UV Sunblock Cream SPF50 in pool

[bfang711]

After kids playing water with UV sunblock cream on, part of the water becomes white, and some white stuff floating on the surface as well. Is this normal? what should I do to get rid of it? should we avoid using sunblock cream when playing in the pool?

thank you.

 

[mknauss]

Pretty normal. It should be picked up in your filter. Some folks use ScumBall in the skimmer basket to collect it.

 

[Texas Splash]

We had that happen a couple weeks ago when some visitors lathered-up their kids with TONS of sunscreen. It just floated off of them into clumps in/around our pool. Not much to do but let the chlorine work on it. It will disappears eventually, maybe get swept-up into the filter of simply slowly dissolve from the chlorine.

 

[vbertone]

It’s fine, keep your fc a little high if you get a lot of kids with sunblock floaters. The filter will eventually clear it out. It may take a little longer if there is tons of it,

 

[JimMarshall]

I’d rather use some extra chlorine and clean my filter an extra time than have me or my kids get skin cancer. Slather that stuff on, the thicker the better!

 

[woodyp]

It needs to soak in and cure a little before using it as a slipn'slide lube to immediately jump in the pool.