Cal Spas Pneumatic Series Owner's Manual page 177

Cloudy Water:
Cloudy Water:
Everyone experiences cloudy water at one time or another.
The number one cause of cloudy water is the spa user and the things they bring into the spa. As discussed before, the average spa holds
only 350 gallons of water. What you bring into the spa will stay in the water for some time. Think of the spa as a thorough body wash.
Everything that is in your clothes, skin and hair will be washed off and left in the spa water causing cloudy water.
1. Never wash the clothes that you wear into the spa in laundry detergent or fabric softener. Laundry detergent and fabric softener stays
in your clothes no matter how well you rinse them. This causes cloudy and foamy water that is almost impossible to clean up. The
only thing you can do is wait for it to filter out. Adding Spa Brite, in this case, will only further delay the spas ability to clear up.
2. Never enter the spa with sunscreen or lotion on your skin. Oil is very difficult to remove from the water, and can cause a reaction
with some of the chemicals that you may add to your spa, further causing a cloudy water condition. It is best to rinse off prior to
entering the spa.
3. Use caution when adding any chemicals to correct a problem. Most cloudy water problems are made worse by the spa owner adding
chemical after chemical to correct a cloudy water problem that normally would have cleared up with a little Oxidizer Shock and fil-
tration time.
4. Remember, swimming pool chemicals are completely different than spa chemicals. Entering a spa with wet clothes from a
swimming pool can cause a possible chemical reaction to either the spa user and/or the spa water. Always rinse thoroughly when
transferring between a swimming pool and a spa.
5. Clean the spas filter(s) regularly as described in the Cal Spas Clear Water Plan.
Spa Brite: (Water Clarifier)
Spa Brite:
This chemical is used to help clear up cloudy water.
The problem that most spa owners run into is being able to identify when Spa Brite should be used and when it should not be used.
Spa Brite's only purpose is to draw very light debris together and making them large enough to be caught in the filter.
If your water clarity issue is caused by excessive amounts of oils, soap, or bacteria elements, Spa Brite will only add to the clarity prob-
lem; an oily, clumpy mess will form around the entire water level of the spa.
How to use Spa Brite:
1. Make sure that your clarity issue is not of an oily, soapy, or bacterial nature. (See Filter, Enzyme Oil Gone, or Oxidizer Shock
sections for these issues.)
2. Add 2 oz. of Spa Brite to a spa running on filter speed. Allow spa to filter until water is clear. We recommend placing your spa in
filter mode "FC" (24Hour filtration Mode) during this time. (This may take some time, so be patient. See the Setting Filtration
Cycles section in your owner's manual.)
3. Clean filter thoroughly between, and after each application of Spa Brite.
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