Found a really cheap way to add Salt: 50lb Salt Block from Tractor Supply for $4.49

[Mike Hawk]

95-99% pure NaCI

Champions Choice White Salt Block, 50 lb. at Tractor Supply Co.

Works out to $0.0898 a lb which is cheaper than the 60lb bags of Solar Salt I was picking up at HomeDepot for $7.70 ($0.1283 a lb).

I needed some weight for my lawn aerator, as well as some salt for my pool, two birds with one stone! Tractor Supply was more convenient than trucking over to Home Depot as well.

I'll simply dilute some chips off the block in a 5 gallon bucket when it comes time to open my pool here in the spring.

 

[duraleigh]

I might be helpful to know the potential other 5% to make sure you are not adding stuff to your pool you don't need.

 

[Swampwoman]

+1....even the 99.97 purity, expensive pool salt can add iron. The very first bottle of metal sequestrant would quickly offset savings so proceed with caution

 

[JamesW]

Seems like a lot of work because you have to break it up and dissolve it in a bucket.

 

[Brianf60]

The salt was the cheapest part of my pool. And kids had a blast spreading it.

 

[createav]

Lucky for me, the wife works for Morton salt. We get 40# bags for ~1.18/bag

 

[JoyfulNoise]

It has good purity, see here - http://www.gosalt.com/tech/WhiteSaltBlocks_T.pdf

Other than the hassle of breaking it up to add it to your pool, it should work just fine....assuming you can get it away from the cow and deer that will be looking to lick it

 

[bdavis466]

....assuming you can get it away from the cow and deer that will be looking to lick it

...... and Danny

 

[JoyfulNoise]

...... and Danny

Right...totally forgot about Danny....

 

[JamesW]

Amazon has the block on sale with Duracell brand products. They call it assault and battery.

 

[bdavis466]

 

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[appstategrad]

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[Swampwoman]

It has good purity, see here - http://www.gosalt.com/tech/WhiteSaltBlocks_T.pdf

Other than the hassle of breaking it up to add it to your pool, it should work just fine....assuming you can get it away from the cow and deer that will be looking to lick it

The pro of the salt block is that it lists its components Up to 2 ppm free iron, but at least no Yellow of Prussia

I wonder how that compares to pool salt where they don't have to list the iron?

Eg. 50 lbs of Pool salt that is 99.5% pure can still have 4 ounces of "other stuff"...IME, the other stuff usually includes enough iron to bump up my FE reading when I add a bag.