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Cleaning filter socks?

Started by HomerJ, March 13, 2011, 03:35:25 PM

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HomerJ

How do you guys clean your filter socks?  Seems to me the washing machine would be the best option, but I am worried that the socks might absorb leftover soap or other bad things?




CanadaReef

I do not put soap in the washer and let them dry on a mitten rack :) They sometimes need to be cleaned a couple times but its the easier way indeed. I do not machine dry them to prevent the plastic rims to wear too quickly.

NjOyRiD

I rinse the machine first
flip the socks
I rinse the socks as much i can too
in the machine once or twice in hot water
then you are good to go
(then my wife tells me to rinse the machine again LOL)
370g System

220g tank, 65g Sump. octopus Cone skimmer xp-5000, vertex zf-30 nitrate reactor, RX6 DUO Ca reactor, Mp60w Ecotech pump, 2x 400w MH XM bulbs 15k. All controlled with DA RKE-net controller, Water Blaster HY-3000 return pump, Vertex Zf-15/Carbon, Vertex Zf-15/GFO

Hookup

I turn them inside out as I take them from the system...

When I get a few, I run a no soap load to clean the washer, then a no soap load with the socks.  I do not use the dryer, but I do run an extra spin cycle.

Works well enuf.

Severum

I throw mine in the washer. Bleach and an extra rinse cycle. No problems yet.
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Steve Everum

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