filter sock question

[Ray Laneville]

Hi,
I usually turn my used filter socks inside out and wash in washing machine without soap. I did this yesterday and forgot to take them out of the machine. Well my wife threw some laundry on top of them and a tide pod and washed. My question is can I run them through again without the soap and use them or do I need to do more or replace them?

 

[link81]

i would probably run them through without soap, maybe add a softener rinse cycle, and keep an eye on the tank when you put it in use. you should notice right away if there are any issues, most likely in the skimmer first.

 

[W1ngz]

Fabric softeners and scents are designed to stick to fibers. You could wash them again in hot water, but I'd also give them a week long soak in RODI water with a powerhead, and change out the water 2-3 times. Air and/or sun dry them to bleach them.

It seems like a lot of effort. Replacing them might be the better option.

 

[Ray Laneville]

Fabric softeners and scents are designed to stick to fibers. You could wash them again in hot water, but I'd also give them a week long soak in RODI water with a powerhead, and change out the water 2-3 times. Air and/or sun dry them to bleach them.

It seems like a lot of effort. Replacing them might be the better option.

thanks. It was 8 or 9 of them so expensive to replace but I might have to

i would probably run them through without soap, maybe add a softener rinse cycle, and keep an eye on the tank when you put it in use. you should notice right away if there are any issues, most likely in the skimmer first.

Is that Corinth, NY you are from?

 

[link81]

@Ray Laneville
yessir, corinth, NY.
not really from here, but i've lived here going on 15 years now....

 

[W1ngz]

thanks. It was 8 or 9 of them so expensive to replace but I might have to

Try cleaning them, you'll know within a day if anything is wrong. Keep a reactor full of carbon close at hand in case you suspect they still leach anything.

 

[Ray Laneville]

@Ray Laneville
yessir, corinth, NY.
not really from here, but i've lived here going on 15 years now....

small world. I know Corinth well. I lied in Lake Luzerne from 1994 till 2008.

 

[Ray Laneville]

small world. I know Corinth well. I lied in Lake Luzerne from 1994 till 2008.

correction. I lived there, not lied

 

[Treasure Coast]

Lol

 

[link81]

yup, super close. luzurne is right up the road.
small world for sure. north carolina is actually one of the states that's high on my list to move to once i leave here. Thanking salisbury area.

 

[Ray Laneville]

yup, super close. luzurne is right up the road.
small world for sure. north carolina is actually one of the states that's high on my list to move to once i leave here. Thanking salisbury area.

I don't know where Salisbury is but it is really nice here in New Bern. I certainly do not miss all the snow.

 

[link81]

sorry, salisbury is in MD, not NC. right between DE and VA. ;Facepalm lol.

hopefully in a few years i can pack the fam up and head south.

--anyway---
sorry to hijack your thread....

 

[Ray Laneville]

yup, super close. luzurne is right up the road.
small world for sure. north carolina is actually one of the states that's high on my list to move to once i leave here. Thanking salisbury area.

I drove through Corinth every day on my way to work and back in Saratoga Springs

 

[Ray Laneville]

sorry, salisbury is in MD, not NC. right between DE and VA. ;Facepalm lol.

hopefully in a few years i can pack the fam up and head south.

--anyway---
sorry to hijack your thread....

I just didn't want to deal with the winters anymore. It's quite amusing down here. If they predict a chance of flurries overnight, schools close.

 

[link81]

I drove through Corinth every day on my way to work and back in Saratoga Springs

then you drove by my house every day. I'm just south of town, right off 9n before greenfield.

 

[Ray Laneville]

Anyway, perhaps I'll run the socks through twice and hope for the best. Anyone think I'm making a mistake?

 

[Treasure Coast]

My wife has done it before. She just ran it through 2 cycles of hot water only and had no issues. As a side note I gave up socks for filter canisters and bulk DISPOSABLE filter pad roll like this one, just cut a square and put down in the canister covering holes. https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=900+6219+6226+4346&pcatid=4346

 

[Ray Laneville]

then you drove by my house every day. I'm just south of town, right off 9n before greenfield.

yes. worked at Quad Graphics in saratoga

 

[link81]

nuh uh!
I did too.
Left in 2012

 

[Ray Laneville]

nuh uh!
I did too.
Left in 2012

I was an electrician in the press room