How Do You Use Muriatic Acid In A Swimming Pool?
Maintaining a consistently clean and safe swimming pool requires constant attention to the water’s chemistry. Substances such as muriatic acid is used to lower the pH factor, which affects every other chemical balance. This is a measure of the hydrogen ion concentration. The scale runs from 0 (strong acid) to 14 (strong base) with 7 being a neutral pH. The optimum range for pools is 7.4 to 7.6. Bottle a sample of your pool water and have a pool supply store analyze it for chemical balance. Their computer will break down all components of your water sample and provide a detailed print-out for you. For the do-it-yourself types, pool test kits are available for home use. Activate your pool filter. Partially fill a plastic bucket with pool water. Add the muriatic acid to this water in a ratio of 10 to 1 or 20 to 1. Exercise extreme caution: muriatic acid will burn skin, clothes and most anything it touches. Walk around the pool and slowly pour in the diluted acid. Leave the filter running.
