Hot tub is 375 gallons and 6 months old.
Today I put in 4 tsp of Ahhsome and ran the jets for 20 minutes, then let it sit for a couple hours. I soaked the filters in there as well.
Then removed the filters and sprayed them with a hose. Pretty clean.
Then drained the hot tub. Then ran the jets for about 5 seconds to puke out the last bit of water. And let the tub drain again.
There is now an inch of water at the bottom.
Tomorrow I plan to wipe down the spa surface; remove the head rests and clean them.
Question:
1. I have seen vinegar, bleach, various spa cleaning products, etc recommended. I plan to use vinegar because that’s what I’ve got. Everything I read says to spray a 50/50 vinegar/water mix on the hot tub surfaces, let it sit for 15minutes, then wipe down. Is this right?
2. After spraying, sitting, and wiping, it would make sense I should also rinse it with some water. Is that logical? And then let that drain out as well?
3. I read different things about cleaning the jets. Do I need to remove each jet and wipe behind it as well as each jet itself with vinegar/water solution? I checked the first 1 or 2 - it is pretty clean.
4. Assume I wipe down the head rests with the vinegar/water solution as well?
5. There is some small amount of undissolved Ahhsome (blue streaks) near the intake and the fountain. How critical is it I remove that?
Then I will remove the last of the water with a cup and sponge. Spray and clean the bottom layer. Rinse it down then remove that water as well.
Finally fill.
Does this all make sense? Any tips or suggestions or do I have something wrong?
Today I put in 4 tsp of Ahhsome and ran the jets for 20 minutes, then let it sit for a couple hours. I soaked the filters in there as well.
Then removed the filters and sprayed them with a hose. Pretty clean.
Then drained the hot tub. Then ran the jets for about 5 seconds to puke out the last bit of water. And let the tub drain again.
There is now an inch of water at the bottom.
Tomorrow I plan to wipe down the spa surface; remove the head rests and clean them.
Question:
1. I have seen vinegar, bleach, various spa cleaning products, etc recommended. I plan to use vinegar because that’s what I’ve got. Everything I read says to spray a 50/50 vinegar/water mix on the hot tub surfaces, let it sit for 15minutes, then wipe down. Is this right?
2. After spraying, sitting, and wiping, it would make sense I should also rinse it with some water. Is that logical? And then let that drain out as well?
3. I read different things about cleaning the jets. Do I need to remove each jet and wipe behind it as well as each jet itself with vinegar/water solution? I checked the first 1 or 2 - it is pretty clean.
4. Assume I wipe down the head rests with the vinegar/water solution as well?
5. There is some small amount of undissolved Ahhsome (blue streaks) near the intake and the fountain. How critical is it I remove that?
Then I will remove the last of the water with a cup and sponge. Spray and clean the bottom layer. Rinse it down then remove that water as well.
Finally fill.
Does this all make sense? Any tips or suggestions or do I have something wrong?