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Allergic to inline Mineral cartridge
Mikedee:
I have a question for the initial writer as I have a tub that I used Mineral Cartridge, Chlorine and Non Chlorine Shock combination... I started to suffer from the same type of rash and bumps..Anyhow I thought it was the mineral stick but after several drains and experimenting it ended up being the non chlorine shock that was casing my rash...I drained tub and now just use strictly mineral stick & chlorine and have never had a rash again..It's been well over a year ..If you do use non-chlorine shock that could very well be the culprit as I doubt very much a mineral stick would cause that reaction..
Tman122:
--- Quote from: Mikedee on April 18, 2020, 11:35:45 am ---I have a question for the initial writer as I have a tub that I used Mineral Cartridge, Chlorine and Non Chlorine Shock combination... I started to suffer from the same type of rash and bumps..Anyhow I thought it was the mineral stick but after several drains and experimenting it ended up being the non chlorine shock that was casing my rash...I drained tub and now just use strictly mineral stick & chlorine and have never had a rash again..It's been well over a year ..If you do use non-chlorine shock that could very well be the culprit as I doubt very much a mineral stick would cause that reaction..
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I to was having a rash issue several years ago. I went to my doctor and was diagnosed with a slight case of excema cause by the sever temperature changes to my skin because of getting into and out of the tub. I to was using chlorine to sanitize and a mineral stick to help and MPS to shock. Once I stopped using MPS my rash mostly went away except for a few times during a warm soak on a cold Minnesota night.
CanadianSpaTech:
Hot tub folliculitis,(Google it) or "hot tub rash," is a bacterial skin infection that emerges anywhere from a few hours to a few days after using an improperly maintained hot tub or swimming pool. The bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) infects hair follicles, particularly where swimwear meets the skin.
If you are getting a rash you need to disinfect and thoroughly clean your spa and change how you control the organic contaminates and how you maintain your spa.
I suggest running a plumbing line cleaner (I recommend Ahh-Some) to disinfect the plumbing.
I would use spa shock regularly to remove the organic contaminates from the spa. Organic contaminates are all the stuff attached to your body when you enter the spa. Underarm deodorant shampoo body oils. This particulate will just suspend in the spa. So if you open the cover and the spa is cloudy that is the organic material suspending in the spa. If it has a punky odour that is the organic material dying and off gassing. If the spa was cloudy I would add shock and run the pumps until the spa clears then clean the filters. I would also add shock weekly several hours before cleaning my filters to get all the material to the filters. If you are using paper pleated filters clean you filters OFTEN. WEEKLY. The cleaner you keep your filters the cleaner everything else stays. You will use less chems because the organic material is not eating up all your sanitizer.
Before draining add spa shock and run the spa for a few hours...then remove filters. Soak filters in filter wash for 24 hours and thoroughly rinse them out (Again I recommend Ahh-Some Filter wash) Then add line cleaner and run for the recommended amount of time. Drain the spa and thoroughly clean all surfaces. Remove as much water as possible. Fill spa half full and drain again and clean again. Once all this is complete you should be good to go.
Tman122:
--- Quote from: CanadianSpaTech on April 19, 2020, 10:16:34 am ---Hot tub folliculitis,(Google it) or "hot tub rash," is a bacterial skin infection that emerges anywhere from a few hours to a few days after using an improperly maintained hot tub or swimming pool. The bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) infects hair follicles, particularly where swimwear meets the skin.
If you are getting a rash you need to disinfect and thoroughly clean your spa and change how you control the organic contaminates and how you maintain your spa.
I suggest running a plumbing line cleaner (I recommend Ahh-Some) to disinfect the plumbing.
I would use spa shock regularly to remove the organic contaminates from the spa. Organic contaminates are all the stuff attached to your body when you enter the spa. Underarm deodorant shampoo body oils. This particulate will just suspend in the spa. So if you open the cover and the spa is cloudy that is the organic material suspending in the spa. If it has a punky odour that is the organic material dying and off gassing. If the spa was cloudy I would add shock and run the pumps until the spa clears then clean the filters. I would also add shock weekly several hours before cleaning my filters to get all the material to the filters. If you are using paper pleated filters clean you filters OFTEN. WEEKLY. The cleaner you keep your filters the cleaner everything else stays. You will use less chems because the organic material is not eating up all your sanitizer.
Before draining add spa shock and run the spa for a few hours...then remove filters. Soak filters in filter wash for 24 hours and thoroughly rinse them out (Again I recommend Ahh-Some Filter wash) Then add line cleaner and run for the recommended amount of time. Drain the spa and thoroughly clean all surfaces. Remove as much water as possible. Fill spa half full and drain again and clean again. Once all this is complete you should be good to go.
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This poster likely does not have foliculitus, Sounds to me like they are maintaining their water properly.
CanadianSpaTech:
Bacteria test kits are available. JMO
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