Hi Nicole! I guess I should have been more specific. I drain the tub and make sure all the water is out. I scrub out the tub with a regular old liquid antibacterial soap and a stiff brush to remove all debris. I spray it to rinse. I replace the drain plug, and fill the bath with bleach water. I let it run for ten minutes with the jets on, drain the bleach water, and dry out the tub with a paper towel. I do this between EVERY client. Once every 2 weeks, after I run the tub with the jets on, I leave the bleach water in the tub to stand overnight, as required by my state board. I replace my foot bath about once a year (but the Brookstone bath is the BEST!), so there is not ever any build up of anything. What I was saying, in answer to the original post as to what people use to disinfect, is I disinfect with bleach. I clean it out first with soap and water. This is a cost effective way that is state board approved in Washington, and efficient enough to do between every client... no excessive foam and a complete clean while I am polishing and finishing up. Sorry if my first post was too vague... LOL... I did a 13 hour day today....
Michelle Cordes, LNT The Nail Spa @ Steel Magnolias Salon "The spa for your hands and feet since 1997" Bremerton, Washington www.myspace.com/thenailspa --- On Sat, 5/9/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: NailTech:: disinfecting spas To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009, 8:59 PM Michelle, In Texas we are required to use bleach once weekly, soak the tub overnite. I use a few different products, however, because I don't feel that once a week is enough. Food for thought: say for instance your clients introduces some "BUG" to your spa...then another client introduces yet another "bug", this is on, say Tuesday and you haven't ran bleach for a week or two. so then you have all these "BUGS" multiplying at a rate we probably couldn't comprehend.So what happens in the meantime?? I think doing more, more frequently is the safest approach to protect my clients. I like to use bleach only because it complies with state rules. But I feel a deeper responsibility to my clients and their safety, so I use bleach...OPI spa complete (It is EPA registered) but also I like the product made by Virox for the chelating effect ( ACCEL). I just feel like after the death in Texas by pedicure a few years back, you can never be too careful.(granted, I understand the wman who passed has a compromised immune system) Anyway, Just food for thought Nicole Tausch Shopping for Mom? Save yourself a little time and money on AOL Shopping. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/NailTech?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
