Darla

Thank you for the reply. I cleaned/refilled tub. No bubble bath now lol. I plan on learning everything I can on this great forum. I don't want to depend on the spa store. I also have the recommended test kit, and am reading up on that. It just seems very complicated right now.

Thank you for your reply. I shocked it, but foam remained after few hrs. So I decided to deep clean/drain/refill -because of the sticky scum. The clothing detergent left on clothes was accident. I'm brand new to all of this. Less than a week. I don't quite understand the whole shock -with chlorine or bromine. I was under impression chlorine shock is for a deep clean, and can hurt pipes if used too much. And bromine is for every week/after use? I got a water read out from spa store. Followed directions for chems they suggested 1x week. Add stain/scale, then water clarifier, then alk increaser, then pHdecrease, then chlorine concentrate all amounts written on print out. All chems had wait times after adding each one. Thank you.

Hello I bought a used thermospa park avenue tub. I did a pipe flush following directions, then cleaned refilled and added chemicals the spa store suggested. 2 of us got in it, and tub started to foam a lot. Like a bubble bath. I think it was too much clothing detergent. It had A faint smell of detergent. A grey, bluish green sticky film also showed up. We got out & showered and also cleaned the film in tub, and filters. I don't know if I should just shock the pool, or redo the whole heavy duty cleaning/water dump and start over. The sticky stuff was gross and I don't want to get in now:(