Vinegar, NO, how about Acetic or muriatic acid?

[workn2hard2day]

Vinegar comes in different strentghs, get the bottle for household cleaning. I get it at Save on foods.

[Chin_Lee]

Ben
I use muriatic acid on regular basis for cleaning my pumps/calcified equipment. I don't see any problems as long as its diluted. if you have a pH meter, maybe just add enough to bring the pH down to 4. u'll probably have to add a bit more throughout the day to keep it at 4.

[banditpowdercoat]

Originally Posted by Chin_Lee

Ben
I use muriatic acid on regular basis for cleaning my pumps/calcified equipment. I don't see any problems as long as its diluted. if you have a pH meter, maybe just add enough to bring the pH down to 4. u'll probably have to add a bit more throughout the day to keep it at 4.

Well, thats re-assuring for sure.

[Chin_Lee]

I believe JL's used to sell the crystalized muriatic acid to clean clacified pumps and hardware. i can't find it on their website now but it was highly effective.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Chin_Lee

I believe JL's used to sell the crystalized muriatic acid to clean clacified pumps and hardware. i can't find it on their website now but it was highly effective.

Ya, it worked really well. They used it in-store too. I can't remember what brand it was called or the dosing amount.

[fencer]

warm water when you clean with vinegar...use a heater

[littlesilvermax]

Randy at RC says to use the muriatic acid. Way stronger then Acetic, but with less added it obviously has less buffering capacity, so I may need to add more as it eats up coraline and stuff.

Boy my house is gonna stink!

[Aquattro]

Remember, add acid to water, not the other way around. and neutralize it before disposal, a few boxes of baking soda should do it.

[Chin_Lee]

WAYYY off on a side note, there's many literature about adding vinegar to kalkwater to saturate the cal/alk levels. Does the same benefits apply with HCL?