Don’t even think of dying your hot tub green for St. Patrick’s Day. Indeed, green spa water, whether it’s from food dye, or because the hot tub water has been poorly sanitized, is not the way to enjoy ‘wearing of the green.’
Why ‘Dying’ your Hot Tub Water Is a Bad Idea
Chicago River, St. Patrick’s Day
It will require too much food coloring to tint your spa water, which in turn would be extremely difficult to filter out of your hot tub’s systems.
While you may see reports that, for example, in Illinois they turn the whole Chicago River green for St. Patrick’s Day.
Remember! The parade organizer who came up with a formula for turning the Chicago River’s water green without harming or polluting the river has kept his special formula top-secret.
He’s been quoted as saying that revealing his secret was akin to, “telling where the leprechaun hides its gold.”
Filling Your Hot Tub with Beer Is Also a No No.
Green Beer Only by the Mug-full
As for adding beer to your spa, you really don’t want to be absorbing all that alcohol through your pores. In addition to serious intoxication, alcohol absorbed this way can affect sensitive parts of the body in very unpleasant ways.
We highly recommend saving any intake of alcohol until after you and your friends are out of the tub. That’s the time for the green beer!
How Do You Turn a Hot Tub Green?
Many spas offer models with an interior lighting package that will turn your hot tub green with the push of a button. Such LED lighting packages are available in all the different spas we sell at Best Hot Tubs (Aspen Spas, Strong Spas, and also Bullfrog Spas in our Windham store only).
Here’s a brief video showing LED lighting available on Aspen Spas:
Bullfrog Spas Interior Lighting
Strong Spas Interior Lighting:
And as you can see, our other manufacturers, Bullfrog and Strong Spas offer the same option.
If you don’t have LED lighting installed in your hot tub, floating LED lights, with waterproof seals are available online.
So if your purchasing a hot tub from us, we can say with no blarney: Green is a good color on you!
Bullfrog Spas Interior Lighting
Note: Our feature photo at the top of the page was provided to us by one of our clients. He and his partner opted for an automated cover with their Bullfrog Spa, which boasts interior lighting as well — talk about party central! Erin go bragh!
