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While most people are careful about water maintenance, yet many do not think about the surface area above the water line. Buying a hot tub or spa made from cast acrylic allows the owner to truly relax and enjoy the investment. Lucite is a name you can trust and rely upon for a tub with lasting beauty, also check to see if the tub comes with MicrobanŽ a bacteria killing agent on the surface of the hot tub or spa. Beauty that last From multi-color marble patterns to simulated granite, acrylic offers a wide variety of colors and styles from which to choose. A major advantage of acrylic is its smooth, high-gloss finish that gives the hot tub shell surface a luxurious sheen and is easy to clean, unlike the textured surface of OAS. Its hard, non-porous surface prevents dirt from accumulating and resists stains, allowing you to maintain your hot tub simply and easily. Lastly, acrylic's durability allows any type of chemical sanitizer to be used. Due to all of the inherent benefits that acrylic provides, most manufacturers have chosen to use acrylic as their shell surface material. A recent innovation that has separated one continuous cast acrylic supplier from the rest is the introduction of MicrobanŽ, antimicrobial product protection. MicrobanŽ is not a coating, but an additive that is literally impregnated into the acrylic, and inhibits the growth of bacteria that causes odor and stains. While the entire hot tub shell is protected, a major advantage is that it protects the area above the waterline. Areas above the waterline do not benefit from the use of chemical sanitizers, and are usually defenseless to bacteria. MicrobanŽ helps to preserve the appearance of the shell's surface, as well as making the shell easier to clean. MicrobanŽ antimicrobial product protection is designed to last for the life of the hot tub There are several different continuous cast acrylic manufacturers to choose from, however, only Ineos Acrylics, the manufacturer of LuciteŽ Cast Acrylic, uses MicrobanŽ in its acrylic sheets. Keep in mind that not all products manufactured by Ineos Acrylics include MicrobanŽ. |