Getting Rid of Brown Pool Water - DIY Solution for Under $25
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- This is a DIY solution for getting rid of nasty brown pool water. This is usually caused by filling your pool with well water. The iron in the well water reacts with the chlorine and turns the water brown. The items can be purchased mostly at Walmart for under $30.
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I can't believe that a $3.50 bag of stuffing did what $40 worth of chemicals couldn't do!! I didn't bother with the iron out, just packed an old winshield washer bottle I had laying around & let it run overnight. In the past I was able to get chemicals to work, but it was very expensive, and I had to spray out the filter about every hour. This is truly "set it & forget it" I feel better running fewer chemicals in my pool. Just chlorine tabs & shock, when needed. Less time maintaining and more time playing is always a good thing! There are many methods out there that I've seen / tried, and this one is the cheapest, easiest, and most effective way to go from the Amityville well to a crytal clear pool!! Thanks so much brother!
I was FREAKING OUT~! My water looked muddy. Couldn't see the bottom. I live over 2 hours from a pool store to even try any iron product. We got the items (did not put iron out in the pool because you shouldn't) Hung it in the pool at 3pm. Changed the bottle out with another at midnight (which it was GROSSLY BROWN) Woke up in the morning, OUR POOL WAS SPARKLING CLEAN! I CRIED!!!! It is day 4. We hang the jug out everynight and still get some filtering through but its barely a tinge. WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH!!!!!!! SMARTEST IDEA ON THE INTERNET!!!!
That’s awesome glad it helped
This is an amazing solution. We had to use four of these diy filters but our pool is now crystal clear!!! We have high manganese and iron and I put in chlorine tabs and it turned brown. Because of this solution, its clear again! Two years fighting with brown water and no more! Thank you!!!!
That's awesome I'm glad it worked for you. Thanks for watching.
I want to say THANK YOU!! I had my pool CLEAR within 32 hours without chemicals. I didnt want all those chemicals (pool stores wanted me to put 3 different things there) in my pool and put my 1yrs old grandson in the pool. I did change it up a bit and made it re-use-able container with a screw on lid. It was small. I changed the stuffing/batting about every 8-10 hours. It was really amazing to watch. Thank You SO SO Much!!
No problem thanks for the comment and enjoy your pool.
We are in the process of doing this. This morning our pool was greenish and cloudy. Most likely due to the amazing amount of chemicals my boyfriend dumped into it yesterday. I found this video last night. I went and bought the stuff I needed to try this. The filters were very orange. This morning we hooked this filter up to an old sump pump we had laying around instead of using the filter. We went to breakfast came home like an hour later and the filter was orange. You could see rust sludge in the bottle. We took that one off and put a new one on. Two hour later we can see the bottom clearly Thank you so much. You have saved us a lot of money and time.
+Alexis Klockziem You are welcome I'm glad it worked out and have fun this summer
Thanks for sharing, I was thinking of trying this to boost my stupid too small/weak cartridge filter. It's worth a try.
Thank you my friend. Years later your video helps thousands of people including myself.
