Newbie question about Bleach

[gogolion]

Thanks for the quick replies. I had looked at the Best Guess chart before, but forgot it spoke about clothing damage and skin irritation. Hopefully my test kit will be here soon so I can start adjusting things as necessary.

[Watermom]

People hear the word bleach and that is what they think of --- the color in clothing bleaching out. But, people don't associate using pool store chlorine with the fading (because it doesn't have that scary word -- bleach), even though it is 10% or 12.5% sodium hypochlorite and bleach is only 6% sodium hypochlorite. You shouldn't be any more scared of bleach fading suits than other forms of chlorine do so. They are all chlorine.

[gogolion]

Gotcha, thanks