OK to mix brands of sand?

[Benny07]

I've bought a new intex 16' sand filter which holds 120lb of sand. It will arrive on Saturday.

Now I've managed to get two 50lb bags of hth sand from my local Ace but that was the only bags that they have until delivery next week. Our local pool store has other brands of sand for the filter but I'm unsure if it's OK to mix the two brands or not.

I'm guessing as long as it's the same type of sand it should be OK to mix brands?

 

[YippeeSkippy]

It should as it is #20 Silica Sand but we have found a few reports of some sand problems in the past-

My findings on how not all sand is created equal

Ok well today I finally got all my parts from Intex to fix my problem I was having with my sand filter. Here is a link to that thread which I will update as well http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/101906-New-Pool-Intex-Customer-Service-Long-Post-lol So basically for the sake of this thread...

www.troublefreepool.com

Maddie