Epsom Salts

[Onoff]

I know she's turning into her mother but tonight SWMBO informs me she's bought some Epsom Salts! "WTF?" I asked. Apparently because "They're good for you!"

 

 (She has I think a hernia which she's convinced isn't and wants a soak in the bath which I can appreciate).

 

BUT...in the back of my mind something's telling me these salts will not be good for the spa bath and rot the jets & pump. I really don't want to knacker it before we've even run it. Possibly it'll be even worse as the pump isn't yet running and the stuff might sit in there and not get washed through.

 

@Nickfromwales, one for you mate!

 

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Edited January 26, 2018 by Onoff

[Cpd]

Dont know what it will do to the pumps but they are very good for you, not that that helps .... when i have used them they fully dissolve in the hot water.  

[Nickfromwales]

Id have thought they dissolve more every time you fill and run the bath. You have to routinely clean the whirlpool baths anyhoo so id say not to worry. Google will be your friend on this one as Im not a fan of the spa baths  just because of the maintenance. 

[Hecateh]

Epsom salts are magnesium - we are generally short of magnesium in our bodies because of intensive farming.  I have no idea what they will do to your system but they are not sodium chloride based.  

If you decide against it there are other ways of getting the physical benefits ( Magnesium glycinate and/pr magnesium malate capsules/

Another thought that has come to mind - salts are used to soften water so shouldn't they be positive rather than negative to your system

[Onoff]

21 minutes ago, Hecateh said:

Epsom salts are magnesium - we are generally short of magnesium in our bodies because of intensive farming.  I have no idea what they will do to your system but they are not sodium chloride based.  

If you decide against it there are other ways of getting the physical benefits ( Magnesium glycinate and/pr magnesium malate capsules/

Another thought that has come to mind - salts are used to soften water so shouldn't they be positive rather than negative to your system

 

Pretty sure water softening salts are sodium chloride and used to remove maganese, iron, calcium etc that make water "hard"

 

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[A_L]

Epsom salts are Magnesium Sulphate (MgSO₄), are, as has already been said totally soluble in water at any practical concentration, inoffensive to your bath and easily removed by flushing with more fresh water.

[Ferdinand]

get the Cod Liver Oil In, Mrs Onoff....

Edited January 27, 2018 by Ferdinand