muriatic acid

New Pool owner, landed up buying the house and now figuring out an economical way maintain - It is a Chlorine pool (Will consider to convert into into salt water, hopefully not this season. Requesting help from expert to get better prices. Willing to do more work Here are the prices. Ace...

Is there an optimal order to add these: acid before liquid chlorine, or liquid chlorine before acid? I am not talking about huge changes like startup or SLAM. I'm talking about normal small maintenance doses during the week. I usually add in the evenings. I wait a little bit between adding the...

Is this product OK to use? Anyone use this product? https://www.acehardware.com/departments/home-and-decor/cleaning-and-disinfectants/specialty-cleaners/1016143 Label indicates it is full strength (31.45%). Normally I get the gallon 2-packs of HDX/Kem-Tek at Home Depot or Lowes, but my local...

We have a 13,000 gallon plaster in-ground pool/spa combo that was built in 2010. We've been in the house for a year and - thanks to everything I've learned from the forum - I've been meticulously maintaining the pool and water chemistry. The pH tends to run high because of the spa spillway and...

Hi All, First time pool owner here. The pool was opened mid May and we installed a new pump, DE filter, heat pump and SWG. I read just about every pool school post and started the slam process. The pH was off the charts low so I followed pool math to bring it up with soda ash before adding...

Hey folks! I just did my water test, and my pH is 8.0, and TA is 130. I did an Acid Demand test and it's 3. I don' t understand how to use the AD test result to work out how much Muriatic Acid to put into the pool? The brand I have is AcidBlue by Hampion. Any guidance on this would be great!

I'm considering a stenner pump or DIY to automate muriatic acid injection. This is the final step to mostly put things on auto pilot. However, I'm concerned about potential corrosion given my pool equipment is in a mostly closed room. As it is, I have white stains starting to show on the...

I know there is a lot of discussion on this matter, but haven't been able to find any tips yet (or at least understanding) that applies to the situation I find myself in. I actually posted on here years ago with a similar question, and in the end resolved myself to using trichlor tablets (vs...

Hi all. I'm constantly adding muriatic acid to our pool to reduce the PH. That being said, since 5-30-21 until today, I've gotten the TA from 180 to 90. It's taken me about 15 gallons of acid to get here. Is that to be expected, or is something wrong? PH 7.8 Chlorine 2 TA 90 CH 480 CYA 35...

Is it OK to pour muriatic acid directly on the waterfall stones? We have really hard water and after 1 year of use the waterfall has white buildup on the stones. I figured I could just use the acid I am adding to the water and carefully pour it over the stones. Could that cause any damage to...

Hello, Did a fresh fill on my 2002 Prodigy Spa, and treated with a total of 4 oz of dry acid to get my TA and Ph down to start out. My new TFKit100 only shipped today, so I took a sample to Leslie's and here are my results: Gallons: 325 FC: .1 TC: .64 pH: 8.1 TA: 78 CH: 156 CYA: 5 Phosphates...

Hello all. About a week and a half ago I opened my 24' round by 54" deep above ground pool and started trying to balance it. Last week the local pool store tested my water and had me add 25 pounds of Maintain Pro alkalinity increase. Now my TA is at the top of the test limit, 240. My pH is...

Hello. I’ve been lurking here for a couple of years and this year I decided I was going to jump in. I cleaned my hot tub and added fresh water. The specifics are in my signature. My Taylor test kit came today, I had been using the HTH from Walmart, and my test was as follows: Bromine 5.4, pH was...