Boric Acid is 20 cents per ounce at Dollar Tree
Jul 11, 2015 · Be careful to check any form of boric acid powder that is not sold specifically as boric acid. Make sure it is 99.9% granular boric acid with no additives. Many products that advertise as boric acid are typically sold as insect control products. They will often be a mixture of boric acid and other ingredients like diatomaceous earth.
Boric acid and liner - Trouble Free Pool
May 1, 2022 · Every time I have added Boric Acid I mix with pool water in 5 gallon pail let it set stirring every so often. Then I add at the return 16 to 24 ounces at a time and it basically dissolves instantly with pool pump on high 24 hrs later from where I started I check borates using Boric Testing Procedure by Joyful and thats it.
Boric acid and bleach - Trouble Free Pool
Aug 9, 2014 · As for boric acid sitting on the liner, it is slightly acidic, but less so than Cyanuric Acid and much less than Trichlor. If you had one of those dark plaster pools whose dye is sensitive, then that would be more of a concern.
Help me double check what I'm doing (boric acid)
Apr 26, 2020 · I got a 42,000 gallon pool. Pool math says that 70lbs of boric acid should yield a ppm of borates of 35. I ordered 70 lbs of boric acid granular form from duda energy. First of, does adding 70 lbs seem about right for my pool? Second, should I try to lower the TA a bit before I …
Adding Boric Acid to 50ppm - Trouble Free Pool
Jun 4, 2022 · The boric acid quickly dissolved and required only light brushing. I've only had the boric acid in about 4-5 days and here's what I've noticed so far: I'm tracking PH rise daily and it's too soon to say if it slowed. This is the main reason I added borates. Water clarity improved and is excellent, and it was already very clear before adding the ...
Can I Lower Ph with Boric Acid? - Trouble Free Pool
May 15, 2015 · When boric acid is added to water, it mostly remains as boric acid and only some of it dissociates to lower the pH and become borate ion. Adding 50 ppm to water with a pH of 7.5 and initial TA of 80 ppm will lower the pH to 7.3 so even adding enough boric acid to increase borates to their maximum recommended amount doesn't lower pH very much.
Boric Acid POWDER with Sock method | Trouble Free Pool
Jun 27, 2022 · Boric Acid: powdered sugar: water Boric Acid: powdered sugar What about BORAX as opposed to Boric Acid? Would you use the same ratios (Boric Acid is weaker than Borax, correct?) I can use my mortar & pestle to make the Borax into a finer powder if I use the dry mixture, but with the liquid version it seemed to break down fine.)
Granular Boric Acid Source?? - Trouble Free Pool
May 1, 2020 · BORIC ACID GRANULAR Granular Boric Acid powder has a wide variety of uses: Including - - Cleaning - Pottery Glaze - Reported to be used to eliminate molds, mildews, - Used in conjunction with Beeswax and other ingredients in lotions and creams. - Hardening Steel - Electroplating Baths...
PoolMath - Trouble Free Pool
and of 31.45% muriatic acid to compensate for the pH increase. To lower Borate you replace of the water with new water. Note: The pH should be tested and adjusted as needed after increasing the borate level. Temp
Boric Acid as stain remover? - Trouble Free Pool
Jun 28, 2012 · Boric acid slightly lowers pH, roughly from 7.5 to 7.2, so maybe that was what had the stains lighten. I don't know of anything specific to boric acid itself that would help with stains.