On Thursday, May 24, 2012 7:21:20 PM UTC, Arklin K. wrote:
There must be a better way to wash a pool cartridge filter!

Here's a picture of the cartridge taken apart.
http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/...40/8328446.jpg

I presume the water flow is up the two holes into the INSIDE of the two
pleated filter cartridges ... but WHAT is that thing sticking up in the
middle doing?

Here is a picture of me trying to wash the larger pleated filter with a
garden hose:
http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/...40/8328448.jpg

And here I am doing the same to the smaller cloth filter:
http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/...40/8328451.jpg

Unfortunately, even after two hours of that, the green slimy sticky gunk
is still on hundreds of the thousands of pleats:
http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/...40/8328449.jpg

I tried brushing them off:
http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/...40/8328452.jpg

But I concluded I must be doing something wrong.

Q: What is the best way to clean a pleated pool filter?

PS: I'm doing it right now ... so any and all advice is welcome!

Dont have a pool but do have a spa that uses similar filters, probably smaller. I had green gunk on mine after leaving it shut down for a long time. Gave up trying to clean and bought a new filter. You might could clean it by soaking it in a tub with some bleach or stronger than usual chlorine solution to kill the goo. Dont really know this would work. Someone told me to do it when I had my problem. I made a tank a little larger and longer than my filter out of PVC pipe. I fill it with water and push the filter down into it . This forces water through the filter back against normal flow backwashig it. Found the large PVC pipe for free. Fittings are EXPENSIVE.

Jimmie