Where to buy 99.9% ortho boric acid powder H3BO3 in ~50 pound bags or ~55 pound pails & what's a good price per pound for the borates?

[Gary Davis]

Where to buy 99.9% ortho boric acid powder/granules H3BO3 in ~50 pound bags or ~55 pound pails and what's a good price per pound?

First, I searched, and found plenty of threads on the what, when, where and how, but, surprisingly - none on the who & at what price.

• Borates - Why and How

• So you want to add borates to your pool--Why and How​

• How does Borate affect TA?​

• Borates and TA

• Borates: Borax + Muriatic Acid or Dry Acid​

• Borates - Safety Concerns​

• Anyone regret adding borates?​

After ten pages of search results, there wasn't a thread on only the question of where is the best place to buy a normal amount (about fifty pounds) of boric acid powder/granules.

This thread is intended to only be about where to source the good stuff at a good price in pool-sized quantities and not all about the very many other controversies and opinions about pool borates (which are already well hashed out in the many borate/borax threads above).

My preliminary search results on Sunday show initial prices in fifty pound increments (before tax & shipping) from under $1.50/pound to well over $4.00/pound (but I don't have any indication of availability yet, as almost all that I found from Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, Amazon, etc., were listed as out of stock or backordered).

Yet industrial supply sources existed that had no prices so I will need to call them tomorrow.

Synonyms:

Borate, Boric Acid, Boracic acid, Borofax, Boron trihydroxide, Kill-off, Kjel-sorb, Orthoboric acid (H3BO3), Trihydroxyborane, hydrogen orthoborate​

So that we can have a universal thread that is solely about how to source 99.9% orthoboric acid powder/granules at a good price in pool sized increments, I hopefully opened this thread just now.

If you buy boric acid powder/granules in pool-sized increments, whom do you buy from and for how much?

 

[JamesW]

boric acid | Duda Diesel Alternative Energy, Chemicals & Industrial Supply Store

Granular Boric Acid, 55 lb [boric55] | DudaDiesel Biodiesel Supplies

 

[Saturn94]

Lol, James beat me to it.

PS - get the granular form.

 

[JamesW]

In stock at $94.26 for one 55 lb bucket.

The bags are cheaper, but it looks like you need to buy 5 minimum plus freight.

 

[JamesW]

Farmerboyag.com has a good price.

Address: 50 W Stoever Ave, Myerstown, PA 17067.

The building is 275 feet x 200 feet = 55,000 square feet of warehouse space.

I have not bought from them but they seem legit from my research.

In business for 27 years.

Website for 25 years.

Granular Boric Acid, 50 lb Bag

Granulated boric acid can be used to help control insects without harming livestock. Order bulk boric acid in 50lbs bags from Farmer Boy.

farmerboyag.com

https://file.dos.pa.gov/search/business

https://www.dnb.com/business-direct..._ag_inc.a8e3a12ec398e2c3c38f8d4f0044f92e.html

 

[Mdragger88]

Buying directly from Duda is the best price on granular I have ever found so I quit shopping around.
i also like the bucket but sometimes there’s free shipping on the smaller quantities depends on what sale they have going. Most every other supplier I found online charged freight shipping so it negated any savings. Don’t use powder unless you like a mess, have alot of time to spare (hours) trying to get it to dissolve & like having to wear a mask the whole time. It’s not worth the small monetary savings. Ask me how I know…
Roach/ant killer should not be used as they don’t have to report their fillers so long as they aren’t a “hazardous chemical” so you may only end up with 1/2 the borates you think along with something else you don’t want or need in your pool even though it says 99%.
Also they are generally powdered.

Borates in pool - Further Reading

www.troublefreepool.com

If you have a farm supply located near you that carries granular you could go that route & probably save. Not the case for me though.

 

[PoolStored]

Buy the Duda Diesel and don't look back. High quality, dissolves great, FAST shipping, no impurities. Worth it to me to not have problems. Love my Duda Diesel Boric Acid.