Ruadh Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 (edited) How do you folks with long filter pipes on your canister style filters clean the inside of the pipes. My filter seems to be running slow so I figure maybe there's crud in the pipes. The intake line is about 6 feet long and the exhaust is about 4 feet. Thankx Rick Edited March 24, 2008 by Ruadh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Chicklets Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 I use a wire with a swab on the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruadh Posted March 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 I feel kinda stupid now. Never thought of that, I wonder if mig wire would snake through. There's three 90 deg. bends. I'll give it a try, thankx. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nighthawk Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 You can also purchase pipe-cleaner type doodads; Big Al's has some nice, long ones attached to wire, and serious music stores would have similar items for cleaning brass instruments (trumpets or trombones). That being written, I like Sam's idea for its thriftiness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkangel Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 I have a small ball bearing tied in a piece of mesh (old net)on a string about 8ft long with the head of a filter cleaning brush tied on the other end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 i tie a piece of cloth to a piece of fishing line and wash the line down the tube until it pokes out of the other side then just pull the cloth through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James (Western Canada) Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 You can go to any decent LFS and buy various diameter round bristle brushes with a nylon cord attached so that you can pull the brushes through. If you find that the cord that they came with isn't long enough, a peice of nylon cord from your weed wacker will work (I've done it!!. You can also get similar nylon bristle brushes from any industrial supplier (Acklands, Greggs, etc) HTH James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruadh Posted March 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 The rag on the string is what I've done. Works very well indead, man that's ugly crap! Thankx very much to all. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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