Cleaning my Hayward DE Filter - 1st time - Any tips?

[wetshoes1]

Thanks Alot for the advice. I'll get to it as soon as it stops raining.

Waste - I see you read my other posts!!

""After it's rinsed off, check the 2 o-rings on the shaft (these may be the mystery o-rings you found last spring!)""

Regarding the acid strength, what dilution ratio do you recommend?

Thanks Again!

[daisy11]

Waste....I appreciate the info about disassembling the top of the filter further. I will do that before I hook it up this spring, and when I clean it again in the fall. Thanks! Naturally, the pool store didn't tell me how to do that. They told me to just pull off the whole top, as I posted above.

Regarding the oils....what is TSP? I have seen a laundry detergent solution recommended instead of using acid. I think it was about 1 cup of detergent to 5 gallons of water. I used that in prior years, but it didn't work well enough on it's own this past season. Last fall I soaked it in the detergent solution, hosed it off, then soaked it in the acid solution. That worked quite well. I thought the 1:1 ratio was way too strong as well, I used more like 1:10!

[waste]

Wet, it's a recent thing (that I read the past posts) but it can save a lot of ?s for me ( & the fact that you had posted a pic was really helpful). The more I know about your system/ pool allows me to give more specific advice!, so I do a little research before posting. As I said, if you want to do the 1:1 water: acid ratio, that's OK, as long as you don't expose the metal parts of the 'nest' to the acid. ( I use a 25:1 mix, but let them soak for a day - that's just a logistics problem - I put one in in the A.M. and change it the next A.M.) Please do the 'degreasing' soaking first!

Daisy, welcome to the forum!!! You seem to know the baisics and I appreciate that!! TSP= tri sodium phosphate -- it's a chemical that painters use to strip the oils and 'dirt' off of whatever surface they are going to apply new paint to, it prepares the surface to accept the new paint.

I appreciate the 'appreciation' guys! If you ever need some more help, just ask!