How to Shock Your Hot Tub for Clean Water

If you've noticed your water looking a bit cloudy or smelling a little funky, you probably need to know how to shock your hot tub to get things back to normal. It's one of those maintenance tasks that sounds a bit intimidating at first—like you're performing a high-stakes chemistry experiment—but it's actually pretty straightforward once you get the hang of it. Shocking is basically just giving your spa a "super-dose" of sanitizer to kill off all the stuff that regular filtering and daily chemical hits can't quite handle. ...

May 10, 2026 · 7 min · Tiffeani Residencia