Article: How to Clean your Skimmer, with style!

[Alaska_Phil]

Thanks for the reminder Marc, I think my backpack skimmer will fit nicely in a 5 gal bucket of vinegar this weekend. The office will smell nice come monday morning though.

[robicts]

How often do you clean your protien skimmer?

[melev]

Probably every six months. When I can't stand it anymore.

[Alaska_Phil]

Cleaned mine with the acid a couple weeks ago. First time in 3 years. Needless to say it's running like new again. The acid does in minutes what takes hours with vinegar. I'll post before and after pics as soon as I figure out how to get them off the camera (forgot to insert the SD card. )

[TBDuval]

How much acid to water do you add? I know pool acid can be quite strong.

[melev]

I used half a gallon to about 12 gallons of water.