Cleaning De Pool Filter Fingers

This is the key to cleaning your de filter grids and fingers.

Cleaning de pool filter fingers.

When the water coming out of your discharge hose is clear shut off the pump and return the valve to its normal position. As you spray off your de filters the run off needs to go somewhere. Backwashing will clear out all the dirt and debris inside your de filter. Add 1 cup of liquid dish soap per 5 gallons of water.

Backwashing cleaning the manifold and grid and adding new de. That is the most thorough way to clean a de filter. You can disassemble your filter and use a garden hose to clean off the de and rinse the filter housing. The first step in cleaning your de is to backwash.

Backwashing is just a fancy way of saying get the old de out of the filter. But the beauty of most de filters is that you can get the old earth out without disassembling them. In most cases it can be good fertilizer for your lawn or garden. The best thing to clean the fingers and grids with is high pressure from your garden hose.

Cleaning your de filter involves three basic steps. Pool lubricants and some gel type pool clarifiers can add oils to your pool which eventually is trapped in the filter grids. Using a degreaser like tsp or our de filter cleaner product soaking to remove oils is a good treatment every year or two to remove de grid fabric clogging oils. Place the pool filter valve in the backwash position then start your pool pump.

Hayward offers a wide variety of pool care products and filters for home use. Always wear rubber gloves and eye protection while working with muriatic acid. Step 2 submerge the dirty pool filter cartridge in the soapy water. Have a good sprayer that isn t too hard to trigger so your hand doesn t get tired.