How to clean sock filters?

[kmel106]

Hi Guys!! Im just wondering what do you use to clean sock filters?

Thanks in adavnce!

 

[LAreefguy]

A lot of people wash them in their washing machines


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[solitude127]

Washing machine for me. Cup of bleach, Sterilize cycle and an extra rinse for me. Let try for at least 48 hours and it's ready to use

 

[kmel106]

No soap?

 

[Greaser9999]

Washing machine for me. Cup of bleach, Sterilize cycle and an extra rinse for me. Let try for at least 48 hours and it's ready to use

A cup of bleach? Wow, way more than I use. I guess I don't use nearly enough lol. I just add like 3-4 caps full, that probably turns them white like new I'm guessing. How many socks per load?

 

[Greaser9999]

No soap?

That's a big NOPE!! Lol

 

[solitude127]

No soap?

Definitely no soap...

A cup of bleach? Wow, way more than I use. I guess I don't use nearly enough lol. I just add like 3-4 caps full, that probably turns them white like new I'm guessing. How many socks per load?

I probably do about 8 - 10 per load

 

[kmel106]

Thanks guys!!

 

[Greaser9999]

Definitely no soap...




I probably do about 8 - 10 per load

Yea I guess that amount kind of makes sense! Mine were usually just like 2-3, but sounds like I can probably add a bit more than a few caps

 

[gumbii]

yup... cup of bleach, large sized load, hot water only... i've even washed 1 sock at a time that way... lol... i need to stop doing that... then i throw them in the dryer, and then hang them somewhere so all the bleach can evaporate completely... i hang them somewhere with shade, but still drafty...

 

[Fly5150]

Agree with mike. Turn the socks inside out as well.


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[solitude127]

Agree with mike. Turn the socks inside out as well.


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I used to turn them inside out but now I'm lazy and just throw them in there.

 

[mmarro22]

This is too much work for me. I just bought a little trash can at the 99 cent store, some little plastic baskets that go inside where I put carbon in and at the top egg crate that covers the entire area. I bought like a ten foot roll of filter pad for 20 bucks (found some on cl now for10) and cut out a piece to cover the top. when it gets dirty I just toss it out and cut a new piece. The cost of the filter pad vs water electricity and work mehh... plus the socks stink pretty bad to keep around till you have enough to wash. . Just my 2 cents

 

[happaman]

I use oxyclean which I've found to be easier on the socks than bleach. Years ago I put a sock in a bucket of bleach to soak, forgot about it, and came back to one kinda dissolved sock, lol.

 

[rayray]

On my patio, garden house them down 5 at a time, inside out, then outside. Takes 10min, twice a week. 10 gallons of water goes to my lawn, i let them sun air dry 2-3 days, pick some fruits, check sprinkler system.

 

[jkennedy1007]

Bleach , double rinse

been doing this for years
with no ill effects on any tanks

 

[All Delight]

How much more or less effective is washing them in the washer compared to spraying them down with a garden hose?

 

[mmarro22]

How much more or less effective is washing them in the washer compared to spraying them down with a garden hose?

Just faster and no need for bleach if you go the hose route. I just went sockless Jaja

 

[reeferside]

On my patio, garden house them down 5 at a time, inside out, then outside. Takes 10min, twice a week. 10 gallons of water goes to my lawn, i let them sun air dry 2-3 days, pick some fruits, check sprinkler system.

+1

 

[dorkymk3]

I usually wash my filter socks Inside out with a cup of bleach and cycle once in washer than flip them back to normal and do a rinse cycle again. Throw them in the dryer then hang dry after.