Comments on: Where to Find Muriatic Acid

By: jeff

jeff — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:20:34 +0000

For those who are looking for “muratic acid” to clean your toilet…why not just buy toilet bowl cleaner from the grocery store? “Muratic acid” (more properly known as hydrochloric acid) is already the main active ingredient of most commercial toilet bowl cleaners.

For example, see http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/brands?tbl=brands&id=14003001

By: intrepid

intrepid — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:09:00 +0000

muriatic acid has gone up in price because of new hazmat laws and shiping is stricter.

it is weaker because of terrorist threat it is easy to make into a weapon.

By: Kent

Kent — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:47:10 +0000

Why has the price of muriatic acid gone up so much lately?

I put a pool in 4 years ago and used to by muriatic acid at Home Depot for less than $5.00 for a 2-gallon box. The las time I bought it I had to pay $8.99. I’ve also noticed that it doesn’t have the same strong smell that it used to have and it takes more to keep the pH in my pool where it should be. So it would seem it’s getting weaker as well as more expensive.

Does anyone know why this is or any more about it?

By: melanie

melanie — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:13:47 +0000

Home depot have stopped stocking it HAZMAT issues. Hardwear stores ACE etc or pool suppliers: ths is the best stuff when used properly

By: wm siemon

wm siemon — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:11:04 +0000

I want to clean around the rim of a toilet. I also want to clear a possible partial blockage as the toilet only flushes COMPLETELY one out of three or four times. This makes no difference whether all liquid or semi-solid waste. I have asked whether just ANYONE can buy muriatic acid in New York State. I have heard about something called IRON OUT. Can you tell me anything about it?

By: mr. clean

mr. clean — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:25:13 +0000

thanks i found it now

By: wm siemon

wm siemon — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:59:42 +0000

Can anyone buy muriatic acid in N.Y. State? I heard that you have to be a contractor.How about the states of Connecticut and Mass?

By: Tawnee

Tawnee — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:09:16 +0000

Muriatic Acid is in the paint dept of my local Lowes store. I just bought a gallon for $6.98 today. Hope this helps.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:28:40 +0000

Check your local swimming pool store. They sell it by the gallon. It is less than $5.

By: John

John — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:56:17 +0000

Check McCoy’s Building Supply or Ace Hardware last time I was at those two places that had it.