be it.

Yep

 

[mynewpool]

Do you add this through the skimmer or in the pool? I assume in the skimmer as most products like it aka borax is added through the skimmer or that is where I added it once.

 

[JasonLion]

Adding baking soda through the skimmer is fine. Remove the skimmer sock, if you are using one, and add slowly enough that it doesn't pile up in the skimmer basket.

 

[geekgranny]

Adding baking soda through the skimmer is fine. Remove the skimmer sock, if you are using one, and add slowly enough that it doesn't pile up in the skimmer basket.

Yes, do add slowly. I got a good scare once, when I had the over-sized one speed pump, with main drain restricted down, and poured it in so fast it formed a temporary plug in the line.

gg=alice

 

[no-mas]

Honestly, baking soda dissolves so readily, I'm not sure why one wouldn't simply broadcast over the pool.

 

[geekgranny]

Honestly, baking soda dissolves so readily, I'm not sure why one wouldn't simply broadcast over the pool.

:? The only reason I can think of it that a lot goes into the air. :?

I only added it through the skimmer once. I had a similar experience, with temporary pipe blockage, putting borax in the skimmer.

gg=alice

 

[JasonLion]

Baking soda can be added almost any way you can imagine. However, I don't like to recommend distributing it across the surface of the water because then people start doing that with other chemicals where it isn't such a good idea.