I Put TOO MUCH Oh Yuk in This Hot Tub… Look What Happened! ???? AZHTF - Video

I put TOO MUCH Oh Yuk in this hot tub… and you’re not going to believe what happened!

Today’s job was a Flush & Fill / hot tub purge on a spa at an Airbnb that was in serious need of a deep cleaning.

I use Oh Yuk Hot Tub Cleaner for our plumbing purges. Oh Yuk recommends 8 ounces, and I believe that amount makes sense for routine maintenance when you’re purging and changing your hot tub water regularly—approximately every 90–100 days.

But this wasn’t a normal maintenance job.

This hot tub was NASTY, and on really dirty spas I will sometimes increase the amount of purge chemical I use. Depending on the size and condition of the hot tub, I may use around 12 ounces, and on rare occasions considerably more.

Well… today I got a little carried away. ????

Once we fired everything up and started circulating the Oh Yuk through the plumbing, the foam just kept building.

And building.

And BUILDING!

Eventually we had approximately 12 inches of foam above the top of the hot tub and it was overflowing!

Was that much Oh Yuk necessary? No. But it certainly made for an interesting service call—and a good lesson about how much purge chemical you actually need.

After purging the plumbing, draining the spa, cleaning everything out, refilling it and balancing the water, the entire Flush & Fill took approximately 3½ hours.

The difference was incredible. This Airbnb hot tub came out beautiful, clean and ready for the next guests.

In this video I’ll show you what happened, the amount of foam we created, and our real-world process for taking a heavily used hot tub and getting it cleaned up and back into service.

My name is Scott with Arizona Hot Tub Factory, and they call me SpaMan.

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Remember: It’s just a tub in the backyard that blows bubbles and heats up. Don’t go crazy, everybody!

See you on the next video.