On Mon, 3 Aug 2015 12:52:47 -0500, Muggles wrote:

Thanks for all the advice from everyone on how to use this muriatic acid
stuff. I was a bit cautious about using acid because I'd never used it
before, but with everyone's advice it encouraged me to go ahead and give
it a try. ?(???)?

Now use a funnel, place into to the overflow tube in the tank. Pour a
quart of MA down (no need to drain the tank or bowl) ... let that sit
a couple of hours to clear the cooties out of the bowl rim and jets.

Turn on the fan and close the door. If you get fizzing in the bowl, do
not worry - it will stop - it's just calcium in the hard water. Soft
water will not fizz like hard water.



hmm I thought I read somewhere that sometimes pouring the MA down the
tank overflow tube can sometimes eat away as the gaskets, or am I
thinking of something else? That's one reason I've hesitated to do that
with the overflow tube.

The rim jets are clear as far as what I can see, but I understand what
you mean by cleaning out the cooties from the inside of the jets. I
thought about putting a funnel into the bottom jet so I could get the MA
into the hole and clean it out better that way. One other thing is that
my bathroom fan has quit working recently and needs replacing. It's on
the TO DO list, and there's no window in that bathroom to vent.

I've never had a problem with anything in my former rental homes I
bought and owned, None on my resident home or homes I used the method
on when I used to do property detailing for real estate agents. No
harm with MA in the pool equipment - O-rings, etc.

Pour a couple of quarts of water down the tube and see just how fast
it exists the rim jets. MA will be just as fast - very little chance,
if any, of harm by the acid.

http://www.wikihow.com/Fix-a-Slow-Toilet