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Jacuzzi delivery on Friday. Chemicals for newbies?
Calisoldier83:
--- Quote from: Jacuzzi Jim on December 12, 2016, 09:58:27 am --- Unless your water is really messed up, I doubt you have calcium build up already. Can you wipe it off or is it really hard and crunchy?
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It was more grimy/greasy than anything else, really hard to get off. In some parts there was a haze. Like the adhesive residue leftover from tape.
Calisoldier83:
--- Quote from: Calisoldier83 on December 12, 2016, 12:07:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: Jacuzzi Jim on December 12, 2016, 09:58:27 am --- Unless your water is really messed up, I doubt you have calcium build up already. Can you wipe it off or is it really hard and crunchy?
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It was more grimy/greasy than anything else, really hard to get off. Like the adhesive residue leftover after you remove old tape. In some parts there was a haze.
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Jacuzzi Jim:
--- Quote from: Calisoldier83 on December 12, 2016, 12:07:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: Jacuzzi Jim on December 12, 2016, 09:58:27 am --- Unless your water is really messed up, I doubt you have calcium build up already. Can you wipe it off or is it really hard and crunchy?
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It was more grimy/greasy than anything else, really hard to get off. In some parts there was a haze. Like the adhesive residue leftover from tape.
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Pretty sure it's not calcium. Try some baking soda on a damp wash rag.
mpkelley20:
Mine gets the same white ring around the water line. My chemicals are perfectly in line and I recently did a full purge and drain. I bought some of those sponge things that are supposed to collect body oils and stuff. They look and feel like those mr eraser cleaner sponges sold for household use. I let it float around and every day or two I use it to wipe around the edges of my tub where the white film starts to build up.
I have no idea what the stuff is but, left alone, it will get thick and sticky and hard to clean. When I did my purge, I used Ahhsome and used some baking soda and a rag to clean the edges. The Ahhsome didn't get all nasty like I've seen in the videos so either I had little biofilm in my new tub or I needed to run it through again. Regardless, it did not fix my issue with the white film.
My spa guy told me to use less calcium next time I fill my tub. It is around 250ppm. I get zero foam in my tub but maybe too much calcium is collecting the body oils and stuff and it is settling against the water lines.
No clue...but that sponge things does clean the white film very easily.
Calisoldier83:
--- Quote from: mpkelley20 on December 12, 2016, 04:34:32 pm ---Mine gets the same white ring around the water line. My chemicals are perfectly in line and I recently did a full purge and drain. I bought some of those sponge things that are supposed to collect body oils and stuff. They look and feel like those mr eraser cleaner sponges sold for household use. I let it float around and every day or two I use it to wipe around the edges of my tub where the white film starts to build up.
I have no idea what the stuff is but, left alone, it will get thick and sticky and hard to clean. When I did my purge, I used Ahhsome and used some baking soda and a rag to clean the edges. The Ahhsome didn't get all nasty like I've seen in the videos so either I had little biofilm in my new tub or I needed to run it through again. Regardless, it did not fix my issue with the white film.
My spa guy told me to use less calcium next time I fill my tub. It is around 250ppm. I get zero foam in my tub but maybe too much calcium is collecting the body oils and stuff and it is settling against the water lines.
No clue...but that sponge things does clean the white film very easily.
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I'm thinking the white haze is due to only halfway opening the cover during the first week of use. We were waiting for the cover assist to come in due to it being backordered.
I'm still trying to figure out the PH balance. It looks like I might want to drive it a little bit lower due to the amount of aeration the spa usually gets with the jets.
I might also start using bleach method if I can figure out my levels.
As far as the calcium goes, I did the calcium hardness test, but I only got the pink circle reading. I'm assuming that might mean that I need to introduce calcium to the mix.
I have to do more research on that.
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