How to Get Rid of Hot Tub Foam
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Foam in your hot tub's water is never a good sign. Possible causes include high pH, soft water, high TDS, and overall poor chemical and filter maintenance.
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Dive in deeper with this article on my website - What Causes Hot Tub Foam? (and how to get rid of it) - hottubownerhq....
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Boost Calcium Levels! AHHHHHH~Thanks bro! Super fan~I'm running a bromine system~floater~use it once a day since we bought our first new house back in JUNE~I refer to your channel exclusively when I have a question!~WE have Soft water~thus my FOAM issue~
Love your videos Jeff, great content i've had my first hot tub 3 months now and i know I've gots to learn.
TDS aren't affected by filtering; they are dissolved. If you put water on glass and let it evaporate, the residue let behind are the solids coming out of solution. The only way to lower TDS is to replace the water (or use reverse osmosis, but you're not going to do THAT)
Great video! One question, you say you use bromine but chlorine shock. I was told NEVER to mix the two.
I'm subscribed, and yes I am glad to see the self-advertising be a touch more subtle. Thank you for your useful information.
Haha. Thank you!
Great channel sir!
Just bought a house that has a artic spa summit hot tub.
It was empty when we bought the house, we assumed it would need some TLC lol!
Oh ya, I was correct.
Replaced the heater (did a continuity test and a short test first, it was a short) installed the new heater and the heater wouldn’t heat.
Pump one high speed doesn’t work, low speed does work though. Tested the high speed capacitor for capacitance and short. Everything checked out from what I can see on the capacitor. Had a tech come do a diagnostic test. He said the mother board is fried.
So I bought a mother board and installed it myself cause I’m a nut case lol.
When I removed the old motherboard the motherboard was shorted out on the heat and failsafe area.
Now the heater is working, but the pump one high speed still doesn’t work (the top side interface reads flo error)
But the tub still heats and remains heated.
Just thought I’d let you have a laugh!
Yikes! That sounds like a lot of headaches. But it also sound familiar from when I bought a used one and fixed it up and kept running into roadblocks along the way!
Hey there . . . . You said you were stopping this Hi I'm Jeff Campbell Malarkey and you have just done it twice buddy !!
I think I said I would work on keeping it brief, which I think I did!
When I shock my hot tub weekly right away the foam reruns doing its thing but getting a brown film at the waterline and hard to remove when it dries. That brown film is in the foam (bubbles) The tub is 2 months old and we did a bio clean using ahh some before using the tub. This brown film looks like when completing ahh some plumbing | jet cleaning.
The enhanced shock by SpaGuard
Adding 3 tablespoons per 500 gallons
love your videos , so informative !! we have very hard water , the water in our hot tub is brown. Trying to clear it, not clear what process to do , can you help ? thanks !!!!!
Glad you own more than one tshirt ;)
Thanks, Tanya!
one of the best thank you so much
I made the mistake of having guests in my tub that had laundered their suits w detergent. I've got foam 2ft high when the jets are on! Lol gonna have to get foam down until I change the water. It's a giant bubble bath.
Haha! That's happened at my house too. You can use a pool net to scoop out the excess foam, and then give the filters a rinse and then hyper-chlorinate it with a double-dose of chlorine shock.
I might at least try that before draining and refilling. Just check the levels before entering to make sure the chlorine is at a good level.
When every measure on the test strip is off , where do we start for fixing? And can we do more than one treatment at a time?
What are your thoughts on Spa & Hot Tub Ultraviolet (UV) Systems?
What to do use to clean the inside cover of your hot tub ?
I'm using bromine for my small inflatable hot tub. Pool place in town said bromine is all I need. I've got foam and I've tested it. Stabilizer is low and the water is a kinda cloudy. But I've added bromine a few time and nothing is changing. Idk what to do
Hi!!!! I've been watching almost all ur videos on hot tubs. I'm trying to use baking soda instead of alkalinity powder. It's so expensive....I can't seem to find any videos on HOW MUCH TO USE:/ we didn't buy or hot tub it came with the house but it's a 6 seater. Regular size I'd say but wanted to ask a professional lol
What are your thoughts on hot tub aromatherapy crystals?
