Comments on: Black Goo in Jetted Tub http://www.home-ec101.com/watching-all-my-troubles-go-swingin-down-the-drain/ Skills for everyday living. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:44:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chrishttp://www.home-ec101.com/watching-all-my-troubles-go-swingin-down-the-drain/comment-page-1/#comment-68962 Chris Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:26:25 +0000 http://www.home-ec101.com/?p=305#comment-68962 It's definitely worth taking the time to clean those jets out. Interesting points from Bill about using bleach too. It's definitely worth taking the time to clean those jets out. Interesting points from Bill about using bleach too.

]]> By: Rachelhttp://www.home-ec101.com/watching-all-my-troubles-go-swingin-down-the-drain/comment-page-1/#comment-56229 Rachel Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:31:52 +0000 http://www.home-ec101.com/?p=305#comment-56229 Oh wow! Thank you for this!! When we moved into our house, we turned on the jets only to discover some pinkish stuff that came out. Which I guess is from the hard water buildup. I avoid using our lovely jet tub because of it! I'm going to try this! Thanks again! Oh wow! Thank you for this!! When we moved into our house, we turned on the jets only to discover some pinkish stuff that came out. Which I guess is from the hard water buildup. I avoid using our lovely jet tub because of it! I'm going to try this! Thanks again!

]]> By: Guesthttp://www.home-ec101.com/watching-all-my-troubles-go-swingin-down-the-drain/comment-page-1/#comment-47102 Guest Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:08:54 +0000 http://www.home-ec101.com/?p=305#comment-47102 I read many blogs from the gurus of "home makers" and yet I sometimes don't see anything but the same easy answers that really don't solve the problem, but create more problems. Let's take a clogged drain for an example. The detergent, the same one you suggest above, that you have been using in the kitchen sink has been coating the walls of the pipes for years. Soap is just a natural coating for bio-film. Now Drano will do a job on the pipes, the acid test, and will clean them up good, and in a number of years your metal pipes will have holes in them.Bleach is the all around sanitizer but is not really that strong to continually clean a jetted tub because it looses its strength as it cleans, and you really don't know if it did the job thorough or not. As bleach sanitizes it loses its free available chlorine to chlorimides ... one reason that chlorine needs to be added constantly to pools .... it's constantly cleaning the never ending dirt. Using a lot of bleach in a jetted tub starts to break down the gaskets and any rubber it comes in contact with, making the 30+ feet of piping very vulnerable to leakage causing more problems in your house.Bio Cleaners are what I call the "PacMan" of the Jetted Tub pipe cleaners. These good bacteria and/or enzymes scrape the walls of the pipes until they are clean and there is nothing more to clean. Bio cleaners are green and effective and do just as advertised, they clean pipes whether in a jetted tub or a sink. For this concern, they (bio cleaners) clean jetted tubs just fine so that the pipes are bacteria free and human gunk, etc has been scraped off the walls making the spa ready for a relaxing bath.I did the research, and you can find out more information about how to clean a jetted tub, spa, whirlpool bath, jacuzzi, etc on my website, http://www.thesandandthefoam.com.Peace Bill I read many blogs from the gurus of “home makers” and yet I sometimes don’t see anything but the same easy answers that really don’t solve the problem, but create more problems. Let’s take a clogged drain for an example. The detergent, the same one you suggest above, that you have been using in the kitchen sink has been coating the walls of the pipes for years. Soap is just a natural coating for bio-film. Now Drano will do a job on the pipes, the acid test, and will clean them up good, and in a number of years your metal pipes will have holes in them.

Bleach is the all around sanitizer but is not really that strong to continually clean a jetted tub because it looses its strength as it cleans, and you really don’t know if it did the job thorough or not. As bleach sanitizes it loses its free available chlorine to chlorimides … one reason that chlorine needs to be added constantly to pools …. it’s constantly cleaning the never ending dirt. Using a lot of bleach in a jetted tub starts to break down the gaskets and any rubber it comes in contact with, making the 30+ feet of piping very vulnerable to leakage causing more problems in your house.

Bio Cleaners are what I call the “PacMan” of the Jetted Tub pipe cleaners. These good bacteria and/or enzymes scrape the walls of the pipes until they are clean and there is nothing more to clean. Bio cleaners are green and effective and do just as advertised, they clean pipes whether in a jetted tub or a sink. For this concern, they (bio cleaners) clean jetted tubs just fine so that the pipes are bacteria free and human gunk, etc has been scraped off the walls making the spa ready for a relaxing bath.

I did the research, and you can find out more information about how to clean a jetted tub, spa, whirlpool bath, jacuzzi, etc on my website, http://www.thesandandthefoam.com.

Peace
Bill

]]> By: jettybettyhttp://www.home-ec101.com/watching-all-my-troubles-go-swingin-down-the-drain/comment-page-1/#comment-2223 jettybetty Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:07:25 +0000 http://www.home-ec101.com/?p=305#comment-2223 O my! Thanks so much for this--I hate to tell you how long it's been since those little jets were really clean! This sounds easy enough even I can do it! O my! Thanks so much for this–I hate to tell you how long it’s been since those little jets were really clean! This sounds easy enough even I can do it!

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