John:

I'm trying to reduce my total alkalinity (however my pH is at 8.2+). Do I still wait 24 hours? I had a phone tech/help guy at Arch (HTH) tell me that if I stirred up the acid, it would not lower my TA, but only lower my pH. What do you think? Also, my kids are asking me if they can swim when I'm doing this. Safe to swim?

Kenny