Can you put bleach in an above ground pool instead of chlorine?

Question

Can you put bleach in an above ground pool instead of chlorine? My pool is 24 feet round and 4 feet deep. Will it hurt my liner in the long run? Is bleach and chlorine the same thing?

Answer 1

You can, but the results are VERY short-lived and you will find yourself with a continuous cycle of a cloudy or green pool. As expensive as it is, you are better off purchasing pool chlorine and checking the PH balance to maintain it.

Answer 2

chlorine is much more concentrated form of liquid household bleach so yes you can use it -but your going to need an awful lot!

Answer 3

Possibly, but NOT CLOROX!!! It has added stuff.

http://www.poolsolutions.com/gd/bleach_0...

But the balance may be a mess and you could cause skin and eye irritation. If you do this you have to be VERY CAREFUL!! I would not do it. Too risky. Not enough PH balance. Chlorine is made for a pool. Bleach is not.Your loved ones will be in there.

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/ch...

Answer 4

You can use bleach in your pool safely instead of, or in addition to pool chlorine. Many people are advocates of bleach for pools. Most pool chlorine contains a "stabilizer" which acts to prevent sunlight from breaking down the chlorine. In time the amount of stabilizer reaches a level that precipitates the use of ever increasing amounts of chlorine. Adding swimming pool chlorine increases the chlorine level but also increases the stabilizer level, which at a point you no longer want or need. Adding bleach (or non stabilized chlorine) at this point is exactly what you want to do.

Mix up your plain (non scented) chlorine in a 5 gallon bucket and pour it in your pool, making sure to keep it away from the pool walls. Your liner, equipment and children will be perfectly safe and will not know the difference.

Bleach is commonly sold in 5.75-6.0% strengths. This is what you want, not the cheaper 3.00%. Read the label it should be listed.

Answer 5

Would you want to swim in bleach?? I would never do that, it would also fade your bathing suits real fast.

Answer 6

You can, but will need to use more. Chlorine is about 10% and household bleach is about 3 or 4% chlorine.

Answer 7

Yes but it is not cost effective since the tablets are concentrated calcium chloride and with liquid bleach ie is diluted and boils off quickly

Answer 8

No it won't hurt your liner.  Household chlorine bleach contains from three to five percent chlorine depending on the brand, so as Amo pointed out, you will need a lot.  But, how will you determine the amount?  And keep in mind that there are bleaching products on the market that are not chlorine.