5 Cleaning Tips for Your Hot Tub in an Emergency

When it comes to cleaning, there’s a hack for just about everything in your home. You’ve browsed Pinterest all afternoon, and you’ve learned how baking soda will clean your couch cushions. Now you even know how to use a sock as a replacement mop head you simply toss in the washer when done. But what about your hot tub? Surely there are some cleaning tips for your hot tub to help make spa maintenance easier and even a few tried-and-true emergency substitutes. Yes!

Pantyhose: The Multifunctional Fashion Accessory

Use your old pantyhose to cover the lower return inlets to keep recirculated dirt and debris from re-entering your spa’s filter system when you change the water. By keeping your hot tub’s filter system free from larger contaminants, you can prolong the life of your whole unit. It also makes keeping your water clean and healthy super easy.

Tennis Balls: Skimmer Friendly

About to host a spa party? Break out those tennis balls from the garage and drop them into your skimmer. The fuzzy fibers are amazingly efficient at soaking up what your hot tub would consider “toxins”. Things like body oils, perfumes, and lotions could goop up your spa’s filter. If you use this emergency trick, be sure to change out the tennis balls when you do your regular spa maintenance.

Bleach and Your Hot Tub Cover: A Love Story

Sure, you’re used to checking your water’s chemistry balance, and maybe even spraying the outside of the cabinet with the garden hose from time to time. But when was the last time you REALLY cleaned your hot tub’s cover? All you need is a solution made with 9 parts water, and 1 part bleach. Simply spray the top and underside of your cover about every three months and wipe clean.

Hose Filter: The Key to the Cleanest Spa

Draining and refilling your hot tub is the biggest task when it comes to cleaning your hot tub. Good news, you only have to do it three or four times every year. If you want to make this chore even easier, attach a hose filter to your garden hose so that the water you refill your spa with is sparkling clean. Don’t have a hose filter? Simply place your garden hose in the hot tub’s filter area so that it filters the water as it comes in.

Dish Detergent: A Detective in Disguise

As we’ve already established, the draining and refilling of your hot tub can be a time-consuming task. So if you suspect surface issues in your spa, the last thing you want to do is drain it. Good thing you have everything you already need for this mission right in your kitchen. Grab that bottle of dish soap and add a squirt or two to help clear your water’s surface and get a better bird’s eye view of what’s happening down below.

Sometimes you run out of the things you need to get your spa maintenance done, and other times you’re simply looking for an easier way. Now that you have these cleaning tips for your hot tub, you know where to start. That said, whatever your hot tub emergency, the spa professionals at Bonnie & Clyde’s are only a phone call away! Contact us at (817)-284-3363 or swing by one of our six convenient locations.