Bleach Question

[bryjen]

I just bought a couple of cases of bleach at a store called Big Lots 6 to a case. $1:30 for a gallon. The bleach I was using said it was 6%. This bottle does not tell me what % it is. It only says active ingredient sodium hypochlorite ( cas 7681-52-9) when I googled the cas # itcame up as sodium hypo 5.79%. The brand name is Sno-ee bleach. Should I assume that even the other stuff Im using is actually 5.79% also. Also only on the box it came in, not on the bottle it said it also contained sodium hydroxide .Is this ok or am I making too much of this. I just wanted to put the right figure in the bleach calc.

[JohnT]

Sodium Hydroxide is fine. It is also known as lye, and is in all bleach. It's a byproduct of the manufacturing process.

[VOLDADDY]

Bryjen,

There is a thread here that said the Sno-ee bleach from Big Lots was only 3%. I think someone called the manufactorer to get the info. I was going to go buy mine there until I saw that post. If I run across it I will link it here for you. In the meantime, you can add a gallon to your pool at night and retest in an hour and see how many PPM your FC increased. That way you will know for sure.

[bryjen]

Yikes. Maybe thats why its not on the bottle.