Cleaning filter socks with Hydrogen Peroxide

[Canuck007]

Hi, So I know some people clean filter socks by putting them in 1/4cup of HP and then throw them in the washer for a couple of cycles with hot water.

So my question is do you put the 1/4 cup in a some water and then place the filter socks in the water? I guess I don't see how a 1/4cup can "soak" a whole filter sock.

I plan on doing this to about 5 filter socks so I has hoping to soak all of them together.

thanks!

 

[FirstContact]

I think a lot of people just pour the hydrogen peroxide onto the sock, but I too never really understood this. It seems that using hydrogen peroxide would end up costing a lot more than a cup of bleach and the socks in the washer. Hydrogen peroxide is expensive to begin with compared to bleach, and it seems you would have to use a lot more of it. I rinse mine with the garden hose and use bleach at the laundromat. No way my wife lets me use her machines with poo filled socks. :beer:

Anyone just dump a cup of hydrogen peroxide in the wash with socks or add a cup to a bucket of water and soak then wash?

 

[GimpyFin]

I'll soak them in peroxide occassionally before putting them in the washing machine. I usually pour a couple small bottles of the 3% stuff you get at the store in a bucket with all my filter socks and let it soak for a while. (Not swimming in peroxide, but just enough so all the filter socks absorb a decent amount.) Just out of curiosity, where does the 1/4 cup come from?

 

[anthonys51]

i have a bucket in the garage that i pour a cup of bleach in, i have a 3 sock sump. ill soak them for a day rinse then and wait for 9 to be dirty then just add them to my washer machine with a cap full of bleach. after they come out i rinse let air dry and good to use. reason i soak them first is so there not as filthy going into the washer machine. probbaly skip that part, but makes my wife happy

 

[flananuts]

I actually use oxyclean to clean mine after I high pressure hot water rinse. If I'm not in a rush I'll then toss them into my washing machine with clothes. Otherwise I just flush them with hot water and then out them back in service.


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[rjjr1963]

Someone here did some scientific research on cleaning filter socks. Bleaching socks only bleaches the dirt white. Hydrogen Peroxide actually did a better job of cleaning. I get mine damp and use a spray bottle of HP to cover the sock inside and out. After an hour I put them in the wash and use just water. They look pretty clean after that.

 

[neiltus]

spray bottle as well, just put the socks in a stainless kitchen bowl and give them a spray inside and out...let sit for a few hours, then rinse in hot tap water.

HP is maybe like a buck a bottle and I maybe use a bottle ever two months.

 

[FirstContact]

Spraying with HP makes more sense to me than soaking due to cost. Also someone mentioned oxyclean. Sodium percarbonate, the chemical term for dry/solid HP, is what's in oxyclean.

 

[Tooboot]

I've only started and added some livestock last week, so haven't had to clean much from the filter socks. but expecting to.

I'm on a well at home and don't use our well water for anything with the tank, just don't have enough to run a RO/DI system. So I buy my water in the 5G jugs. I've been using purchased water to wash everything from my test kits to filter socks (clearly not in the washing machine).

should I be concerned with washing things using our well water, using our washing machine to wash filter socks? it sure would make things easier and save a bit of money? I know we have hard water but that should be it given we have it tested yearly to make sure its ok for consumption.

 

[Canuck007]

Thank you all for your input. I decided to spray the inside and outside of filter with hydrogen peroxide. Pretty cheap as you can get a 32oz bottle at Target for like 97cents.

Anyway I'll let them sit that way for a few hours and rinse with hot water and then I'm thinking of tossing them in the washer with hot water and extra rinse cycle.

 

[FirstContact]

I've only started and added some livestock last week, so haven't had to clean much from the filter socks. but expecting to.

I'm on a well at home and don't use our well water for anything with the tank, just don't have enough to run a RO/DI system. So I buy my water in the 5G jugs. I've been using purchased water to wash everything from my test kits to filter socks (clearly not in the washing machine).

should I be concerned with washing things using our well water, using our washing machine to wash filter socks? it sure would make things easier and save a bit of money? I know we have hard water but that should be it given we have it tested yearly to make sure its ok for consumption.

If it's good enough to drink, I wouldn't worry about it too much for cleaning filter socks. I would just wash them in the machine and call it a day. I do rinse mine though before they go in the machine since they are so nasty. I always clean my test vials with RODI. Not sure about that.