You had finished a whole day’s working and you were thinking of your lovely hot tub is waiting for you in your garden, after you back to home, you lift the spa cover first and-----Waah!! The water looks like the milk. What can you do?
There are a number of reasons that water starts to look less than stellar. Here are a few things to consider to keeping your water looking perfect.
Keep your water balanced. WAY too often we talk to customers about their water care and find out they rarely test their water. Yikes! I don’t know about you, but I think we hear enough stories in the news about how much harder it is to keep disease at bay and develop antibiotics to conquer them. Why put yourself into outdoor spa water that’s not properly balanced?? Balanced water allows your sanitizer avoid getting destroyed by low PH, leaving it available to kill the crud we leave behind after a soak.
Don’t introduce extra “stuff” into the water. It’s a bore to think about showering before a soak, and often it’s unnecessary. BUT—if you’re someone who wears a lot of lotion, makeup, or hair product, all those things can not only make your water cloudy, it can also cause significant foaming in the water.
Sanitize your tub’s water after every soak. Again, I’m always shocked at how many folks tell me they go out for a hot tub, soak, and then DON’T add anything to kill bacteria when they’re done! Every time we humans go into a hot tub for a soak, we leave “crap” in the water. You must add something after soaking to kill any bacteria/germs left behind! This is not an option—it’s a requirement as a responsible hot tub spa user. Be sure you set yourself (and others!) up for safe soaking every time.
Regularly clean your filters. Filters are key to the cleaning equation of your jacuzzi and have a significant impact on water clarity. Filters should be cleaned monthly—and not just by rinsing them with a garden hose. You need to use a clean water to degrease the sleeves of the filter and make sure those sleeves are able to properly clean and filter your tub’s water.
Regularly add clarifier. Adding a weekly dose of clarifier is an excellent way to help keep your water looking crystal clear. Clarifier works at binding up anything that can make your water cloudy and getting it captured by your filters, leaving your water sparkling. As it’s non-toxic and organic.
Take the necessary steps to keep your water looking terrific! That way, after you back to home, you’ll be able to breathe a sigh of relief and say “Aaaahh!” when you step into the tub instead of “waah!” when you lift the lid.
