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How to swim year-round without chlorine?

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 16:09:32 No.92656 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>92772

Hello /out/. I love the water and want to swim all year-round, but I have long hair and live in a state with very cold Winters. How can I swim for more than just 1 or 2 months out of the year without chlorine destroying my hair?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 16:18:25 No.92663 Report

Quoted By: >>92679

Shave your hair
Or use salt to purify your water.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 16:23:26 No.92666 Report

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http://earth911.com/news/2012/08/14/chlorine-pool-alternatives-natural-swimming-pools-ozone-pools/

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 16:29:08 No.92673 Report

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buy a chainsaw
swim in the lake

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 16:29:23 No.92674 Report

Quoted By: >>92680

you'll need to get your own swimming pool, no way there's a public swimming pool with no chlorine.

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Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 16:33:25 No.92679 Report

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>>92663

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Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 16:34:34 No.92680 Report

Quoted By: >>92718

>>92674
Yeah, basically what I'm afraid of. Noone have any creative ideas? Like flying South for the Winter? Any actual ideas are welcome (I'm not fucking cutting my hair).

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 17:43:52 No.92718 Report

Quoted By: >>92768

>>92680
I'm just wondering what the hair has to do with anything..?

Also check out salt water pools... they attract mosquito's like its going out of style but since you live in a cool climate you shouldn't have a problem with that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 17:45:40 No.92719 Report

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ask around and do some research, they have that other purifying chemical that's just as good as chlorine and not as harsh to skin or hair.

I forget what its called something with an "e" I believe

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 17:50:05 No.92722 Report

Quoted By: >>92727

Ok, I need to caveat this.

WITHOUT buying/building my own pool (I rent). Besides, I prefer swimming in public. I realize most people are the opposite.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 18:01:42 No.92727 Report

Quoted By: >>92740

>>92722
Talk to your local government and ask them to change the way they treat their pools just for you.

When that doesn't work, get over your hair.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 18:19:18 No.92740 Report

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>>92727
You shut your whore mouth.

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Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 18:23:15 No.92744 Report

Quoted By: >>92750 >>92751

I don't understand. Are you simply retarded, OP?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 18:29:27 No.92750 Report

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>>92744
\this

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Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 18:30:06 No.92751 Report

Quoted By: >>92759

>>92744
I've considered it, but they're not perfect. At least around the edges there's going to be damage. Frankly, I don't like swimming in chlorinated water in general.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 18:37:17 No.92759 Report

Quoted By: >>92770

>>92751
You're kinda just being a wuss. They work fine. Chlorine won't kill you. Stop being such a damned hippy.

No, there are un-chlorinated, heated, public pools. Why would you even ask something that you obviously already know the answer to?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 18:51:23 No.92768 Report

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>>92718
>I'm just wondering what the hair has to do with anything..?

Chlorine is extremely bad for hair.

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Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 18:52:49 No.92770 Report

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>>92759
>You're kinda just being a wuss. They work fine. Chlorine won't kill you. Stop being such a damned hippy.

>being this much of an uninformed retard

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 18:53:33 No.92772 Report

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>>92656
Change your pool to a salt water operated pool.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 19:18:24 No.92797 Report

Quoted By: >>92943

>salt water pools

That's still chlorination. Sure, it starts out as normal table salt, but the chemical reactions that occur cause it to turn into both hypochlorous acid and sodium hypochlorite (bleach). So, you are back to square one. You don't add chlorine to a salt water pool because it generates its own chlorine.

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Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 21:47:06 No.92938 Report

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cut your hair

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 21:52:14 No.92943 Report

Quoted By: >>92977 >>92978

>>92797
not sure if chemist trolling or just supremely retarded....

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 22:28:17 No.92977 Report

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>>92943
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_water_chlorination

Salt water chlorination, is a process that uses dissolved salt (2,500–6,000 ppm) as a store for the chlorination system.[1] In order to achieve this concentration, the chlorine generator (also known as salt cell, salt generator, salt chlorinator) uses electrolysis to break down approximately 200-500 pounds of salt (NaCl). The resulting chemical reaction eventually produces hypochlorous acid (HCIO), and sodium hypochlorite (NaClO), which are the sanitizing agents already commonly used in swimming pools. As such, a saltwater pool is not actually chlorine-free; it simply utilizes a chlorine generator instead of direct addition of chlorine.

