Is there a low-cost substitute for Chlorine Stabilizer?

[mbaskerv]

Curious whether there is a TFP approved substitute for Stabilizer? I know that the 3" stabilized "hockey pucks" contain CYA and with limited use can maintain CYA, but I'm not sure what the experts here recommend. I'm considering getting a few pounds from Walmart to get started - not sure of the best way to go from <20 ppm to ~35 ppm to start the SLAM

 

[zea3]

Unfortunately there is not an alternative for CYA, however you can get it cheaper at Walmart than you can at the pool store. Walmart usually has HtH stabilizer at a pretty good price.

Pucks don't add enough stabilizer quickly enough to be helpful in a slam. Just get the HtH stabilizer, load it up in a clean white sock, tie off the sock and drop it in the skimmer with the pump running. Let it soak through and give a few good squeezes to help it dissolve quicker.

 

[YippeeSkippy]

Walmart- 4 pound jug for $12.77. You can't beat that cost (and I never shop there so hate to give them the plug) and can easily measure out exactly what you want using PoolMath to guide you.

Maddie

 

[BattleOfYakima]

4lbs of HTH stabilizer at walmart in pool section is less than $16, works great, add via sock method

 

[bobandsherry]

$12.77 from Amazon as well.

 

[mbaskerv]

Thank you everybody! I'm off to the "big-box"!

 

[BattleOfYakima]

Check the date codes/price per oz of their 1 gallon 10% pool chlorine too - sometimes a better deal than 8.25% bleach.

 

[mbaskerv]

Walmart has the "case" (actually 2 one gallon bottles) of the 10% liquid chlorine for $6.44, single gallons for $3.49/gallon and their generic "concentrated" bleach (8.25%) for $2.69/gallon.

 

[Dale G]

Walmart has the "case" (actually 2 one gallon bottles) of the 10% liquid chlorine for $6.44, single gallons for $3.49/gallon and their generic "concentrated" bleach (8.25%) for $2.69/gallon.

Just found this myself the other day. Threw a few single-gallon jugs in the cart because it was on the end-cap. Decided "what the heck, I'm already here..." so I ventured down the pool-stuff aisle to see what else I could find. Saw the boxes that mbaskerv mentioned tucked away on the bottom shelf. Quick math said that the boxes were the better deal - and easier to carry!