Hello, like your channel and helpful advice. I don't think artificially softened water is good to drink. It may have elevated salt content.
Great point!
My wife and I are considering buying an inflatable hot tub to see if we like it first. A year ago I seen them for around $400 and now I am seeing them around $800 is there a reason they have doubled in price and do you recommend a place to buy them? Thank you.
Hi Brian
2020 is a crazy year for almost everything. Between the shutdown closing factories for a while, and people working from home increasing the demand for products, things have gone a little crazy.
That being said, for a quality inflatable hot tub, I do think $700-ish is a more realistic price than $400.
The best one, by far, IMO, is this one from Intex - amzn.to/3mApqDh
I'm going to order the top 3 sellers from Amazon in the next month and do a review video for each. So if you aren't in a hurry, keep an eye out for those.
If alkalinity, ph, calcium and bromine levels are perfect, also water is only a month old, what could be the problem? I did use bright and clear once in my Hot Tub and since then, it is creates foam. Is bright and clear from leisure time bad product? Any suggestions on how to get rid of the foam(without emptying) other than using the temporary foam down product?
You need to shock the tub once a week.
There’s no excuses in hot tubing!
Great videos Jeff; thank you. We have had our hot tub about three weeks now, your advice helped. But, is it normal to have to add water every week or so? 6 person tub, 330 gallons, and level has dropped about an inch a week. No obvious leaks and all else seems fine. Keep it covered except when in it which is daily by just the two of us.
Hi Brian
I don't add water more than once a month, at most. But I also keep mine at 98 so my toddler can enjoy it. The higher the temp the more you'll lose to evaporation.
I would also remove the panels and check inside the hot tub for any signs of a leak too if you haven't done that.
But if you don't see anything and keep yours set to 104, then it probably is just evaporation.
I do have an article on my original website which dives deeper into this if you're interested - newmiddleclassdad.com/do-hot-tubs-lose-water/
@@HotTubOwnerHQ Thanks Jeff. We also keep it at 98. They came today and removed all panels and checked. All looked great (as an engineer I was quite interested in seeing all the “innards”). If it is leaking it may be from the bottom. So, continue my monitoring and if it gets worse, go to next step with the company.
Keep up the good and useful work!
Brian
is there a simple ALKALINITY down?? my ph is perfect but alkalinity is high?
Muratic acid. It will lower the ph but then run the jets to aerate the water bringing the ph back up.
@@drusier thank you
@@RealCazTv obviously be super careful and consider using protective gloves. I pour directly over the filter area...slowly. remember the amount matters depending on you TA levels.@200TA and 8.0 ph you may need 12oz but at 130TA and 8.0 you may only need 2oz. Use something like pool math or simple pool professional.
@@drusier I appreciate it!
Hey. Thanks fir all your tips. So I ran my spa for 2 hours with 8oz of that yuk stuff. drained my tub. Vacuumed..then cleaned shell with vinegar n water. Let dry. Filled tub. Checked levels...added 1/2 cup alkalinity up. Put in 2 scum sponges. Ran it 2 hrs. Checked and my sponges were brown. I noticed some brown scum on top of water still. Why the brown scum in new water?
Never had that before
You need to clean jet tubes with something like ‘ahhsome cleaner’ requires drain and fill after.
New Hot tub 2 weeks ago. Having trouble with too much foam. Alk and Calcium low but PH is good. Added both Alk and Calcium but always low when I check the levels. Bromine levels are good and adding shock as recommended. by our local spa store. Any suggestions? Thanks for this channel. Very helpful.
If the alkalinity levels are way low, you could be getting an inaccurate pH reading. So if it's way off, I would use baking soda to raise the alkalinity, and then check again. It will affect the pH too, but not nearly as much.
