Adding acid without reason. Skipping daily brushing. Waiting 30 days to balance. The most expensive startup mistakes — and what a real startup looks like instead.
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Exactly what we do in the first 30 days of a new plaster pool: 9–12 visits, chemistry balanced in 3 days, 3 filter cleans in week one.
Low pH etches plaster. High pH scales it. Both are permanent. Here's the narrow window you have to hit — and why 3 days beats the industry-standard 30.
Plaster dust is the fine white residue that comes off every new surface for the first 3–4 weeks. Ignore it and you get streaks, calcium buildup, and failed flow.
Diamond Brite warranties require proper startup. Who's actually responsible, what the warranty covers, and how to preserve it.
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