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Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 22:30:16 No.92978 Report

Quoted By: >>93006

>>92943
Health Concerns

Scientific research has shown that since saltwater pools still use chlorine sanitization, they generate the same unhealthy disinfection byproducts (DBPs) that are present in traditional pools. Of highest concern are haloketones and trihalomethanes (THMs). Among these, bromoform has been found in swimming pools at up to 13-fold higher than maximum levels set by the World Health Organization.[4]

Many people consider saltwater chlorine generators to be a new item. However, manufacturers have been producing salt chlorine generators in the United States since the early 1980s. The use of saltwater chlorine generators has however grown greatly since the early 2000s. Many hotels and water parks have converted to saltwater systems.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_water_chlorination#Health_Concerns

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 23:03:08 No.93006 Report

Quoted By: >>93021 >>93106

>>92978
None of this shit matters anyway, because I don't like chlorine. Deal with it. We shouldn't be swimming in the fucking poison to begin with. I guess I'll just have to build my own civilization since every single problem I encounter results in myself being the only one smart enough to solve it. Fuck all you plebs. I'll figure it out myself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 23:15:41 No.93021 Report

Quoted By: >>93024

>>93006
What the hell are you going on about?

Someone posted "salt water" as an alternative to chlorine and someone pointed out that salt water actually makes chlorine and is the same thing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Apr 2013 23:17:23 No.93024 Report

Quoted By: >>93106 >>93118

>>93021
Yeah, that's my point. The whole discussion is moot. No need to fight over what's easily looked up on the internet. Nor does it adress my issue.

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molot0v !CocKTAILBg Mon 22 Apr 2013 00:22:16 No.93106 Report

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>>93024
>>93006

Fuck you, OP. It was relevant. Not everyone in here has to serve you.

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Anonymous Mon 22 Apr 2013 00:29:46 No.93118 Report

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>>93024
>The whole discussion is moot.

No it isn't. If people recommend salt and you don't know that the salt system is based on making chlorine then you'd end up with the problem you didn't want in the first place.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 22 Apr 2013 00:33:26 No.93123 Report

Quoted By: >>93126

Swim cap filled with anti-chlorine shampoo and conditioner, showering right after you swim with chlorine removers and such.
It can be done.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 22 Apr 2013 00:37:07 No.93126 Report

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>>93123
Do this, OP. You can leave sudsy trails everywhere you swim and spell out things.

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Anonymous Mon 22 Apr 2013 00:38:14 No.93128 Report

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move somewhere warmer?

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Anonymous Mon 22 Apr 2013 01:10:10 No.93161 Report

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I fail to see the problem.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 22 Apr 2013 11:29:11 No.93585 Report

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some pools use tons of salt to purify the water instead of chlorine

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Anonymous Mon 22 Apr 2013 15:34:21 No.93698 Report

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Those natural swimming pools seem pretty awesome

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 22 Apr 2013 16:02:52 No.93713 Report

Quoted By: >>93756 >>93761

ITT: people that dont know shit about pools.

Salt pools are chlorine pools. I'm a pool guy, ask me specifics and I'll help

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 22 Apr 2013 16:29:50 No.93745 Report

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Well, if you want to swimm there all-year-round, a sunroom might be necessary. Would keep out any mosquitos and stuff too, if properly managed. If you can get some passive heating "cables" or stuff to keep the water at the right temperature, you could do one of those self-cleanig pools. Y'know, where the plant-life keeps the water clean. Just make a plan where they are in the sides and it ought to work. Still, quite a strecht we are going for, so make sure your wallet is deep enough.

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Anonymous Mon 22 Apr 2013 16:48:28 No.93756 Report

Quoted By: >>93761

>>93713

NaCl

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 22 Apr 2013 16:52:04 No.93761 Report

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>>93756
>>93713
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_water_chlorination

Salt water chlorination, is a process that uses dissolved salt (2,500–6,000 ppm) as a store for the chlorination system.[1] In order to achieve this concentration, the chlorine generator (also known as salt cell, salt generator, salt chlorinator) uses electrolysis to break down approximately 200-500 pounds of salt (NaCl). The resulting chemical reaction eventually produces hypochlorous acid (HCIO), and sodium hypochlorite (NaClO), which are the sanitizing agents already commonly used in swimming pools. As such, a saltwater pool is not actually chlorine-free; it simply utilizes a chlorine generator instead of direct addition of chlorine.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 22 Apr 2013 18:25:08 No.93871 Report

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Im the pool guy. Basically if you want chemicals safe for your hair you want to avoid public pools. They have to (at least in GA) have a much higher chlorine count than private pools. A private pool, straight chlorine or salt, is usually supposed to be between 1-4ppm or whatever the measurement is. I forget. If you have a pool with an ozonator you can be down to less than 1 which is fine for your hair. The pH also plays a big part in things, you want it around 7.4. You can do lower, but after 7.1 your eyes and hair will feel it.

Chlorine free alternatives are baquacil, which basically uses hydrogen peroxide as a shock and some other liquid blend as a sanitizer. Ionizer or mineral systems will also have 0-~1 ppm of chlorine. Your best options are those, or just a properly maintained chlorine pool.

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