Lengthening the life of a pool brush

[Manslick]

I picked up my pool brush the other day and noticed the bristles were coming off like dog hair.

So I went thru your Amazon link and bought a new one.

I am hard on the old brush. I use it then drop it where ever I happened to be, leave it out all winter, oh it’s a shame.

So then I was reading this web page about basic pool chemistry and in there was a blurb about how to neutralize chlorinated water. So me thinks I’d get a bucket and put some of this neutralizer in there and that should keep my brush from disintegrating so fast.

Do yall do stuff like this or just treat your brush like a red headed stepchild?

[madwil]

my pool is a redheaded...
Well, actually son, not stepchild! lol
my 16 year old is responsible for the brush, I'm sure he abuses it...

[AnnaK]

I don't rinse my brushes after use but I do store them out of the sun. That's worked very well.

[Manslick]

Yes the sun. Forgot to mention that.

When I strummed the bristles and they flew off I could only think of clogged pipes and locked rotors.

[waterbear]

THis is why you need to check your maintenance equipment periodically and replace it as needed. I just replaced my skimmer netand my corner brush last month.

[kelemvor]

When I bought my house I found the brush in a state similar to what you describe. I also found that the bristles had made their way through the skimmer (or drain) through the pump, through the filter, and into the insides of the salt cell. I'm assuming the previous owner must have run the pump with no filter or something but the point is you may want to clean your filter at least in case these nasties have been coming off the brush in the pool.

[Manslick]

waterbear - Yes I am eying my net right now.

Hey kelemvor, I do like to open the filter and blast it with the hose. From years of experience I know a simple back wash doesn't do it well enough.

[Watermom]

A backwash should be sufficient. I would think that a blast from a hose might damage the inside of the filter.

[Manslick]

A backwash should be sufficient. I would think that a blast from a hose might damage the inside of the filter.

I'm not using a fire hose :)

All I know is when I open the filter there are cakes of DE in all kinds of little corners. And like dirt in the corner of the kitchen floor it finds its way to the middle. I’ve even taken the whole thing apart before but that is not my normal MO.

[Poconos]

I leave my brush in the sun all the time but bristle side down. Keeps the bird poop off the working side.
Al

[Manslick]

I leave my brush in the sun all the time but bristle side down. Keeps the bird poop off the working side.
Al

I found a shady spot under the diving board. Little blue brush loves it there.