Muriatic (HCl Acid) - Price !

[Katy-Texas]

Ouch, we have an in-ground 39' 26000 USG pool with salt system.

Have to add acid once per week to keep pH in range, presumably as salt generator raises the pH.

Normally buy my acid from Home Depot, today price is 25% higher ! ! ! Who says there is no inflation.

Last week's price USD7.96 for box of two 1 gal bottles of 31.45% muriatic acid, today USD9.98+tax ! ! !

Will have to try getting from Lowe's . . .

[Brock]

Wow, it is typically $1.99 a gallon and just went up to $2.49 a gallon. I shouldn't complain.

[Katy-Texas]

Actually went from $4 a gallon to $5, yep guess it's still cheap as only use 1-2 gallons a month . . . . so only an extra 20 $/year . . . . nothing compared to price of electricity . . . .

[rmeden]

$5/gal at Home Depot here in Dallas too...

Where do you get it for $2.50/gallon?

[waterbear]

I paid under $4/gal at Pinch a Penny pool supply(My friendly neighborhood pool store franchise) here in N. FL. They were cheaper than Lowes and Home Depot and closer to my house! (and they test with Taylor stuff so if the Owner does my tests I have some confidence in the results---just use them to check things I can't test for just to keep tabs on whether I ever have any metal problems)

[StoshJ]

Last week in So Cal, the two gallon box was around $8 I believe. It was only $6 two months ago.

[Katy-Texas]

Hi rmweden

It was $8 per 2 gallon box (ie 4 $/USG) at Home Depot until I went to buy some today . . . .

[mwsmith2]

katy-texas: i've found that the pool warehouse store on mason rd generally has the best prices on acid.

Michael

[CAL7]

I find the pools stores are a little better than the big box stores on acid. I pay $3.49/gal in Central Florida.

[prh129]

I just got a gallon from Lowe's. It was 5.49? (over five dollars anyway).

It was the first time I'm buying this so I don't have any prior reference for price.

Peter

[rdietman]

not to rub it in but i payed 1.99 a gallon saturday at ace hardware. maybe it was a sale price.

[rmeden]

as I mentioned before, my Home Depot (near Dallas) jumped to $10/two-pack.

I was in Lowes and they have the two-packs for $8 and single gallons for $3.

I stocked up on singles!

Robert

[gwrace1]

I just called our local Ace Hardware Store and they have it priced at 3.29 gallon here in South Texas.

[rpoldervaart]

Katy-Texas,

I get my acid at Randalls on south Fry Road (1 block south of I-10). $1.99 per gallon is their regular price. Now don't go buy it all and leave their shelves empty for the next time I need to get more. :)

Robert

[CAL7]

Central Florida ACE Hardware is $3.49/g. Can anyone around here find these $2 prices they have in Texas?

[Katy-Texas]

Thanks ya-all.

mwsmith2, thanks for tip, on April 21, 2006 I bought 3 boxes of four 1 USG bottles at 12.69 per box (3.15 per USG) + tax from Pool Warehouse on Mason here in Katy Texas.

rpoldervaart, sorry missed your post, sounds like I should have gone to Randall's on Mason, duh!!!

Thanks again . .

[Michaela521]

So it isn't only me. Last year I could've sworn that I paid 1.99 for the stuff but know everywhere I go it is 4.99. :cool:

[dalparadise]

one other thing to note --I am also in the Houston area and used to add bottles of acid to my pool per week when it was new -- now, it's much more stable.

Something I noticed: the muriatic acid I got at Home Depot or Lowes seemed much less effective than the stuff I got at a local pool store. Pool store acid was consumed at a slower rate and required much less to move my numbers.

The only reason I can think of is that both HD and Lowes store their acid in the garden department, outside, where the temperatures get up to 100 degrees and the humidity is high. In the pool store, the bottles are stored in the air conditioning.

BTW -- my pool store never tries to sell me anything I don't want. Last time I bought acid there, it was $3.00 per gallon...but that was a month ago. It's in Pearland, though, so that's no help to you.

This temperature thing is just an assumption on my part. Does anyone smarter than I am have an idea about this?

[CAL7]

I am also curious about storage of Acid. Is inside (78d F) better than in the hot garage? How about outside in the shade, but still bright light?

Also, I put on a new DiamondBrite finish four months ago. pH has tended high since then. Will it drop off any over the next few months, or has it leveled off?

[rallan]

Menards in Minneapolis around $2