Getting Started with Borax

[waterbear]

Add half the borax needed, brush to dissolve it, then add half the acid. Repeat with the rest of it. Wait 48 hours and readjust the pH to 7.6. If it is high add a bit more acid. If it is low aerate to bring the pH up.
Kill any algae before adding the borates and make sure your TA and pH are in line.

Borates will add a secondary boric acid/borate buffer system to the water that will help with pH stability. If you pool is still curing then you won't see a big improvement right away since new plaster will always be causing a pH rise anyway. In a cured plaster pool it will help with pH stability but keep your TA in the lower end of where it should be.

[jhm]

What is the procedure to aerate? I've never had to worry about ph being too low, it's constant battle to keep in down for me (and my pool is about 6 years old).