Foam can also be caused by body oils, lotions, shampoo residue on the people soaking, so you could try having everyone rinse off in a shower first, for a week, and see if that effects it.
Hey I have now had a hot tub for 2months and water chemicals are perfect and I check it frequently. My question is that when I turn on the jets I get giant layer of bubbles that look like foam ( it’s a big tub with a lot of jets) and when I turn off the jets in a minute or 2 everything dies down and turns back to clear water. Is this foam ??
What a great video 👍👍
Thanks 👍
I have an inflatable hot tub. I’m having trouble with keeping my water clear and from foaming. It’s a little green.
Hi Dawn
So there's a few possible issues. If you keep the cover off a lot and it gets a lot of sun, you could have an algae problem. If the cover is always on when not in use though, that's probably not it.
Foaming could be either high pH and/or low sanitizer, and could also just be from too many people soaking who wear a lot of body lotion/perfume/cologne.
Also, you should be changing the water every 3 months and cleaning the filters weekly and replacing the filters every month or 2 (inflatable hot tubs use much more disposable filters that hard-shelled hot tubs).
Good video.
Thanks, Steve!
No mention of anti-foamers? They don't seem to be a very good idea. I never use them but I don't get foam any more.
Did you try anti-fomer? Do you recomend to use anti-former? I got new tub and got foam right after friends came to soak. I am trying to get rid of foam natural way...
Hello, why did my water get cloudy? And how do I fix it.
Hi Johnnie
Cloudy water can be caused by a few things, most often high pH, low sanitizer, or a build-up of scum and/or bacteria in the plumbing.
The pH and chlorine/bromine levels you can obviously test with a test strip and adjust. But using a non-chlorine shock also typically produces cloudier water than using chlorine shock.
I do have an article which goes deeper into those issues and solutions - hottubownerhq.com/hot-tub-water-cloudy-and-smelly/
If those are good and you've never done a biofilm cleanout, I would do that next when you change your water (which you should do every 3 months).
I do this every time I change the water. That removes bacterial build-up inside the pipes.
Here's a video on that in case it's helpful - ua-cam.com/video/8VxcrdIHtQo/v-deo.html
Hi there! What’s your name again? Lol ! I just got my hot tub and I have a solid good time using it and learning the ins and outs. I let a friend use it and he dunked his head at least three times while we were using it. His hair is dirty and he was using my tub as a bathtub! Needless to say, I have good numbers today but FOAM! Do you know any trucks to reverse foam my filters have been cleaned once a week and I don’t have a sub pump yet. Like you said, look on Amazon but I don’t have time to do it with the holidays and my vacation coming up.
Am I screwed and have to dump water? Any help please!
Hi Craig, it's Jeff from Hot Tub Owner HQ (lol).
Sorry for my delay in responding too. I get hundreds of comments and can't keep up. I would start by cleaning the filters at least with a kitchen sprayer, but maybe the deep chemical soak (watch this video if you haven't done one of those - ua-cam.com/video/6tEJGMEjavI/v-deo.html)
Then I would hyper-chlorinate the water by doubling the amount of chlorine shock you normally would use (probably 1/2 cup should be right). Run the jets and leave the cover off at least 30 minutes.
It may take a day or 2 before the chlorine levels drop to a safe soaking level, but it should help mitigate the foam.
You can also use a net or skimmer-type device to literally scoop out the excess foam which will also help.
I have that issue every time my teen daughters have friends over!
Thanks for the video! Great info
Yeah. Glad I could help!
welp, i went ahead and bought defoamer because I've tried EVERYTHING.
I hate how your control panel is inside the tub.
Booo, I came here for the Fred Perry shirts 😂
Haha! I have a whole closet full. I'll get back to wearing them!
I noticed you have a floater in this video. I thought you were a bromine guy and didn't like to use floaters.
Haha! I was! And then I turned around and even published this video about it - ua-cam.com/video/dzXhHjneYuQ/v-deo.html
Thank you for your videos Jeff 😊