How to clean filter socks?

[surgeonfish]

This may seem like a dumb question but how does everyone clean their filter socks?

I just started using them. I am using a regular cycle in the washing machine. Both times when I put them in the sump my skimmer went crazy. I think their is some residual soap in the socks. Do I wash them without adding soap, add an extra rinse cycle or wash them under the tap after taking them out of the washing machine before using them?

[Myka]

I rinse the washing machine out with a small warm water rinse cycle before putting the filter socks in.

[Black Phantom]

I've got a hose hooked to a laundry tub that I use. Just a thumb over the end to create some pressure and voila, clean filters

[christyf5]

I just wash mine in the machine with vinegar, sometimes with baking soda. Don't do vinegar and baking soda though. Hello volcano science project

Oh and hot water = smelly, it will really stink out your house.

Occasionally I do use a bit of bleach when they're really dirty and don't clean well after one cycle. Then I put them in the dryer and leave them for weeks before I use them again (I have about 4 in rotation).

[marie]

Originally Posted by christyf5

.... Don't do vinegar and baking soda though. Hello volcano science project ...

Voice of experience??

[JOEL]

I use my pressure washer.

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by marie

Voice of experience??

Yes, stupidity sometimes gets the best of me. Luckily it was a small scale volcano and the machine wasn't that full