Our daughter dumped Calgon in the Spa (hot tub), now what?

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Our cute, innocent, delicate, wonderful, loving little daughter just dumped about a quarter of a box of calgon in the hot tub. The water is blue, and the scent is nice, but OMG!, What should I do? Do I drain the tub? Here in OHIO it's snowing, draining it would be a pain! (it's an outdoor tub that we use daily). Suggestions anyone? Drain it or wait it out?



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  1. Dr. Hot Tub Wilmington NC says:
    June 30, 2009 at 6:28 pm

    First put one 1/2 gallon of distilled vinegar in it. run your pumps for a few minutes. Drain competely. Repeat with fresh water two more times and you should be alright. What a mess that can be.

    For the person that thinks it’s no big deal..it is. Waterway jet gaskets will deterioate if they are using the common Bromine or Chlorine sanitizers. Waterway gasets are in most hot tubs. It’s the combination of chemicals that will do the harm. Calgon by itself will do nothing except foam like crazy. On average it takes me roughly 45 minutes to change out a jet’s O-rings on a non-foamed tub. If it’s foamed then we have to dig out the foam adding hours sometime for one jet.

    I must admit bad advice like this keeps me driving Porches and Range Rovers. Thanks!

  2. Joe P says:
    June 30, 2009 at 6:28 pm

    You have no option. Drain the thing completely, rinse it well, and fill it again. If you wait, there could be damage done to your pumps.
    Happened to me too, but with Mr. Bubble.

  3. ec1177 says:
    June 30, 2009 at 6:28 pm

    I have been a hot tub owner for a long time and I don’t see any big deal here. I think calgon is a water softener used in laundry but a quarter of a box in a hot tub should do no harm. It might even be kind of nice. Check the box to see if there are any ingredients that can harm you if not it should be fine until your next scheduled water change. If it has something nasty then a water change would be all you need. There is no way a little bit of calgon would hurt any of the pumps or plumbing or it would destroy your washing machine as well

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