Filter Rinsing

[txwillie]

Does anyone have a really good method for rinsing out the filters after using the cleaner? I've seen posts that mention using the dishwasher, and while that might work, the idea just does not apeal to me (outdoor stuff stays outdoors).

After my last filter cleaning I rinsed each with the hose for at least 15 minutes and interspersed that with soaking in buckets of clean water, and I still got some foam when they were reinstalled. Then it hit me. My million dollar idea. A cannot fail, simple, fast, easy way to get every bit of soap out with no chance of damage due to high pressure. I think it may even be patentable, but I'd like to hear how ya'll do it to see if I'm really onto something new or if anyone (or everyone) with a little creativity has come up with something similar.

If after a few days, I don't get at least one reply with the same or similar idea, I'll think that I really am onto something new and will begin looking into the possibility of a patent and marketing potential. Anybody willing to help out a dumb ol' engineer like me?

txwillie

[wmccall]

Anybody willing to help out a dumb ol' engineer like me?

txwillie

Well, its public record here now I have no ideas, so if you want to pm me your idea, I can try it out sometime and see its merits if  you want additional testing  I use to be a QC Manager

[txwillie]

Sorry wmccall, et.al., but I'm not telling unless someone posts something very similar to my idea. If it is new and has not been patented, it could be worth something. Ya ever hear of Post-It's? Ok, maybe I'm just a bit full of myself.....

txwilllie

[txwillie]

no advice on rinsing the filters? is it due to the perception that I am holding back?

txwillie

[nicker]

how about a hint

[Saldog]

how bout rinsing in the rinse cycle of your washer?

[txwillie]

how bout rinsing in the rinse cycle of your washer?

Can you say "shredded mess"?

Oh come on guys and gals, play along. There is a hint in another post that deals with another topic. Not sure if that is where my brainstorm came from or not.

txwillie

[salesdvl]

Anybody willing to help out a dumb ol' engineer like me?

txwillie

Don't put yourself down like that Willie.  I think it would be cool to drive a train and pull the "choo choo" whistle cord.    

[Steve]

I dunno ...Rinsing with a garden hose has always worked fine for most...

Steve

[ttodd1]

Let us not forget the "putting it on a pole/stake and using the hose" thread that gave some real ideas....    

[stuart]

Owning a spa company, the best way that I have found is to bring them into the store and let an employee do it for me!

Actually I've posted this several times that the easiest thing in the world is to drive a piece of pipe into the ground and set the filter over it then spray it while it spins on the pipe!

Several people have come up with inventions over the years that work however they all price themselves out of the market!

[UnderTheStars]

I briefly thought about building a canister out of 8"pvc w/a threaded fitting on top that connects to a narrow "input tube."  If you build the thing so the ends seal against the ends of the filter, the water is forced in the center of the filter and sort of "backflows" to the outside.  You let the water out by drilling a series of holes around the top of the outer case.  A short hose connects it to the kitchen faucet & just let it sit in the sink to rinse. . .

But then I decided it was too much work & I went over to WSD's for martinis instead.  

[JLB]

 A guy at work said he uses bleach and water to clean his filter instead  of a "filter cleaner" and he has no foam. What do you guys think of this idea. I wolud like to try it, but I don't want to mess with water chem. I  think I'm rinsing enough but I see foam from my "cleaner" also .  

[UnderTheStars]

I'm thinking think that some amount of body oil ends up in the filter material.  Does bleach disolve oil?  Pretty sure the fillter cleaners will.  But I could be wrong again!

[windsurfdog]

But then I decided it was too much work & I went over to WSD's for martinis instead.  

Dude!  Come on over today and we can drink another to the 14th anniversary of my 38th birthday....and I'll make sure those olives are just like you like'em.....

(This post modified due to an unexplainable attack of "oldtimer's" disease on WSD's part.  Apologies have been forwarded to UTS.  Now back to your regularly scheduled posts.....)