Filter Cleaning

[PastorJeff]

I've recently purchased a HotSpring "Jetsetter" tub. We have it at our vacation home, which we also rent out when we're not using it. This means that a lot of guests are regularly using the tub.

Thanks to great advice on this board, I'm having no trouble keeping the chemical balance. The water is clear and pure.

There are three filters in the tub. Each week I've been taking them out and hosing them down as recommended on several threads, and I'm amazed at both how yucky they look before spraying, and how clean they become using nothing more than water.

My question is about the use of filter cleaning solution. How often do I need to take the extra step of spraying them with filter cleaner as part of the cleaning process? Or, do I really need to soak them, and again, how often?

I'd also be interested to an alternative to commercial filter cleansers. With three filters, they can get pretty expensive. Is there an equally effective but less expensive way of doing the deep cleaning?

Thanks,

-Jeff

[lena2350]

I've recently purchased a HotSpring "Jetsetter" tub. We have it at our vacation home, which we also rent out when we're not using it. This means that a lot of guests are regularly using the tub.

Thanks to great advice on this board, I'm having no trouble keeping the chemical balance. The water is clear and pure.

There are three filters in the tub. Each week I've been taking them out and hosing them down as recommended on several threads, and I'm amazed at both how yucky they look before spraying, and how clean they become using nothing more than water.

My question is about the use of filter cleaning solution. How often do I need to take the extra step of spraying them with filter cleaner as part of the cleaning process? Or, do I really need to soak them, and again, how often?

I'd also be interested to an alternative to commercial filter cleansers. With three filters, they can get pretty expensive. Is there an equally effective but less expensive way of doing the deep cleaning?

Thanks,

-Jeff

[lena2350]

I've recently purchased a HotSpring "Jetsetter" tub. We have it at our vacation home, which we also rent out when we're not using it. This means that a lot of guests are regularly using the tub.

Thanks to great advice on this board, I'm having no trouble keeping the chemical balance. The water is clear and pure.

There are three filters in the tub. Each week I've been taking them out and hosing them down as recommended on several threads, and I'm amazed at both how yucky they look before spraying, and how clean they become using nothing more than water.

My question is about the use of filter cleaning solution. How often do I need to take the extra step of spraying them with filter cleaner as part of the cleaning process? Or, do I really need to soak them, and again, how often?

I'd also be interested to an alternative to commercial filter cleansers. With three filters, they can get pretty expensive. Is there an equally effective but less expensive way of doing the deep cleaning?

Thanks,

-Jeff

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I hope someone answers your question as I just got my first hot tub (jetsetter too) and would like to know also.

[Dnepr Dave]

I soak my filters in TSP (Tri Sodium Phosphate), You can buy it at most hardware stores. I follow the instructions on the box for making a solution to clean paint brushes, 1/2 Cup per gallon of water. I mix the TSP into a bucket of hot water and let the filter soak in it for a day. Rinse the filter real well with the garden hose and let it dry in the sun. They come out like new!

Be sure to get real TSP, not that environmentally safe TSP substitute, that stuff doesn't work! When you are done, throw it on the lawn, it'll green up nicely.

The reason they make TSP substitutes is that when real phosphates gets into a sewer, it eventually goes into lakes and rivers and causes algae blooms, which suck all the oxygen out of the water, killing the fish. Pour it on your lawn and it makes the lawn happy just like it makes algae happy.

Dave

[polyvue]

When you are done, throw it on the lawn, it'll green up nicely.

Or throw it in your spa/pool (not!) --- it will have the same effect.