Vash the Stampede

Decided to crack open the spa and clean it out for the summer. Gave it the full treatment this time, including a few cups of front loader washing powder.

Results were impressive!







Took a couple of days to get it all flushed out of the system.

Had some fun with Pup today:

irishbloo

In the top two photos is your wife underneath the suds.

sonlymewalter

wouldn't the top loader washing powder ruin it mate?

Pup is the spitting image of you - bet she had a great time too

Vash the Stampede

No, she was busy taking photos.

Not sure if serious?!

Yep.

sonlymewalter

yeh I was serious mate Presume you were joking bout the suds right

rasen78

Fab photos Vash. The LO is gorgeous I want one....and a hot tub

Your story reminds me of when ROMFT and I were on a romantic holiday to Ireland (perhaps an oxymoron) and had booked into a lovely little guest house on the outskirts of Blarney. T'was a lovely hot tub on a verandah outside, and our room also had a spa bath.

Deciding to be romantic, I put some bubble bath in said spa bath and turned it on.

5 mins later, the bath was overflowing with bubbles, and even once I had switched off the spa, they didn't stop growing There were still bubbles in the bathroom when we left the next day

We gave up on the bath and retired to the hot tub - sans bubble bath

Vash the Stampede

I wasn't joking; those suds really are from washing powder. But washing powder is nowhere near as caustic as chlorine and it's only running through plastic pipes, so how could it damage anything?

Thanks.

We had our honeymoon in the Irish Republic (rented a little chalet by the beach in Kilmuckridge). It had an indoor spa just big enough for two people. Every day we would fill it and soak for a couple of hours before leaving the house.

carolinephillips

Hours???? You must have looked like a couple of prunes!!!!

rasen78

I could spend all day in a hot tub. It is one of the few places I can completely relax. Keep your baths and spa baths, tis a hot tub for me all the way, followed by a brilliant powershower

Vash the Stampede

We did. Hot water was on an electric system, so every now & then I had to climb out of the tub, drip my way to the meter and throw in a handful of wet Euros to keep us warm.

sonlymewalter

Not sure to be honest mate but I think when we bought our spa the instructions said not to use anything like bubble bath or liquids/soaps so I'm presuming it could buggar it up

we only use spa stuff for that reason but I'd prefer bubbles if we could

Vash the Stampede

As long as it's all drained and flushed properly, I can't see any harm.

sonlymewalter

I might try it sometime

Spa's are fab

simnmax

Don't, we put washing up liquid in ours, the results were very impressive.
A couple of days later & the pump is screeching like mad, apparently the rubber seals in the impeller had swollen due to the detergent, took a while to fix, so wouldn't risk it again.
Hopefully Vash's spa doesn't suffer the same fate.

sonlymewalter

oops..that might be why the instructions said not to

thanks for the heads up