Sugest you use one of the cleaners that are made to do this job available from the pool shop.
how do you clean jacuzzi sand filter, and replace sand
NO
they filter it high pressured through a sand bed
A sand filter works by passing water through a bed of sand, which traps and removes impurities such as dirt, debris, and bacteria. The sand acts as a physical barrier, allowing clean water to pass through while capturing contaminants. This process helps to purify the water and make it safe for drinking or other uses.
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.
This is what your filter gauge will read when it is first start with a new and clean filter cartridge / D.E. or sand.
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 !
A sand filter works by passing water through a bed of sand, which traps and removes impurities such as dirt, debris, and bacteria. The sand acts as a physical barrier, allowing clean water to pass through while capturing and holding onto the impurities. This process helps to purify the water and make it safe for consumption or other uses.
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.
When you say sand, I take it you mean in the sand filter. Yes, normally change the sand or clean the DE filter when we change the liner since it most likely has been some time since it was changed..
You can obtain clean water from muddy water through a process called filtration. By passing the muddy water through a filter like a coffee filter, cloth, or sand, the solid particles and impurities in the water can be removed, leaving behind clean water. Boiling the filtered water can further disinfect it, making it safe for consumption.
i WAS TOLD TO SIMPLY TAKE ALL THE OLD SAND OUT. CLEAN VERY GOOD AND THEN REPLACE WITH NEW SAND.IT TAKES SOME LABOR TO REMOVE THE SAND (SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS)TYPICAL COST FROM A PROFFESIONAL 250.00 - 350.00