Great for making a bath bombs I like to shop around for my ingredients for my bath bombs and my other crafts and this was the least expensive I found out of all of the places that I purchase from so I will be by this from now on as long as the price stays the same.

Received as two 5 pound bags as advertised. I use this for a variety of uses - from canning tomatoes (which doesn't take much citric acid), to cleaning the brown stains at the bottom of your toilet that no amount of brush scrubbing seems to remove. To clean the toilet I usually use about 1/3 cup of citric acid dissolved in some hot water and I pour it in the cleaned toilet that has the brown stains (that look like p**p) and let it sit overnight. The next morning you just need to brush around and the stains lift up and come off. Amazingly easy with no need for elbow grease. I need to look for other ways to use it as a cleaner. People say use vinegar in cleaning, but I hate having things smell like vinegar. Maybe the citric acid will work as an odorless alternative.

I paid $25.99 for two five pound bags and split the order with a friend. This is fantastic to use in the dishwasher. My plastics no longer come out all filmy, the glass items sparkle, and the dishwasher always smells fresh. I was paying $7 for a 12 ounce jar at the grocery store that is sold as a dishwasher "booster" additive. When I realized what it was I came on Amazon looking for citric acid. I'm very pleased with the purchase and am looking for other ways to use this around the house.

will reorder when out

Only follow my instructions with a white plaster pool.

I used 10 lbs of this to remove the stains on the white plaster in my 4k gallon pool. I do this yearly in the early spring when all of the chemicals are out of the water because it makes the water very acid. I sprinkle the powder on the most stained areas (steps and shelves) and shut the pump off for 24 hours while it works. It removes stains from wooden furniture sitting on the shelf, a blue stain left by an algaecide, and darkened areas around the edges of the pool. It does not remove rust stains.

This is the 10th year I have done this but the first time I've used this product. I found this product to be lighter than others I have used which made it difficult to use with any wind and kept it from sinking to the bottom. However, it worked as planned and you could see the stains lightening within a couple of hours.

The next day I turned the pump on, let it run a day and then began adding bleach. I have found that bleach crystals (I used two full bottles) work to help remove any remaining stains because they sink to the bottom and take awhile to dissolve.

Once we have the chlorine up to an acceptable level, we start adding salt back in. When the chlorinator registers adequate salt, we turn the chlorinator on and gradually start increasing it. All of this is done when water temperatures are 60 degrees or higher. I've got notes to add 2 quarts of Metal Free by Natural Chemistry after a couple of days but I never do. Our pool never requires anything to raise ph level as it does that on it's own. My notes also say to not use shock for two weeks.