It is possible that muriatic acid will damage the soil on a permanent basis. If your soil needs additional acid, vinegar works better than anything.
Muriatic Acid
Muriatic acid
If it's calcium then it will foam up if you put straight muriatic acid on it. this wont hurt the tile. however be careful as muriatic acid can be dangerous stuff.
You can get in imediately without worrying about hurting your self.
It should work, Try a small test patch before getting over comitted however.
NEVER put muriatic acid in a well, especially one consumed by humans or animals. Use Chlorine Bleach to kill bacteria in the well. Or call a water professional. They'll probably charge you a couple hundred bucks and use Clorox bleach except it'll be in a plain bottle or aftermarket label.
Never put Muriatic into a Well; for any reason. If you want to disinfect your Well; use Chlorine or regular laundry unscented Bleach.
The answer is The reason it would smoke is that there is a reaction going on, which means that your water is Basic. maybe there is a lot of lime in your water. Nothing to worry about just put in enough acid and chlorine until the pool is at the right pH and chlorine level
Use muriatic acid to lower your pH. Be mindful of your alkalinity also as the muriatic acid will lower it too. You need both (actually everything in balance) pH 7.2-7.8 Alk 80-120
That Acid is called Muriatic Acid. You put it in your swimming pool to lower the PH of the water. At lower PH Levels, the chlorine you use to sanitize the pool is more active, as a disinfectant. You MUST be careful not to put too MUCH Muriatic Acid in your pool! PH that is too low will create potentially deadly fumes, so test your water. Low pH is corrosive to plaster and metal pool parst.
i used to work in a radiator shop back in the day and we put a radiator on a rotating machine and put muric acid in it and let it rotate for some time, then flushed it out and the radiator was totally clean, no more rodding. they were copper then. not sure about todays alum radiators
You should watch what you put in the soil & then get others to do so as well.