how do you clean your filter socks?

[slakker]

I just rinse it well then hot water wash in the machine...

[HaZRaTTy]

Originally Posted by Cubeman

Inside out in the washing machine by themselves. Just warm water with the extra rinse cycle. Once they are dry I take them outside and beat them with a hard piece of tubing which seems to remove some extra dirt particles and makes me feel good

LOL

[tim the toolman]

Turn them inside as soon as I remove them. Shake out all the pods into a spare bucket. Dump that into a coffee filter then back into the fuge. Then wash the socks In bleach and double rinse hang to dry.

[lastlight]

I was soaking mine in enough water to cover them in an ice cream pail with a generous amount of bleach for a few days. All 3 socks have disintegrated in the past week so maybe I used too much?

I was holding one of them letting it drain into my sump and the side blew out! That was not pretty...

[bignose]

I will use bleach from now on my socks are turning dark and nasty. What about media bags that have velcro?

[Cal_stir]

Originally Posted by lastlight

I was soaking mine in enough water to cover them in an ice cream pail with a generous amount of bleach for a few days. All 3 socks have disintegrated in the past week so maybe I used too much?

I was holding one of them letting it drain into my sump and the side blew out! That was not pretty...

I use @ 1/2 cup of bleach in @ 2 litres water, sometimes soak @ 5 days, never had a problem, I use felt 100 micron.
I get the wife to sew them with heavy duty thread when they are new, even the welded ones.

[ILIKECOUGARS]

Originally Posted by bignose

I will use bleach from now on my socks are turning dark and nasty. What about that have Velcro?

I throw the media bags with Velcro in the same wash with the filter socks.

[lastlight]

mine were 100 micron mesh and i've just replaced with 200 micron felt. I would suspect felt bags are more durable but still I'm thinking I was using too much bleach.