Is there a source for small quantities of DE or should I think about starting a small mail-order business? How long does a 25 lb bag last for using with a sand filter? At least the shipping wieght is low! 
DE for sand filter - new entrepreneurial opportunities?
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- May 23, 2015
- 24,472
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Smallest I’ve seen is a 6lbs bag....it’s not a commodity that can sell in small volumes.
was that local or on line? I see 10 lbs on line but the shipping for them is more than the 25 lb delivered.
- May 23, 2015
- 24,472
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Local. I’d rather have 10lbs bags but the pool store that I get my MA from switched to 6lbs because they use that size more frequently in their service business and don’t like carrying around open DE bags. I guess I’m one of the few that has a way-oversized filter for my pool ...
you are east side? what store? I am in a couple times a week this time of year. (to swim at Clements pool LOL)
HTH DE Filter Aid comes in 10 pound boxes at Ace Hardware and Walmart.
- Jul 17, 2019
- 3,730
- Pool Size
- 13000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
"Sand Filter Supercharger
Contains DE with anti channeling technology. Now with anti microbial blue power crystals."
You will be rich
Contains DE with anti channeling technology. Now with anti microbial blue power crystals."
You will be rich
- May 23, 2015
- 24,472
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
eKonomy Pools on Speedway. Cheapest way to get refillable MA carriers. And they stock a variety of Taylor reagents. Their service is way overpriced but not atypical for pool stores.
Is there a source for small quantities of DE or should I think about starting a small mail-order business? How long does a 25 lb bag last for using with a sand filter? At least the shipping wieght is low!
Are you wanting something to help the sand filter better? I have added this to my cartridge filter and it helped pull our the Iron
The Filter Fiber Stuff | Jacks Magic
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oh good, that is where I get liquid chlorine, I will hit them up on Thursday (near Trader Joe's too! 
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I don't use a whole lot of acid, will check on their prices vs Ace, though.
)I don't use a whole lot of acid, will check on their prices vs Ace, though.
Are you wanting something to help the sand filter better? I have added this to my cartridge filter and it helped pull our the Iron
The Filter Fiber Stuff | Jacks Magic
interesting, I wonder what that is. says you can use it with a cartridge filter too.
When I had Iron the jacks magic guy told me to use the Pink stuff ad add this to my filter...Week later it was rust looking.
It left a milky coating on my filters but washed off fairly easy
It left a milky coating on my filters but washed off fairly easy
- May 23, 2015
- 24,472
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
oh good, that is where I get liquid chlorine, I will hit them up on Thursday (near Trader Joe's too!
I don't use a whole lot of acid, will check on their prices vs Ace, though.
Last time I bought it it was about $5/gallon that you buy in a 4-up safety carrier. You have to put down a $6 refundable fee for the carrier but you get it back if you return it and stop buying from them.
I think they give me the carriers free now. Been buying chlorine from them for years. Not a lot of it but for a long time.