Preparing for a party

[orlandoguy]

Tommorow, we are having a barbecue and my tub will be at the center of the action I am guessing.  In preparation, I was thinking about adding extra bromine, or is it better to add it after everyone leaves with a shock???

I am also thinking of doing a complete drain and refill and planned the following steps and was wondering if I am I am on the right track.  More than likely, i will do the drain after the party.

1.  Drain water.
2.refill water.
3.  Shock with capfull of bromine.
4.  Test levels.


The reason I am doing the drain is because I think I am guilty of the newbie mistake of overdoing the the chemicals the first month and now my levels are hard to maintain.

Thank you to anyone who can help.

[Mendocino101]

Its not a bad idea to get you sanitizer level to the upper levels of the OK or safe range if you have a lot of people in and out of the spa perhaps after a few hours you may want all to exit the spa add some shock and let it run for 20 minutes or so. and than have people back in the spa.

[bosco0633]

I just had a big party.  I too use bromine.  I added 4 tbl spoons of shock to my tub and ran the boost cycle.  Company came later in the day, used tub most of the night and when they left, I figured about 8 users in total so I added 8 table spoons.  I woke up went outside and the water was crystal clear again.  Bromine was a little high but the levels came back down quickly, I just left lid off to let sun get at it.

As for you chemicals.  If your water is that far out, I would say dump it.  If I were you, I would keep my water and figure out just how it works.  Get this water good again so the next fill will be perfect.  

[windsurfdog]

I just had a big party.  I too use bromine.  I added 4 tbl spoons of shock to my tub and ran the boost cycle.  Company came later in the day, used tub most of the night and when they left, I figured about 8 users in total so I added 8 table spoons.  I woke up went outside and the water was crystal clear again.  Bromine was a little high but the levels came back down quickly, I just left lid off to let sun get at it.

8 TABLESPOONS??  YEOW![/i]  Your water had BETTER be crystal clear.  That sure seems like a LOT of bromine.  With dichlor, I would just add 4 TEASPOONS or so to bring the chlorine level up to +-6 ppm.  Then I'd probably shock with MPS in the next 1-2 days.

[Rayman]

My first weekend with the tub I had 35 people in the tub on and off for an entire day and only put in 2 tablespoons and all was fine except for some foam that went away after a few days of tinkering.

Ray

[wmccall]

If the water looks clear, drain and refill after the party. As long as the water doesn't look like milk or smell bad, the party will be a great time.  Party guests can mess up water faster than anything else I would guess.  Unless you really want to impress them with crystal clear water and don't mind dumping twice in a week.  

[tony]

A little dichlor in a bromine tub during heavy use works real well.