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		<title>Are Bargain Pool Supplies A Bargain?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are Bargain Pool Supplies A Good Deal? This is sort of a rant. I have gone back to buying more expensive pool supplies (like santizer) at pool stores. I do not buy them at the local hardware store or the &#8220;Megalo-Mart&#8221; (Mart of Wal) any more. They may seem cheaper, but I found better ways to save money on swimming pool supplies. Look at an example. A tub of chlorine tabs may only cost $12 at your local discount store. It may cost $30 at your pool supply store. But I have discovered that the more expensive tabs tend to last about a week. The cheaper tabs seem to turn to muck after about a day, plus they leave a lot of cloudy residue. Since my experience with the more expensive chlorine tabs is, at least, seven times better &#8211; and they only cost about twice as much, I have made up my mind to buy the more expensive ones. But that doesn&#8217;t mean you have to always buy expensive pool supplies. What is shock? It is chlorine! Sometimes you can use plain bottles of household bleach to shock your pool. The concentration of grocery store bleach will be less, [...]
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		<title>Vinyl Swimming Pool Stains Could be Metals!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 21:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a cheapskate like me, you may have opted for a large vinyl above ground pool instead of an inground pool. I did buy a good one &#8211; a Splash Pool &#8211; because they are warrantied for 30 years, and not just expected to last a year or two like the cheap ones you buy at a discount store. And yes, I am a frugal person with a pool &#8211; but I live in the Shouth, and hey &#8211; it gets hot here! OK? Stains Could Be Metals and Not Algae OK, so here&#8217;s the story. After I uncovered my pool for the summer it was a greyish-green horror. I did my best to scoop out gunk, balance the water, and start treating for algae &#8211; which I surely did have! However, even when the water tested within normal parameters, looked clear enough to see the bottom, and had plenty of chlorine, it was still an ugly greenish-gunky looking pond. On the advice of the guy at the pool store, I dumped in more algicide, which was a big mistake. See, algae killers contain copper, and more copper may have been coming into the pool from my old pipes [...]
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