FAQs & HOWTOs: Swimming Pool Alkalinity

HOWTO: Step-by-Step Guide to lowering your alkalinity

The HOW-TO has moved here: lowering-swimming-pool-alkalinity-step-by-step.html

You should also read the Muriatic acid guide, here: http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php/29112


FAQ: Questions about Alkalinity
The FAQ and other alkalinity pages are found here:
total-alkalinity-in-swimming-pools.html


Lowering Calcium Hardness via "Lime Softening"

Do you simultaneously aerate and apply muriatic acid? Some people say to let the acid sit for up to 12 hours and you say to turn the pump on and aerate. Please clarify.

Thanks,

Kenny

It doesn't really matter.

The aeration won't begin to have much effect till the pH is lowered, but it won't hurt anything, either.

Ben