Inherited a pond, trying to turn it into a pool!

[Yeggim]

I can see leaves!

...I accidentally bought Muriatic acid at the pool shop instead of Cyanuric, and can't return it since the bottles aren't sealed. The woman at the pool store said I could use it to clean the element in the filter (Hayward DE4820) - is this wise?

Thanks,
Mark

You can use the acid to clean mineral deposits off the grids of the filter. But it's the last step in a chemical cleaning procedure. Here's a great sticky on DE filters.

http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthr...ng-a-DE-filter

Note the addendum in red by POOLDOC. If and when your grids need more than just rinsing, make sure you degrease the grids before the acid wash.

I gotta hand it to you brother. A lot of folks would have had second thoughts by now or been pool stored and start to dump everything but the kitchen sink into the pool. It would start to sound like a Three Stooges routine. I say that with no disrespect or to mock and I genuinely feel for these people but that's the pattern it forms.

Pool Store Guy: I know what's the matter -- you haven't got enough anna canna panna san.

Mother In Law: Wait a minute, -- what that needs is a mixture of enol, plus anna sanna pacan scram.