Cleaning A Dirty Hot Tub

Some of the line flush cleaners are also good for general hot tub cleaning.

Cleaning a dirty hot tub.

You should also drain your hot tub s water to prepare it for winterization. Just check the label to see. Draining the water gives you a chance to clean out the shell of the hot tub as well as the filters along with the front ends of the hot tub jets. In addition to coming out of your hot tub smelling fresh you won t have burning eyes or itchy dry skin.

Cleaning the shell will ensure that water is sanitized and clean to use. Use a good hot tub cleaning agent to spray them down and then hose off. For cleaning a jetted tub with vinegar fill the hot tub with water covering the jets with approximately two inches of hot water. Fill the tub with about 10 cm of hot tap water and splash some on tile surfaces as well.

Squirt blue dawn into the spray bottle until you ve filled about a third of the bottle with soap. Pour the vinegar into the hot tub and run the jets for 15 minutes to allow the vinegar to cycle through the tub and the jets. If you don t know have never thought about what kind of tub you have jezebel offers some guidance on figuring it out here a big clean spray bottle that can hold 16 or more ounces of liquid how to do it. In many cases specially formulated hot tub cleaners will easily cut through dirtiness.

Drain your hot tub. Turn on the air injector switch on and off for 5 minute intervals to help disinfect air lines. After a few minutes the surfaces will be heated up and ready for cleaning. Cleaning your hot tub 1 apply a hot tub cleaner to the surface of the tub.

While you re waiting for the water to drain out is a good time to start cleaning them. Decide whether you want to use the simple green at full strength straight from the bottle or dilute it based on how dirty your hot tub is. Clear comfort can reduce your hot tub s chlorine use down to tap water levels or eliminate chlorine use altogether so you can spend more time enjoying your hot tub and less time monitoring the toxic chemicals in it. Wait half an hour before turning the tub jets back on for an additional 15 minutes.

For heavy duty cleaning mix one cup of cleaner for every cup of water. Circulate the hot tub water at high speed for about 30 minutes with the spa cover closed.