New Gunite Pool startup questions

[mshumack]

My instructions from the Plasterer was to run the pump immediately after filling. Although I don't have a lot of confidence in him since he told me not to add DE poweder right away -which is wrong.

I thought I was doing an Acid startup because the Plasterer added 4 gallons of acid to the pool. My instructions were to brush twice a day and after four or five days to balance the water and start swimming.

The instructions I found on the web are from "Everbrite Pool Finish". They seem to match the instrcutions/procedure I was given regarding the low PH for a couple of days and the running of the pump from day one.

I am now in day five and beginning to balance the water chemistry. I plan to add Chlorine on Sunday and hopefully be swimming in a few days after that.

Does it sound like I am doing the right things?

[waterbear]

If that is the type of finish you have you probably are. The acid startup procedure is for plaster. I don't know what type of finsih everbrite is.

[mshumack]

If that is the type of finish you have you probably are. The acid startup procedure is for plaster. I don't know what type of finsih everbrite is.

The finish I had installed is from www.Premixmarbeltite.com, it is called Millenium (similar to Diamond Brite. It is a plaster typr finish). The reference to Evebrite was because that was the website were I downloaded the startup instructions. Premixmarbletite did not have startup instructions on their product.
Mike