Well, Home Depot pulled the exact same trick on me, xr280xr. On their website, it said my local store had nine bags of Pavestone brand in stock, but when I got there, it was all Quikrete brand instead. ("Product may vary by store" in fine print at the bottom of the webpage.) After hearing about your experiences with Quikrete, I definitely passed on buying any of that.
So then I went to a pool supply store instead and found this:
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I sure hope quartzite is the same thing as silica sand since the name of the company that manufactures it has the word "silica" in it. It was about 8 bucks for a 50 lb. bag so I bought it. Sure hope it's okay. I've had a little soaking in some rainwater for about an hour and it's only gone up from 3 ppm to 4 ppm, but I wanted to give it a whole 24 hours to soak to be sure. The sand itself is fairly white and the water hasn't really gotten very cloudy yet. Would I still need to rinse it before using it?
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