Owner`s manual

Owner’s Manual Page 27
Cleaning and Maintenance Owner’s Manual
CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE
Cloudy Water
Everyone experiences cloudy water at one time or another. The number one cause of cloudy water is the spa user
and the objects they bring into the spa. What you bring into the spa will stay in the water for some time. Think
of the spa as a thorough body wash. Everything that is in your clothes, skin, and hair will be washed off and
left in the spa water, which in turn, causes cloudy water.
1. Never wash the clothes that you wear into the spa in laundry detergent or fabric softener. Laundry detergent
and fabric softener stays in your clothes no matter how well you wash and rinse them. This causes cloudy
water that is almost impossible to clean up. The only thing you can do is wait for it to filter out. Adding Spa
Brite, in this case, will only further delay the spas ability to clear it out.
2. Never enter the spa with sunscreen or lotion on your skin. Oil is very difficult to remove from the water, and
can cause a reaction with some of the chemicals that you may add to your spa, further causing a cloudy water
condition. It is best to rinse off prior to entering the spa.
3. Use caution when adding any chemicals to correct a problem. Most cloudy water problems are made worse
by the spa owner adding chemical after chemical to correct a cloudy water problem that normally would
have cleared up with a little Oxidizer Shock and filtration time.
4. Remember, swimming pool chemicals are completely different than spa chemicals. Entering a spa with wet
clothes from a swimming pool can cause a possible chemical reaction to either spa user and/or the spa water.
Always rinse thoroughly when transferring between a swimming pool and a spa.
5. Clean the spas filter(s) regularly as described in the Cal Spas Clear Water Plan.
Spa Brite (Water Clarifier)
Spa Brite
This chemical is used to help clear up cloudy water. The problem that most spa owners run into is being able to
identify when Spa Brite should be used and when it should not be used. Spa Brite’s only purpose is to draw very
light debris together and make them large enough to be caught in the filter. If your water clarity issue is caused
by excessive amounts of oil, soaps, or bacteria elements, Spa Brite will only add to the clarity problem; an oily,
clump mess will form around the entire water level of the spa.
How To Use Spa Brite
1. Make sure that your clarity issue is not of an oily, soapy or bacteria nature.
2. Add 2oz. of Spa Brite to a spa running on filter speed. Allow the spa to filter until the water is clear. We
recommend placing your spa in filter mode FC (24-hour filtration mode) during this time.
3. Clean filter thoroughly between and after each application of Spa Brite.
Enzyme Oil Gone (Oil Remover)
This chemical will help break-down excessive amounts of body and other oils in the spa water. Body oil,
perspiration, lotions and tanning oil will quickly accumulate in your spa if you’re not careful. The best solution
is prevention. Always watch what goes onto your body because it will eventually end up in your spa water.
How To Use Enzyme Oil Gone
1. Add 1/2oz. of Enzyme Oil Gone to a spa running on filter speed. Allow the spa to filter until the spa water
no longer feels or looks oily. We recommend placing your in filter mode FC (24-hour Filtration Mode)
during this time.
2. You may find the need to add this product to your weekly chemical maintenance plan. If so, simply repeat
Step 1 once a week. (Weekly dosages do not generally require additional filtration time.)