31/05/2026
Serious post alert - Sun Cream
As a free board style (mid 20th century design) of pool we get scum lines.
The photo shows a scum line on the pool & where it’s been cleaned.
Sun cream only works if it is absorbed into your skin. That takes at least 20 minutes after it’s been applied. If you enter the pool before that, it will just wash off and pollute the pool & not protect you from the sun.
The suncream creates a scumline which in turn provides a perfect habitat for all those nasties we are putting chlorine in the pool for and trying to filter out. Lots of suncream also affects the water clarity as well as really putting us on the back foot in terms of chlorine.
Some of our fellow lidos are not allowing folks in the water for 20 mins if they’re seen applying sun cream poolside.
We are currently planning our capacities for the summer holidays- if we don’t see a change in behaviour, sadly we will have reduce our summer capacity to protect the pool water quality- this will result in fewer swimmers and more disappointed people unable to swim safely in a lido. It will also negatively impact the pool’s revenue.
PROTECT YOURSELF & PROTECT THE POOL - apply suncream 20 mins before swimming.
If anyone wants to volunteer to help clean the scum lines you can have some free swims and as much baking soda (what we use to clean the tiles) as you want.
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