Filtersocks washed with soap?

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    Hi all,

    My worker accidently washed the socks in the machine with detergent. Can I was them with bleech and rise them with water fiew cycles and still use them? Or should I just throw it away?

    Thoughts?
     

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  3. 27 Nov 2015 - Filtersocks washed with soap?
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    Proper rinses then maybe.

    Rather chuck them and replace.
     
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    Washed them twice with bleach and 10 rinses
     
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    I agree with Riaan, chuck them.
     
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    Agree...... Chuck them. Cost to replace socks vs Cost to replace live stock!!
     
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    I make my own socks for under R5 each and chuck the old ones washing socks sux. Chuck them.
     
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    Uuuuh do shere how you make them?
     
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    Buy white feld + cotton from local fabric shop R30/m do some sewing the same way as the one's I use to buy. Found it on the DIY section
    [​IMG]
     
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    My wife always throws the filter socks in the wash after doing the laundry, rinse before i change it and it seems fine.. Corals and fish doing well..
    Been doing this or nearly a year... or more
     
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    I also washed my filter socks and found they clog faster than new ones.
     

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