Hello. Have been using walmart pool chlorine. and like it it's like 5.50 a gallon. But they put all the pool stuff away for winter. Way too early in my opinion. So I have been looking for plain bleach without fabric softner. Couldn"t seem to find it. So I went to ocean job lot. and bought some of there pool shock. The liquid stuff. active ingredient is sodium hypochlorite, 20 bucks a bottle. is this stuff ok to use? I also bought some powder HTHpool care shock cal hypo shock. it says a 6 pack. it says to broadcast over the surface of the deep end at the end of the day. When people our done with the pool. is this stuff ok ? I don't want to shock the pool. Just want to keep it sanitised. I thought i could take one packet and use a small amount of it? Or pour a little of the liguid stuff then check my chlorine level in a few hours. What do you think? Thanks ahead of time. filix.
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Cal hypo has calcium in it and will spike your CH over time. Is the job lot jug one gallon or 5 gallons?
The job lot jug is one gallon. It's called austins pool tech shock, and on the box it came in says active ingredient sodium hypochlorite. The HTH pool care shock powder, says cal hypo non chlorine lock. 6 pack. effective shock for weekly use. increases chlorine levels quickly. prevents bacteria and algae. cal hypo for sparkling water. cal hypo formula prevents chlorine lock. pool experts since1928.
For sure don’t pay $20 a gallon for chlorine shock. I thought those ocean state job lots had refillable 2 1/2 gallon jugs that were much cheaper?
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Chlorine lock is BS. CalHypo is an ok source of chlorine, but use effects of adding to understand how much to add based on your pool size. You must test CH regularly as every CalHypo addition adds calcium and you can end up in a bad spot quickly with regular use.
Sodium Hypochlorite is bleach, same stuff you were buying at Walmart, but perhaps Walmart was 10%, and the Austin Pool Tech is 12.5%.
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PoolMath effects of adding to see exactly what the cal hypo in its particular percentage does to your water before adding it.
You can use how ever many ppm you need- and you can add it anytime. Don’t let it rest on your pool surface.
PoolMath effects of adding to see exactly what the cal hypo in its particular percentage does to your water before adding it.
You can use how ever many ppm you need- and you can add it anytime. Don’t let it rest on your pool surface.
I just came home from Home Depot. I called them first, and they said the had the same chlorine i was getting from walmart. When I got there all they had was Clorox outside bleach. The lable said it makes up to 45 gallons of bleach for 10 bucks. I didn't get any. but it might have worked. I'm im kennebunk Maine 04049.
It's 5%. It makes 'up to 45 gallons' of cleaning solution at .0011% concentration.
But you were in the cleaning aisle and you needed to check the pool aisle in the outdoor / garden area. That's where the 10% HDX chlorinating liquid is. Check the date codes because I've found really old supply at HD before.
The same goes for Lowes. It's outside, and don't buy it unless it's fresh.
I found out I was able to order that chlorine directly from walmart. So I did. I want to thanks everybody for their help. Thanks! filix
You don't really need to care about inserting calcium hypo in your pool since you will empty half of it in less than 2 months.
You can also reuse your calcium hypo at the oppening of the pool in april/may, it will still be good.
You can also reuse your calcium hypo at the oppening of the pool in april/may, it will still be good.