Best Hot Tub Plumbing Cleaner: Why More Foam Doesn’t Always Mean a Better Clean When searching for the best hot tub plumbing cleaner, many spa owners focus on one thing first: the visual result of the purge. Foam, floating debris, and residue along the waterline can...
How to Balance pH and Alkalinity in Your Hot Tub Few things beat the relaxation of soaking in your hot tub after a long day. But while your spa can be a luxury, it’s also the perfect environment for bacteria growth. When spa water is not correctly maintained,...
How to Shock a Hot Tub “Shocking” your hot tub is a term that describes adding a large quantity of an oxidizing agent to a hot tub or spa. Oxidizing agents include chlorine, bromine, and non-chlorine shock (also known as potassium peroxymonosulfate, potassium...
Why does my hot tub smell like chemicals?? When your hot tub or spa has a strong chemical smell it is time to shock your water. Chlorine breaks things down and becomes depleted doing so. It breaks down contaminants in the water that are introduced by the bathers...
When & How to Do a Spa Purge Regular cleaning and maintenance, including spa purge, are a necessary part of hot tub ownership. Proper upkeep will ensure you can enjoy a safe and ready-to-use spa and prevent issues down the road. You may have a good handle on your...
How to Super-chlorinate Your Pool or Spa to Decontaminate It If your pool or spa is harboring a contaminant, mould, algae, fungus, or bacteria of some type, you’ll need to decontaminate it. To decontaminate, you need to super-chlorinate or super shock the pool or spa...
