We throw ours in the washer with a little bleach. Good as new. we usually do about 30 socks at a time. Made them all for about $10 from some felt we got at walmart. they work great.
I hated cleaning socks too, so I switched to a floss "shelf". It allowed for more time between swaps, enabled me toeasily pull out brittle stars, mysis, etc., and of course, no socks to clean!
+1 to the washing machine with bleach
when i ran them... i would wash them in the washing machine with just bleach, and then just turn the washing machine back on and run a 2nd wash with just water. (just to be safe) never had any chlorine smell after. then i would hang them to dry in the garage.
I found a thread elsewhere once that talked about what happens when you clean your socks with bleach. Under a microscope he found that the algae and detritus was still embedded in the sock, but just "bleached", so it appeared white and clean. Be stated that soaking them in a hydrogen peroxide solution then analyzing under the scope showed much less detritus and algae then with bleach. Then a quich hot water bath in the washer, no soap!! I do this procedure, then follow up with a Prime soak to ensure any chlorine in our muni water is nullified. Works well, and I have found a few tablespoons of HP in a gallon of RO washes a sock very well, when allowed to soak for an hour or so.
Good idea, using Hydrogen peroxide.
I have used bleach for many years to clean about everything involved with fish keeping , I do however let mine soak overnight then its almost just a rince job with the hose and let dry another day ,, and they look like brand new,, I learned from having a polluted well and the state telling me to pour bleach into the water to cure it what bleach can do and also from having a swimming pool using clorine to shock it they are close to the same ,, and after washing in bleach rinsing good letting dry all traces are gone in 24 hours,, and also living on a septic I cant just use it in the washing mach or pour it down the drain either since it kills ALL BACTERIA ,,,and would ruin the good stuff in my septic ,,
I have alot of 100 micron socks to clean at my store. I use a pressure sprayer then soak them in tap water with 1/4 to 1/2 cup of peroxide depending on how dirty it is. I let them soak over night, then I spray them off again and hang them to dry.
Socks work very well but what I hate about them is the job cleaning them and quite often. I much prefer a disposable pad, saves a lot of work.
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