wingosh, you can absolutely shock your salt water pool. i've used bleach to shock my pool with excellent results. with that said, i would suggest that you visit troublefreepools.com and check out that website for great information in regards to water balance and such. there is a whole section on SWG pools. good luck!

We also have a swg, and only shock the pool if the chlorine level indicates. I usually test my water a couple of times a week, and this season I have had to 'shock' it a few times. The troublefreepool.com people recommended good old household bleach for shocking, and it works great, and is less expensive than the shock sold in pool stores. I believe you are correct about the 'superchlorinate' feature - it allows for a gradual rise in chlorine.

All of our chemistry is good -- just needed a bit of acid. We were just thinking that sanitizing might be in order after 4 kids under 4, a few tweens and a handful of parents were over for the weekend. Is this even necessary?

if your chems are good wingwosh, it's not a necessity. honestly i asked the question on TFP a couple of weeks ago and several of the members chimed in that when they have parties or when they have an high swimming load then typically they will pour in some bleach and run the pump to clear the pool up. hope that helps.

wingosh, go to TFP and research, read pool school. I have a SWG and shock using Walmart Bleach. I usually add extra bleach just before a big pool party. I use the pool calculator and it works great. I use the BBB method, which stands for Baking Soda, Bleach and Borax.
Hope this helps

I also shock my salt pool with bleach. I do this after adding a lot of water, a big rain or when there are a lot of people over. Costs me all of $1.99 or less.

I have a SW pool with doog chemistry right now but the output on the Aqua Rite is currently set to 100% so I would like to use Bleach after our pool party this weekend. How much bleach would I add for a 26,000 gal pool?

See the pool calculator in the link below. Darn handy link!

Scott

Here is a link that might be useful: The Pool Calculator

I have a 22x 52 salt water above ground pool. When adding the bleach. Should I shut off my salt water pump. It's getting a bit cloudy. And not sure what to do.