Pool party clean up tips

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Making sure your pool or spa is clean before, during, and after a pool party doesn't have to be hard. We've had our fair share of parties and cleanups, so here are a few of our top tips to get you through.

BEFORE THE PARTY

  • Ensure your water is balanced.

  • Remove all the debris from the pool with a manual vacuum and leaf rake.

  • Balance your water and shock your pool with liquid chlorine or a pool shock sachet (average size pool is 5 lts of liquid or 500 grams of granular chlorine), balance your spa and add the recommended amount of a non-chlorine oxidiser as well as remove the cover if planning to use straight away.

DURING THE PARTY

  • If your pool is being used consistently, have the pump running without any automatic cleaner attached to improve water flow and reduce the possibility of damage to your cleaner, always run the spa whilst in use.

  • If the pool continues to be used heavily, using a non-chlorine shock such as Oxyshock can be added when there is a short break in swimmer use like lunchtime or even down the skimmer box during prolonged swimming periods to help maintain clarity and burn off organic swimmer waste.

AFTER THE PARTY

  • Remove all debris from the pool or spa such as streamers, paper, bottle caps, paper plates, plastic cutlery, etc. If a bottle cap or metal object is left on the bottom of the pool or spa too long, it could stain the surface.

  • Clean out all the baskets to improve water flow, both skimmer, and pump baskets will have party debris in them.

  • Check the pressure in the filter and if it isn’t too high allow it to filter for another 24 hrs (for a pool) or 2 hours for a spa to filter out finer particles. If the pressure gets too high, give the filter a quick backwash (1 minute with a 1 minute rinse) or clean with the hose for cartridge & D.E filters.

  • Bring a water sample down to us at your nearest Rode Pools shop for testing to have it balanced up as soon as possible ready for the next time!