Swampy Cloudy Water...

[aylad]

Regular bleach is 5.25% sodium hypochlorite, ultra bleach is 6%. Same stuff, just takes a little more! WalMart still sells ultra bleach in Great Value brand. The bigger jugs sometimes gets hard to find as summer goes on, but they always have the smaller ones.

Janet

[chem geek]

In the U.S., Clorox Regular bleach is now 6% (in Canada it's still 5.25% while Clorox Ultra is 6%) while off-Brand Ultra bleach is 6% and off-brand regular bleach can be only 3%. There isn't any Clorox Ultra bleach in the U.S. anymore as far as I can tell.

[Merrick]

Thanks for the responses. i generally buy the wal-mart brand, how can I tell if it's now 6% or 3%?

Thanks Again,
Merrick

[Watermom]

All the bleach I have bought at Walmart has been 6%. It will tell you on the label. It will say 6% sodium hypochlorite.

[Hillboy51]

I buy my bleach at Family Dollar stores. They carry both Clorox & the Family Dollar brands in the large bottles (1.35L) for $2.50 ($3.50 for the Clorox). Both are 6%. Big Lots carries a generic brand in 1 gallon bottles for $1.50 a bottle. It's also 6%.

[Watermom]

Thanks for the info and welcome to the forum!

[aylad]

Big Lots carries a generic brand in 1 gallon bottles for $1.50 a bottle. It's also 6%.

That's nice to know. I'll have to check again with my Big Lots, the last time I looked there the bleach in 1 gal jugs was only 3%.

Janet

[vanman2501]

I had the same problem and then I tested just pure chlorine and still didn't get a reading. I found it was my test kit. I have had that happen a few times with test kits. I also found as soon as it spent a few days in the laundry room I could test everything but chlorine.

vanman2501