Faster Dissolving Cyanuric Acid

[kenmar]

I have 0 CYA and a DE filter I need to backwash frequently (after clearing algae on opening.)
I just read this entire thread...
It seems that everyone agrees that CYA takes up to a week to fully disolve (even after the initial chrystals have disolved.)

Why can't I just put the CYA chrystals in a 5 gal bucket of water, let it sit for a week, and then add it to my pool?
Would my CYA be sufficiently "disolved" using this method?

-Ken-

 

[JasonLion]

If you put the CYA in a bucket of water it simply won't dissolve, even after a very long time.

 

[chem geek]

Cyanuric Acid is slow to dissolve, but exposing it to circulating water as in front of a return flow speeds up the dissolving rate. If you don't care about spending more money and just want CYA that dissolves quickly, then you can buy Natural Chemistry® Instant Pool Water Conditioner which is the sodium salt of cyanuric acid (i.e. sodium cyanurate) in a slurry so dissolves much more quickly. It's about twice as expensive as pure CYA for the same CYA level, however.