I'm glad it helped. Thanks for watching
Saw this video after trying the bucket method with our pool. Husband (6’4”) set it up on the ladder of our 18x48” Intex Easy set pool. It was working but the lid popped off and I was struggling with managing the bucket - I’m a5’4”. Husband went out of town. I had to add 2 bags of shock to the pool as our well water is horrible. We’re in the eastern panhandle of WV and sit on the Marcellus shale deposit - pure iron. Second bag of shock turned pool black again. Decided to try this method since I could manage with or without help of husband. Wasn’t able to locate our shop vac extension tube and none of my vacuum attachments were appropriate. Went to my local Ace Hardware store and found a $2.39 9” Pool Hose Connector that fits a 1-1/2” and 1-1/4” hose - it’s a tapered gadget that is the narrow 1.25 on each end and then steps up to 1.5 in the middle. Part number is 87572. I grabbed my Glacier water bottle, jammed this little gadget into the opening after stuffing the polyfill as tight as possible. I really had to jam it in to get a secure connection. Then I used the metal clamps and tightened down using a wrench to get the tightest, most secure connection (bucket method was a comedy of errors with hoses where I ended up soaked over and over again). Put in black plug so pool wouldn’t drain on output hose. Disconnected, attached to my bottle filter and secured it to my ladder. My pool was black when I started. My biggest issue was patience. BE PATIENT; this method works. We are 24 hours after attaching. My bottle is BLACK inside, so I’ll make a secondary bottle to swap today. However, my black water is now more in line with what you see at the start of the video. And it will continue to clear. I’ll need to go stir the settled iron. I anticipate my pool will be back to blue by tomorrow. Plus my chlorine is still way too strong to swim and my pH is coming in line with swimmable levels. My first bag of shock didn’t even register on my test kit - that’s how bad our water is out here in the country. Good luck - get yourself a few of these for 5 bucks, get a pillow from the dollar store and unstuff and you’ll be on your way to a great summer. Thanks for the great video, ARCHunter - wish I could post a few pics of my progress. :) POST NOTE: 6/16/21 - it took 5 days running the pump 24x7 and six bottles to remove the iron from my pool. My best advice, be patient and let the super filter work. My pool couldn't be prettier today.
This is one of the best DIY i have ever done! This is the second year I have used this idea. I used it last year to help filter the grey shrift stuff let in our pool after clearing up an age problem. The water was as clear and beautiful as the day we filed it. This year right after getting the pool up, I blew out the tendons in my foot. I could not do anything for 3 months to clean the pool until this week. The pool actually did great, but I could not get all that fine grey "stuff" out of the pool. Some of it always filters back in, and I'm obsessive about having crystal clear water. I made a new bottle filter and 24 hours later were back in business. Beautiful water. it's also awesome to get up in the morning and see all that grey in the cotton. Thanks so much for sharing! !
I really would like to thank this person for the home made filter idea, this really, truly worked for us and our above ground pool. After taking samples of water to the pool place over and over, nothing seemed to work. Thanks a lot for ur home filter idea. this was awesome... our water has finally cleared. I wanted to express my gratitude. Awesome!!!!! incredible awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know you posted this 7 years ago but THANK YOU. It helped tremendously. I just did it this after noon and my pool isn’t even the same color about 4 hours later.
No problem I’m glad it helped
Thank you so much i did exactly what you said and within 20 minutes my pool went from river green to crystal clear!
+Chadwick The Psycho Awesome I'm glad it worked out
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OMG!!!! This actually works. Did it yesterday and already can see the bottom of the pool. Changed out the jug this morning. Thank you sooo much.
I know I was amazed when I tried it as well.
No problem. I'm just glad it's helping some people out because I know how frustrated I was with the brown water and wondering if I was going to have to pay 200 bucks to have water brought in.
i did this, and it keeps becoming brown , even in the morning looks clear water, when it gets hot outside it becomes brownish again lol
We are doing this now thanks to your helpful hack!! We had been struggling with our new pool getting rid of the brown water. We have well water and when we filled it the water was so brown and rusty. It is taking some time but OMG....what a game changer!!! Thank you so much!!!
I thank you for the positive comment and I'm so glad it helped. You would think the pool stores would be able to figure this out since it is their specialty.
I wish I'd found this 2 weeks ago. I drained my pool but had a couple inches left below drain. I got sick, had to wait a week or so to get back to it & of course today I removed thousands of tadpoles that had taken up residence. Once I get it cleaned & refilled I plan to try this to remove the iron. You're a lifesaver!
Awesome thanks for the comment.
I watched this this morning and got everything but the iron out cause I kept asking for the product rust off and no one knew what I was talkin about...ill get that tomorrow but the filter idea is noticeably workin...wow so awesome and when my husband sees what I did he wont believe it..im usually pretty useless. Thanks for this
i dont do alot of work around the house either. i am gonna trywhen he gets hone this to. Mime wont believe it when he gets home. haha. ( yes this is his computer that I am using.And I am a pretty usless girlfriend too) always leave things like that for him to do. He will be shocked. Ha ha)
I have been draining and refilling my pool all summer until I found this video. I wish I could post pics in the comments to show how well this works. Thank you so much for sharing.
