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Thanks Nitro We have done the Decomtamination process already and tested the process to comfrim it worked. It seemed to because after added chlorine and waiting 24Hrs there was still the residual free chlorine (FC) so I think the procedure worked but the problem was re interduced some how. THe rash and iching comes a few days after I have used the tub. I appieciate your question about when the rach appears because I was beginning to think that perhaps it was a reaction to the Chlorine but I'm sure now it's not. Because the weather here is quite nice I 'll proceed with the decontamination one more time and will start to use the bleach to see if this resolves the problem. I have had some thoughts about useing bleach in the passed so this idea fits with my thinking. Any thing to add

Thanks SoCal I have a very simalar problem. We have had our tub for about 4 years now and the first 3.5 years were just about perfect with the odd complaint coming from my loving wife about some itching which we think was coming from the odd time the chlorine was a bit high. We then thought perhaps it would be better to use Bromine which we tryed for a few months. This was some what better for a while but over time this became problematic as well, so we switched back to Chlorine and my wifes rashes although rare came back. To reduce the amount of rashes she was getting I reduced the level of Chlorine. Although this seemed to work for a few months I soon developed a rash that I came to know as falliculitis which I'm convinced is right. The problem I have it that if this rash is in fact bacterial them why am I the only one that get's it. I have tryed every published solution to resolve this because we spent every evening in our tub sipping on a class of wine and and discussing our day. Our tub does have an ozonator that is to be some help with the sanitation but I'm thinking it may have quit or for some reason has become inefective. What I'm now prepard to try in your method with the hopes that it will work and I'll once again be able to enjoy the tub and the discussions with my wife. It should be noted that I'm *** retentive with my water qualty in my tub and have become obsessed with fixing my water and usinf my hot tub every day again. I await your thoughts T