Best way to clean a CARTRIDGE FILTER?

[west1745]

Hire someone ELSE to clean it!

Zina's absolutely serious. It's non-sudsing and seems to be well-documented.

There's a trick I've read about: You need 2 cartridges. Someone sells PVC canisters that you slide the filter into, add water and Cascade, then close, seal and forget about. When the one you are using is dirty, you pull the one out of the canister, hose it off, pop it in. The dirty one you hose it off a little, slide it into the canister with fresh water and Cascade.

I don't know where you find these canisters--a Google search may help.

Does anyone know where you find these canisters or what they are called?

[salinda]

I would love to know where to get these too. I have the largest Clean & Clear Plus cartridge filter and to soak the cartridges requires me to use a 30 gallon garbage can and soak 1/2 at a time. Then, there are 4 cartridges. What a pain!

[kearpaul]

Could someone post the "recommended" proportion of Cascade and water?

I've never soaked my cartridges, just hosed them off. And what an ugly job. I could rinse those things for 100 hours and they would still give off dirt. They're like 4 of those big brown Easter Island statues, just sitting there looking at me. And my psi is not that much better after re-installing! I'm obviously willing to try something else.

Peace,
Paul

[waterbear]

Could someone post the "recommended" proportion of Cascade and water?
Once cup per every 5 gallons water

Hope this helps.

[kearpaul]

Thanks, Waterbear.

I'm off to try the Cascade solution right now. Gonna use my new big recycling cart. That should hold two filters.

Cheers,
Paul

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