red-beard
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- Hayward Aqua Rite Pro (T-15)
Oh, and deep cleaning the filters. Start by cleaning the filters as usual.
Then fill a big trashcan and mix in 2 cups of the cheapest powdered dish washer detergent you can find. Mix in well and soak the filters for a few days. Thoroughly clean and rinse the filters and notice all the oil and junk is gone. I was reading here some place that you can also do a mild acid wash of the filters, something like 10-1 or 20-1 water/Muriatic acid. I expect this is if you have very hard water.
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Then fill a big trashcan and mix in 2 cups of the cheapest powdered dish washer detergent you can find. Mix in well and soak the filters for a few days. Thoroughly clean and rinse the filters and notice all the oil and junk is gone. I was reading here some place that you can also do a mild acid wash of the filters, something like 10-1 or 20-1 water/Muriatic acid. I expect this is if you have very hard water.
Straight from Chemgeek
Re: How to clean a cartridge filter
Re: How to clean a cartridge filter After 7 years, I've replaced my 4 cartridges in my filter (I could have gone longer, but the straps were starting to break and I figured I had a good run with these cartridges). The replacement cartridges for my Jandy CL340 were from Unicel® and they had...
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