Spa or Hot Tub Vinyl Cover Cleaning and Maintenance Instructions and Advice

Spa or Hot Tub Vinyl Cover Cleaning Instructions and Maintenance Advice

Spa Tec's General Vinyl Spa or Hot Tub Cover Cleaning and Sealing Instructions:

1. Remove Spa cover and place exterior up on a flat surface such as a deck, cement pad or other well drained surface.
2. Drizzle mild hand dish washing soap like Dawn onto vinyl encasement.
3. Lightly spray with water from garden hose.
4. Scrub surface with a soft bristle brush or soft bristle floor broom.
5. Rinse with garden hose to see results and repeat until satisfied.
6. Flip cover over and repeat process. Do not stress hinged area of cover.
7. Stand cover up and rinse entire cover again until soap suds disappear.
NOTE: If soap suds enter into spa (hot tub) vessel when reinstalling you will have a suds problem in the water after turning spa back on. Be sure cover is soap suds free prior to reinstalling...
8. Allow cover exterior to dry thoroughly.
9. Spray vinyl exterior only with a Ultra Violet (U.V) inhibiting type automotive vinyl sealer to repel sun damage and staining. Do not seal under side vinyl...

 If the Spa or Hot Tub Cover has Black Mildew (Mold), Green Algae, Scum or if the Cover Smells Musty, here's how to rectify the situation:

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Click to Enlarge. Spa cover shown with black mildew on the left of pic..

Other uses for mixture: 
  This cleaning method can also be applied to the spa cabinet wood or composite plastic, tile and grout, decking and floors, fencing or privacy walls, gazebos, window frames, steps and others areas. 

  To clean spa vessel interior surface use an empty spray bottle with 25% bleach to 75% water ratio no soap.

 Do not apply the mixture to areas where bushes, grass or trees are near or rooted, the solution will seriously impact if not kill the vegetation.

Instructions to clean mold plus:
1. Remove foam cores from the vinyl encasement by opening hidden zippers in hinge area.
NOTE: Do Not puncture or scuff the plastic vapor barrier surrounding the foam inserts.
2. Mix two gallons of water, a teaspoon of mild hand dishwashing soap like Dawn and one cup of bleach in a bucket to create solution.
3. With a soft bristle brush, scrub the outside of the encasement thoroughly with mixed cleaner, let it sit and re apply mix in problem areas as needed.
4. Hose off with water and turn the vinyl encasement inside out, repeat cleaning process.
5. Wipe down foam cores with a wash cloth and mixed solution.
6. Rinse both well and stand cores up to dry..
7. Place the encasement in the sun and foam cores in the shade to dry. Do Not put foam cores in the sun, they will melt!
8. Once everything is dry, spray the foam cores and inside the vinyl encasement with a mildew inhibitor like Pine Sol®.
9. Allow everything to dry completely.
10. Reassemble.
11. Spray exterior only vinyl with a U.V. inhibiting type automotive vinyl sealer to repel sun damage and staining.

 Note: Make sure to maintain proper water chemistry to avoid mildew from returning.

  Following these guidelines is a recommendation by our experience with cleaning covers for spas and hot tubs. Please read this link:  Spa Tec's Web Site Information and Directions Disclaimer before proceeding with alterations to these directions.

Toxic Black mildew(mold) can cause Aspergillosis:

Aspergillosis: The group of diseases caused by Aspergillus.
The most common subtype among paranasal sinus infections associated with aspergillosis is Aspergillus fumigatus.
The symptoms include fever, cough, chest pain or breathlessness, which also occur in many other illnesses so diagnosis can be difficult. Usually, only patients with already weakened immune systems or who suffer other lung conditions are susceptible.
In humans, the major forms of disease are:
    -Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis or ABPA, which affects patients with respiratory diseases such as asthma, cystic fibrosis, and sinusitis.
  • -Acute invasive aspergillosis, a form that grows into surrounding tissue, more common in those with weakened immune systems such as AIDS or chemotherapy patients.
  • -Disseminated invasive aspergillosis, an infection spread widely through the body.
  • -Aspergilloma, a "fungus ball" that can form within cavities such as the lung.
Definition source -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus

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