While I've never heard of an official expiration date, it does lose strength over time. You can usually tell old acid by it being more yellow in color instead of clear. I've never had it do any harm by using old acid, but it did take a bit more than if it was fresh.
pool acid is made up of muriatic or hydrochloric acid that is it.
liquid pool acid is Muriatic acid or more commonly know as Hydrochloric acid (HCl)
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acid is added to a pool when alkalinity is too high. Take a sample of pool water to your pool shop and have it tested by them. they will tell you what is required.
Acid
The hydrochloric acid is used for pool; this is a water solution of HCl.
Muratic acid or Sulfaric acid
With a new pool surface installed- Diamond Brite or any aggregate surface- is it possible or doable to acid wash the pool with water in the pool??
Add potash. See your pool shop with a sample of your water and the size of your pool and he will give you what your pool requires.
No
Ad cyanuric acid/stabilizer, this is available from your pool shop
Drain pool and clean with muriatic acid