Would either of these snow melt products work/be safe for pools?

[Skenn81]

I have someone up in NJ right now who can pick up some of these for me if they are worth it.

50 lbs. Winter Heat Calcium Chloride Pellets 50B-WINTER - The Home Depot

Enjoy the 50 lb. Concentrated Ice Melt, effective down to -25 degrees Fahrenheit and melts to a clear solution that leaves behind no white, powdery residue from The Home Depot

www.homedepot.com

or

50 lb. Calcium Chloride Ice Melting Pellets 7892 - The Home Depot

Visit the Home Depot to buy Calcium Chloride Ice Melter 7892

www.homedepot.com

Pool store sells 50lb labs for $50, so these would be much cheaper if they would work the same based on volume needed to add to my pool in the summer. I could get a couple of these and have them driven back next month to use if it would be the same.

 

[CrystalRiver]

Ice melt products are far from pure. They're the lowest grade you can get. They are full of contaminants like bits of rock, metals, etc.

 

[superuser]

I used a 50lb. bag of Snow Joe ice melt from Amazon, which I gradually mixed in a bucket to dissolve before introducing it to the pool. It was a tiny bit dirty, but no solid chunks of anything. You could see a little hint of tan in the bucket but once it hit the pool the color and cloudiness was gone. They claim 94% pure calcium chloride, so I have some mystery contaminants but it doesn't seem to have caused me any headache.