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Here's a quick tip on chemically cleaning or killing the algae living in the sand in a sand filter. The next time you shock your swimming pool, poor the shock or bleach in the skimmer. This will provide a very high level of chlorine in the filter for a very short period of time. Long enough to kill the stubborn algae living in the filter but not long enough to hurt your Plumbing.
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What chemical do you use to clean pool filters?
Most sand and DE filters are cleaned with an acid solution by soaking overnight. Cartridges can use a spray on type and then blasting clean with water. Avoid using household detergents. Biguanide users (Baquacil, Revacil, Soft Swim) should use the product recommended by their manufacturer as it is specifically designed to break down the PHMB residue in the filter. Chlorine users can use any of the filter cleaning products sold at their neighborhood pool store. Pool & Spa
What is the best way to convert a pool from bacquicil product to chlorine?
That is not an easy answer but here goes! Baqualcil is not compatible with chlorine in any way shape or form so the best thing to do if you biguinide level is above 30ppm is to ride it down let if go until the level is 30ppm or lower. Take you pool water to a pool store and have it professionally analyzed. Once you are at that point you want to shock the pool with 3 pounds of monopersulfate per 10,000 gallons of pool water 3 days in a row. Then have the water check again at the pool store to make sure your level is below 10ppm. Once this is done add 3 pounds of calcium hypochlorite per 10,000 gallons of pool water. Make sure the shock is at least 65% available chlorine or higher. The pool will turn green do no panic! Next, if you have a sand filter, change the sand in the filter. If you have a DE filter use a chemical cleaner that is designed to clean biquinide filters, if you have a cartridge filter do the same as a DE filter. Now it is time to start using chlorine tablets. Keep in mind that every time you shock the pool for the next 2-3 times the pool will turn a light green then go to blue overnight this will slow go away over time.
How do you Clean cartrige pool filters with hydrochloric acid?
Cartridge filters can over time become les effective because the material they are made of becomes clogged with calcium. A method that worked well for me in the past before I changed to a sand filter was to soak the whole cartridge in a fairly strong solution of acid. This eats out the calcium and gets the cartridge working properly again. I may be wise however to check that the material of the filter can withstand the corrosive effect of the acid. Cleaners that do this are also available ready made at pool shops.
How can you separate a mixture of sand from water?
I would let the sand settle out of the mixture, then pour off the water, leaving the sand behind. If you needed to extract the remainder of the water, put the wet sand into a centrifuge and spin it until the water is out and collected from the centrifuge.If you want to separate sand from water take a beaker a pebble and a filter paper then fix the filter paper in the pebble and put it on the beaker and add the mixture of water and sand then the water will be in the beaker and the sand will be on filter paper. Remember use Steve for thick things such as tiny stones etc and apply the same method.
How do you separate salt and sand from water?
Fist filter off or sink off the sand from water with dissolved salt. Then evaporate the water (by boiling off) from the solution, leavinfg the dry solid salt crystals.
How do you clean a pool if it has been neglected so long that the water is green and it has tadpoles living in it?
Pump out the pool. Pressure wash the pool interior, remove debris. Finish with an acid wash. Check all plumbing for damage etc. Change out the sand in the sand filter (if fitted) Clean all skimmers and leaf filters at the pump and the pool. Fill pool and adjust it chemically after 24hours with pump running.
If you put a sand beach next to your in-ground gunite pool will the sand that ends up in the pool cause problems with the filter?
If you have a sand filter as your filter you may need to remove some of the sand from time to time, But most will be dunped during backwashing. If you have a cartridge filter you may have to clean it more often. If you use D.E. the sand will be dunped when you backwash,Other then that there is no harm. A: Why would you want to be tracking sand into your clean pool? You are just adding more contaminants. YUK !
What is the base pressure for a filter on a pool?
This is what your filter gauge will read when it is first start with a new and clean filter cartridge / D.E. or sand.
How do you clean sand and replace sand on jucuzzi filter?
how do you clean jacuzzi sand filter, and replace sand
Chemical to use to clean pool sand filter?
Sand filters are not cleaned with chemicals . they are back washed when required. every four or five years it pays to replace the sand in a sand filter to maintain its efficiency.
Is it safe to use Dawn in your sand filter to clean the sand?
Sugest you use one of the cleaners that are made to do this job available from the pool shop.
What has gone wrong if there is Sand in filter?
Nothing if its a sand filter However if sand is coming into the pool from the filter then you may have to replace one ore more laterals in the sand filter as they have worn and are letting sand through to the pool,
What can you do about a swimming pool that has turned green?
clean it out with a pool vacuum. it is about 20$ at the dollar store. You might want to buy a disposable paper filter and hose or a reusable sand filter and hose.
Green swimming pool water?
clean it out with a pool vacuum. it is about 20$ at the dollar store. You might want to buy a disposable paper filter and hose or a reusable sand filter and hose.
Why do you have sand in your gunite pool?
If you have a sand filter the laterals in it may be starting to show signs of wear these wil blow sand from the sand filter into the pool when they wear out.
What happens when you put brown sand in a pool filter instead of white silica sand?
It could damage the internal PVC of the filter and cause sand to get in your pool.
Pool sand filter is making your pool green?
The sand filter wont make a pool green this happens a s a result of algae.
