Our Documentation
WAVE FLOAT ROOM DOCUMENTATION.
For your convenience, below you can find important documentation and information about the Wave Float Room and floatation therapy.
2016 Float Room Manual and Warranty
2015 Float Room Manual and Warranty
2014 Float Room Manual and Warranty
The Wave Float Room Brochure
The Wave Float Room Flyer
The Wave Float Room Layout Options
The Wave Float Room Dimensions
The Wave Float Room Technical Data
Epsom Salt - Magnesium Sulphate
Magnesium Sulphate
Floataway use and recommend pure magnesium sulphate (sulfate) salts for floatation therapy.
Floatation therapy in a float tank with Floataway Spa salts is the most relaxing therapy in the world, but you can also benefit greatly from using spa salts in your bath or hot tub.
Recent research in Birmingham University, at the School of Biosciences has shown an amazing result. Magnesium and sulfate will pass through the skin, raising the levels detected in the blood. This can have important benefits to health because both Magnesium and Sulfate deficiency are common.
Magnesium is found in vegetables and grains, derived from the ground in which they are grown. However many soils are magnesium deficient either naturally or through over cropping. Magnesium is also found in sea water. It is essential to life and deficiency is linked to many diseases including cardiovascular disease. see: www.mgwater.com
Sulphate (sulfate) is also essential to life in several ways. Sulfate is essential for the formation of proteins in joints, also for digestive enzymes and the gut wall lining. Furthermore sulfate is essential to the formation of brain tissue and is also involved in detoxification. Sulfate is not easily absorbed from the diet.
Bathing in magnesium sulfate is therefore a significant, safe and easy way to correct deficiency. The evidence also shows that surplus is naturally removed by the kidneys, just as it is if you have surplus in the diet.
The recommended amount for regular bathing is 1% solution which means ten grams per litre, or ten kilograms per 1000 litres. (0.1 lb per imp gallon, or 6.4 lb per cu ft.) A standard UK bath is about 60 litres, (about 15 US gallons) requiring about 600gm (about 1.5 lb). A small four person hot tub holds about 1000 litres requiring ten kg of spa salts. At one percent, there is no risk of floating in the hot tub.
Floataway is now buiilding a distribution network of spa suppliers but in the meantime we can post our spa salts. Please email for details
Please note that most normal commercial bath salts are based not on Magnesium sulphate, but on common (and cheaper) salt, Sodium Chloride. Sodium chloride is generally speaking derived in the diet in excessive quantities, and absorbing more through the skin would not be advantageous in our opinion.
Clearly the benefits of Magesium sulphate also apply to floating where the concentration is much higher, normally 50% solution using the same definition as above, 1 kg per 2 litres solution. We now see that as well as the healing effect of muscle relaxation, capillary dilation and endorphin generation coming from floating at skin temperature we can add the chemical benefits of magnesium and sulfate absorbtion through the skin.
We know of no similar research into this aspect of floating. The Swedish research into stress and pain can be found on this site. However The Birmingham team point out in their published paper that the mechanism of transfer through the skin is probably saturated at about 1% solution, so our preliminary assumption from the Birmingham research is that floating will raise the blood levels of Magnesium and Sulfate at about the same rate. The study also concluded that optimal levels will be maintained in the body thanks to natural excretion.
It is clear form the research that some of the long lasting benefits of floating are due to the Magnesium Sulfate itself, and these benefits can be substantial.
If you are looking to buy Epsom Salts / Spa Salts so you can experience the benefits of relaxing in magnesium sulphate solution, we sell 9.5 Kg bags and soon 2Kg tubs will be on sale, please contact us for details
These details are liable to change without notice and do not form part of a contract. Our normal conditions apply to purchases.
Practical Tips about Epsom Salt
At Floataway we only use Kali Salt (no commercial connection) because experience has shown it is the best. Some Epsom salt as sold will make your water brown and unusable because of impurities. There is often a small amount of colour from metals in the water too. This filters away after a few days. Bad Epsom Salt is much worse. Here is a simple test. Take a sample of the proposed Epsom salt and half fill a clear glass tumbler. Add hot water to the top and stir until all dissilved. The solution should be gin clear. Now add a few drops of thin bleach (sodium hypochlorite) and wait a few minutes. The solution must stay gin clear. Any brown or yellowish colour now will look very much worse in the pool. So please do not be taken in by salesmen saying it is all the same, you need pure Epsom Salt in any float pool.