Home Depot Muriatic Acid a joke!

[Guest]

I had been buying MA from my local Ace store. 31% concentration for $5.99 a gallon.

While at Home Depot, I saw they had a pallet of MA and grabbed a couple two gallon packs for $10.99 each thinking it was more economical than Ace.

I was using it in the spa and I could not get the PH levels to where they needed to be based on the pool calculator recommended amounts. So I kept adding more and was going through MA fast.

I went to Home Depot to buy more and this is when I noticed the concentration on this kemtekk stuff, it was 14% only.

I did the calculation and figured out I was paying TWICE as much for MA as the Ace brand! Duh!

No wonder the levels were not reacting like they should have.

Be aware. Do NOT assume apples are apples, you have to read the labels.

 

[reebok]

I've seen a few people post similar stories. I wonder if something should be added in the pool school articles about home depot's having low ma concentrations, kind of like the dollar store bleach?
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[JasonLion]

This isn't unique to Home Depot, nor is it uniform from store to store or season to season. My Home Depot always has 31.45%. Some have 15.7% part of the year and 31.45% the rest of they year. It varies.

 

[Guest]

Well I know to pay attention now and hope others do too as a result of this post.

 

[dravenone]

I feel your pain mtbarr64, I went through the exact same thing just in reverse. My Home Depot seems to always have the watered down MA, I love Ace and the 31% MA. But I would never had known if it wasn't for TFP!!

 

[mas985]

Both Home Depot and Lowes in our area, changed over a year ago to 14%. Luckily Leslies still carries the good stuff at a decent price ($9.99/2 gallons). I just hope they don't go weak like the others.

 

[DBfan187]

I sell 1gl of 31.5% for $4.29. Maybe I should raise my prices now. lol

 

[reebok]

dang, the pinch a penny's near me are 4.50 and 4.90. I think leslie's is 4.99. you aren't near lakeland are you?

 

[DBfan187]

Not in Florida at all. I have family in Lakeland though.

 

[gsmornot]

The Home Depot in my area still sells the 31% as do the pool stores. I guess after reading here a while I should be thankful. We get 12.5% chlorine in 5 gallon jugs for $11.99 too.

 

[Guest]

The Home Depot in my area still sells the 31% as do the pool stores. I guess after reading here a while I should be thankful. We get 12.5% chlorine in 5 gallon jugs for $11.99 too.

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