What could I sustitute for Chlorine? I have a small pool in my backyard and i don't what...
I have a small pool in my backyard and i don't what to buy Chlorine because it is pretty expensive.Plus it won't be worth it cuz I own a small pool. Can someone give me a suggestion. PLEASE
Regular chlorine bleach is duplicate active ingredient as in
HTH & other pool chlorinators..read the containers.
The commercial stuff have stabilizers & buffers in it to help it final longer.
I used it instead of more expensive pool "shock"
In a small pool it might be less expensive if used & tested more frequently & the PH levels are kept right.
Maint crew contained by my old school used concentrated sodium hypochloride (ite) which is only just ...chlorine bleach
Well you can buy the chlorine pucks, or bromine pucks. You can buy solution chlorine shocker for like 10 bucks and use concentrated amounts of that at night up to that time you go to bed. Don't go stingey on the chlorine, an tainted pool is nasty. Don't use bleach in it any, some people might tell you i.e. a substitute, but it doesn't work well and is expensive also. Chlorine pucks are the best all around. You can use smaller number chlorine by using sea salt (pool brackish or aquarium salt if you feel rich), but brackish water pools still use SOME chlorine. If you really don't care going on for much you can fill it and dump the water respectively time you use it but that would be ridiculous.
Buying the chlorine is worth it compare to a algae filled bacteria sess pool, literally.
I would try a baking soda and distilled white vinegar.
Small pool or large pool needs chlorine. There is no sub for chlorine. There are cheaper ways to acquire chlorine, but get chlorine. as far as i've used, chlorine is the cheapest.
you can use bromide but despite it's gentleness to your skin, it'll cost waaaay more.
Answers: DURRRRR to all these culture that say there is no substitute for chlorine THERE IS. I used to work at a HUGE CHEMICAL COMPANY HERE IN VA and the existing name for chlorine is Sodium Hypochloride.
http://www.inorganics.basf.com/p02/CAPor...
Please note that on this MSDS sheet from BASF, a huge businessman, that it says that sodium hypochloride is used in swimming pools. Therefore for adjectives you people that are buying this stuff from a pool supplier you are making a huge mistake because your local CHEMICAL COMPANY SUPPLIES THIS STUFF TO THE POOL SUPPLIERS. GO DIRECTLY TO THE SOURCE AND FIND A CHEMICAL SUPPLIER IN YOUR AREA. IF I KNEW WHERE YOU WERE I WOULD GIVE YOU A FEW.
http://www.icis.com/Search/ProductNumber...
The link above list all the suppliers of Sodium Hypochloride in the United States.