Storing dirty filter socks between washing?

Arsenix2001 · Mar 28, 2021

I have been washing my 200 micron felt fliter socks and they need cleaning every 3 days or so. Can I accumulate dirty socks before washing? I have 10 spares. Running a load every time one pair gets dirty seems silly. Can I just rinse and let dry till wash day or should they be kept in water?

Teen reefer · Mar 28, 2021

honestly I would just clean the filter sock well under a sink but do not rinse it with soap because that could harm the tank but just rinse it with water and then put it back on the tank.

terraincognita · Mar 28, 2021

Arsenix2001 said:
I have been washing my 200 micron felt fliter socks and they need cleaning every 3 days or so. Can I accumulate dirty socks before washing? I have 10 spares. Running a load every time one pair gets dirty seems silly. Can I just rinse and let dry till wash day or should they be kept in water?

Either way is fine IMO.

I put mine in a 5g bucket half filled with tap water and 2 capfuls of bleach, then wash with no soap. Never had issues.

I've got about 10 Socks, so I let 8 pile up before I wash them.

About 2 weeks worth.

terraincognita · Mar 28, 2021

Only thing about keeping them out of water/dry is anything that crusts on may be harder to get off? But I really don't imagine if you wash them inside out on hot, it would be an issue.

Teen reefer · Mar 28, 2021

Yeah that would be fine but you should rinse it with water after just to make sure all that bleach is out.

terraincognita · Mar 28, 2021

Teen reefer said:
Yeah that would be fine but you should rinse it with water after just to make sure all that bleach is out.

Putting it through a Wash cycle in the washer will get it out 100%.

Sounds like he's washing his socks in a machine.

zalick · Mar 28, 2021

terraincognita said:
Either way is fine IMO.

I put mine in a 5g bucket half filled with tap water and 2 capfuls of bleach, then wash with no soap. Never had issues.

Exactly what I do as well.

Teen reefer · Mar 28, 2021

Yeah, that should do it.

guylaga · Mar 28, 2021

Mine just go in a empty salt bucket until down to the last 2.

Turn inside out and wash with an extra rinse cycle and some bleach.

Air Dry.

Teen reefer · Mar 28, 2021

that’s one way to do it.

vetteguy53081 · Mar 28, 2021

Soak it in a bleach solution and cold water wash which will neutralize the bleach and socks come out White as white gets

Teen reefer · Mar 28, 2021

PeterC99 · Mar 28, 2021

Arsenix2001 said:
I have been washing my 200 micron felt fliter socks and they need cleaning every 3 days or so. Can I accumulate dirty socks before washing? I have 10 spares. Running a load every time one pair gets dirty seems silly. Can I just rinse and let dry till wash day or should they be kept in water?

Tip to get longer time out of your filter sock. Put a small piece of floss into the sock when you replace them. After 3 or 4 days, pull dirty filter floss out and get 3 or 4 more days out of the sock. Doubles life of the sock.

mike550 · Mar 28, 2021

@Arsenix2001 before I switched to fleece roller filter (highly recommend) I kept my socks in a sealed bucket that had an inch or two of water/bleach. Left them like that for a couple of weeks at a time.