Acid Question

[waste]

Hi Sunny, I agree with cygn's assesment of the real hazard of muriatic (though it's not a toy and should be respected - ie take appropriate protective measures Glasses, gloves and long sleeves and pants) It should NOT be stored near your chlorine - the 2 'mix it up' VIOLENTLY (they can explode and the gasses would knock you off your feet, perhaps forever!)

As for 1 pt being enough, it is far far better to add the chems slowly (or at least in small doses) than to have to add another chem to undo the damage done by adding too much of something. So, add the pint of acid, let the pool run for ~ 4 hours, and test the water again. You can use the first amt of change (why isn't there a 'DELTA' symbol - and for that matter a 'DEGREE' symbol??) to gauge the amt to add to get where you want to be.

EDIT* What the heck is going on here tonight? Every time I post, somebody(s) posted whilst I type? It's gotta be Monday - our service van dropped its drive shaft onto the road this afternoon

[Sunny32504]

Sure enough it is to 7.6 today . yea!!!!! now I can add some bleach