hottub mom Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 A couple of months ago I tried swirl away. I followed the directions on the bottle but wasn't having a lot of success so I tried more of the product as I have a fairly large hot tub and I was wondering maybe I just wasn't using enough. Finally I did get a bunch of stuff out. Since then every time I run my pumps I get little off-white chunks floating in my water and they get into my filter.Has anybody else had this experience? It is rather frustrating as I have to constantly clean my filters.Is it stuff coming out of the pipes? This was the first time I cleaned the pipes and the tub is 4 years old. use it almost daily. HELP!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spa Dude Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 Don't know how helpfull I can be but I did have the same issue with a tub I was cleaning out using swirl away. The tub had been running for about 2 months at a customers. I brought it back for a service and used swirl away to clean the lines out. After flushing this out and filling with fresh water the spa ran over nighgt, the next day I had a load of white flakes from the lines in the footwell and caught in the filter, it's basically bio film from the pipework. After draining the water for a second time and giving the filter a good clean, the water was fine, I only got a small amount of flakes caught in the filter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hottub mom Posted December 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 Did you run the pumps overnight? I have changed my water 2 or 3 times already but this stuff keeps showing up every time I am in my tub and run my jets and I am getting to where I don't want to use the jets but I want to get rid of the source of the problem.I have not had any luck finding any info online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quantumchromodynamics Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 The chunks could be calcium carbonate. What do the chunks look like? What do they feel like? Try putting them in some vinegar to see if they will dissolve. What are all of your chemical readings? Free chlorine Combined chlorine pH Total alkalinity Calcium Cyanuric acid Temperature Note: Swirl Away contains surfactants, trisodium phosphate, tetrasodium iminodisuccinate and sodium bicarbonate. Ingredients.................................... CAS#................ Wt%....... ACGIH-TLVSURFACTANT BLEND............... NAV............... 3 - 7............ NONE TRISODIUM PHOSPHATE....... 7601-54-9......... 3 - 7........... NAV IMINODISUCCINIC ACID TETRASODIUM SALT........... 144538-83-0....... 3 – 7............. NAV SODIUM BICARBONATE..... 144-55-8.............. 5-10............. NAV http://www.swirlaway.net/msds/Swirl-Away_MSDS.pdf [edit]The link for the MSDS might not work. Possibly a temporary issue?[end edit] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly Hot Tub Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 bromine will also leave white flakes, if you used bromine for 4 years, then cleaned the plumbing, it could just be continueing to disslodge, PH wont effect the bromine flakes much, 9it is salt residue) and time will take it out. We suggest swirl away on a yearly basis so that the "gunk" does not build up as much. As quantum states, knowing all your water stats will help in deciding what it could be and what to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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