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    Exclamation 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


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    Default Re: HOWTO: Lowering Your Alkalinity

    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

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    Default Re: HOWTO: Lowering Your Alkalinity

    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

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