STREET CLOTHES IN POOL?

Wearing street clothes in the pool can affect your water and actually the pool itself. While an occasionally dip in the pool in regular clothes probably won’t make that much of a difference, regular swimming from many different people in every day street clothes can negatively impact your water clarity, quality and even cause damage to your pools drains and filter.
Fibers and Strands
Most normal street clothes that you might consider okay for a dip in the pool are usually made from cotton or some form of a cotton textile such as denim. These clothes can fray easily and leave little bits and pieces of themselves behind such as strings from a pair of cut off jeans. While one or two of these little strands won’t really impact your pool in any way, if you have a lot of people diving into your pool in these types of clothing the strands can start to add up.Over time, this will clog up your drain and it could even clog your filter or pipes leaving you with quite a mess to clean up and repair in order to get your pool back into working order again. Clothing Dyes
Not all clothing dyes are made alike and many of them simply don’t mix well with the chlorine that is in your pool. If you have a big group over for a pool party and several of them swim in clothes that are heavily dyed you might notice that your pool appears a little cloudy the next day. That is because the chlorine interacts with these dyes causing them to bleed into the water thus giving it that cloudy and unhealthy appearance.
Health Issues
Cotton fibers can harbor bacteria and fiber for much longer than other types of swimsuit materials. No matter how well you think you know someone, you don’t really know where they have been and what they have been doing before they want to jump into your pool. Their clothing could be hiding types of bacteria or viruses that could cause some of your other guests to get sick after taking a dip in the pool.
While it is true that many of these bacteria won’t survive a soaking with chlorine, some are strong enough to withstand the drenching and could make their way to one of your unsuspecting guests. This potential health hazard is actually one of the biggest reasons public pools ban the use of the clothing.
Comfort and Safety
Have you ever jumped into a pool or lake with your clothes on? If not, you should try it sometime. It is not the most comfortable experience in the world especially if you are wearing jeans. The clothes quickly become heavy and cumbersome making it more difficult to swim and move leading to potential safety issues especially for those that aren’t the strongest swimmers.While the occasional dip in the pool probably won’t cause any problems both for your pool or the water, regular swimming in street clothes by you or multiple people is most definitely not recommended as it can damage the filter and other parts of the pool as well as putting your pool water at risk for bacteria and clouding the water and making your pool look ugly. In short, if you have a swimsuit, grab it and put it on before you dive in for as swim.