Blue Magic All Purpose Waterbed Conditioner, 8 fl oz (237 ml)

just liked promised, received very quick and easy to use

This is the same Blue Magic waterbed conditioner I have used for several years now, and had no problems with it until this batch. That is because the previous batches came in 4 oz bottles, and this is an 8 oz bottle. The instructions on the bottle say to pour the whole thing (8 ounces) into the waterbed at once. Ignore this. When I poured the whole 8 ounces in, in a couple of hours my bed began to smell of new vinyl... really strongly. By the morning my whole room stank. It was a pretty unbearable smell. It also seemed to soften the material of my water mattress and I am not sure that is a good thing. I finally wound up half-draining the bed, then refilling it with plain water, to get the equivalent of 4 oz of conditioner in it. This solved the problem and it is back to normal, no longer smells. What I suggest is that when you have a bottle of 8 oz or larger of this conditioner, instead of completely tearing open the seal at the top, just punch two holes in it on opposite sides (like the old, old beer cans or oil cans, that you used to punch open with a can opener). Pour only 4 oz of the conditioner at a time into the bed, then screw the cap back on the bottle and keep it for next time. (6 months or so) The older Blue Magic conditioner that you used to be able to buy in the big clear bottles in stores such as KMart, also said only put 4 oz in at a time. The big 16 oz bottle even had 4 oz lines marked on its side so you could measure it out properly. You would just put the cap back on the bottle and keep the rest of the conditioner until the next dose.

Every waterbed must have algaecide every year or two (depending on amount you use). This takes care of the conditioning of the vinyl mattress and keeps algae at bay.

Cleaned out mold of water bag

We got a replacement matress and filled it up. We realized we didnt have water conditioner so I ordered this one and waited for it to arrive. In the meantime there was no smell. We have had a waterbed over 40 years and have replaced matresses, liners and heaters. We have put conditioner in mattresses many times but never have we had an experience with a conditioner before. The smell was so overwhelming we had to drain out the water, throw away the mattress and the liner. There was no leak but the smell was coming out anyway. I dont know what is going on with this product but the chemical smell was terrible!

keeps water clean

Always use will again

Price

Check back after a while. I just put it in.

Odd item to rate, you pour it in a waterbed.... done. I meant how do you rate whether it is good or not?