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weird stuff
« on: August 17, 2006, 12:18:21 am »
ok first refill after 30 days water is clear chems are good but im seeing this weird translucent sediment.i took some out with net and after it dried it was a white powder.while wet its gooey wierd stufff whadya think?

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« on: August 17, 2006, 12:18:21 am »

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Re: weird stuff
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2006, 12:35:37 am »
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ok first refill after 30 days water is clear chems are good but im seeing this weird translucent sediment.i took some out with net and after it dried it was a white powder.while wet its gooey wierd stufff whadya think?

While wet its gooey weird stuff huh....hmmm

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Re: weird stuff
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2006, 08:06:28 am »
Weird leaning towards gross.  :P
Have you asked your dealer? I see you have a Marquis and I guess you're using the bromine inline system? I've had my Marquis over a year and never saw anything like that.
What chemicals are you using? Does anyone who uses the tub use skin creams, hair conditioners, etc.?

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Re: weird stuff
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2006, 08:41:38 am »
The only thing I've ever seen that would be translucent was a form of algie I've seen on an old used tub I got third hand. At first I thought perhaps these floating things were bits of silicone from a repair, but later came to the conclusion they were algie.  Does this sound simillair to what you are expericencing?
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Re: weird stuff
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2006, 09:02:00 am »
it doesnt float, yes bromine system yea its like silicone but dries into a white powder just dunno what todo bout it gonna rinse filters maybe residue from dishwasher no foaming though

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Re: weird stuff
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2006, 11:53:13 am »
If it looks a bit like somebody dropped a tissue into the spa, then you have one of two things:
1. Water mold. Shock heavily w/chlorine and clean the filters for three days.
2. Somebody dropped a tissue into the spa.

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Re: weird stuff
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2006, 11:58:58 am »
nope nuthin like that

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Re: weird stuff
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2006, 02:17:02 pm »
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...maybe residue from dishwasher no foaming though

Did you use the dishwasher to rinse the filters? You should only be using plain water, nothing added.
Otherwise, I'm at a loss. Maybe some of the greater minds here might know.  ::)

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Re: weird stuff
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2006, 02:50:01 pm »
Might be just good ol' Calcium. Drop the pH and TA a bit, and keep it down for a few days. If it goes away, then you know.

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Re: weird stuff
« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2006, 02:57:57 pm »
Just wondering...you put your filters in the dishwasher?  I know Hot Springs have filters that can be cleaned in the dishwasher, but you have a Marquis tub, right? Maybe your strange stuff is a result of washing the filters in the dishwasher...I don't think Marquis recommends washing their filters in a dishwasher...Mendo..Markee..DPS...could verify that.
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Re: weird stuff
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2006, 02:59:07 pm »
Or NE Phil, who was thinking the same thing that I was  ;)
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Re: weird stuff
« Reply #11 on: August 17, 2006, 05:53:38 pm »
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Or NE Phil, who was thinking the same thing that I was  ;)

Hi Bonibelle,
Actually, I do rinse the filters in the dishwasher. I let them soak in the filter cleaner, hose 'em down and give them a final rinse in the dishwasher to make sure I remove any remaining cleaner residue out of them. Just make sure you turn off the heat cycle. Air dry only.
But no soap in the dishwasher!  :D

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Re: weird stuff
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2006, 06:49:11 pm »
I'm with snoopy.
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« Reply #13 on: August 17, 2006, 09:13:21 pm »
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Or NE Phil, who was thinking the same thing that I was  ;)

Hi Bonibelle,
Actually, I do rinse the filters in the dishwasher. I let them soak in the filter cleaner, hose 'em down and give them a final rinse in the dishwasher to make sure I remove any remaining cleaner residue out of them. Just make sure you turn off the heat cycle. Air dry only.
But no soap in the dishwasher!  :D

Phil
absoslutely..... when washing your filters in a dishwasher, the dishwashing soap could leave residue. i think a couple of spoonfulls of laundry sopa would work well..... in the dishwasher.... ;) ;) ;) ::)

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Re: weird stuff
« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2007, 12:51:32 pm »
DId someone with assteroids use the pool recently?  Sounds to me like Preparation H(ot Tub) precipitate. :'(
...better a bottle in front of me, than a prefrontal lobotomy...on second thought, fire up the spa, Ma

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