That’s awesome to hear I’m glad it worked for you
I love getting comments like this because I know the feeling of being so frustrated so I am glad it helped.
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So last year I did this. It worked. But I'm pretty sure I got better results because I actually used "ultimate metal control" from pinch a penny pool supply. Now, this stuff is $25 on its own, however, I had an old pillow that I used the stuffing out of and a Gatorade bottle on hand. Drilled the holes, hooked it up and in 3 days the water was CRYSTAL! After it was clear I never had to use it for the test of the summer. I have a 18x48 ultra metal frame pool and the hoses are a little different.., so the small end of the vacuum extension gets put into the mouth of the bottle and the large end gets shoved into the hose. I'd also like to note that you can somewhat "backwash" the Gatorade filter by hanging the filter out of the pool first, turn pump off, allow water to drain from bottle filter, turn pump back on and it will BLAST the orange out. This is why you need to make sure this is not pointing in the direction of the pool. Do this a couple of times and you're ready to fikter some more. If you DONT backwash, you will lose pressure which means you'll lose suction and you'll take forever to get all the water filtered. Also, this year we drained our pool because we let it turn green,.. So I hooked up my filter/ Gatorade bottle minus the metal sequestrant and it DID NOT do anything close to what it did last year. Soooo, if you don't use the metal control you won't get the results you're looking for. One more thing, it's probably the same thing possibly, but I'm just not big on putting iron out in my pool, where as the metal control that's made for pools plainly states that it's safe to swim in.
Thanks for the comment I'll have to try and find some of that this summer.
LOL! Just FYI, the "metal zip tie" you refer to is called a "hose clamp".
Ingenious fix.
+fumble3 Yep I had a brain fart and couldn't think of it at the time and you're about 40 comments to late but thanks for watching
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I prefer metal zip tie and thats what i will call it hence forth
we did this and it worked! thank you! we have a small 8ft x 3ft round inflatable pool, filled it up with water and added bleach/chlorine, water turned brown right away! we followed this tutorial and after 24 hours, the water has become clear. we didn't even add any iron out or any other chemical because we don't have that here in our country. and our pump is super weak and the filter inside the pump is missing, but the water still cleared up just with the pump and the bottle. thanks so much!
+Adrian Montiflor That's so awesome I'm glad it worked and that's probably better that you didn't have to use iron out because it'll be easier to get your pH balance out. Enjoy this summer
this was an excellent helpful video...our water was mud brown from the iron, and within 12 hours the pool was crystal clear. Thank you! :)
Awesome to hear thanks for the comment.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 stars! We have iron in our well water and this cleared it up overnight! Perfect tutorial... less than $15 in supplies and 15 minutes to be made and attached. Wish I could upload the before and after photos to show the amazing transformation! Thanks for the video!! Kids are pumped!!
+Rob Black That's awesome I love hearing comments like these and that's why I made the video. Hope you guys have a blast this summer.
FAVORITED! We have high iron from city water, i bought a bobby pool filter from the fill hose, if it turns after that i ll be rigging this up. Awesome how to!
I like the towel idea I haven't thought of that. As far as the iron out goes I only use a little bit and just add a minimal amount until the water is clear but I still use the chlorine, conditioner, shock treatment etc so I would think it would still be safe to swim in as long as you don't overdue it with the iron out. Thanks for the comment.
When you have iron in your pool, the best way to get it out is by using CuLator Metal Eliminator. It works with sequestering agents, but actually grabs the metal out of the water. The little bag of CuLator fits into your INTEX pool and will work for a month or more depending on your metal concentration.
Anyone who is using well water should get CuLator to help solve this ugly water problem.
Excellent super easy idea. Using it for dead algae that has clouded my pool. Feeling silly I didn't think if it, or learn of it before now. Cost $5 and took 5 minutes to set up. Been filtering for an hour or so and already can see the work it has done. Thanks!!!!
Awesome glad to hear that and thanks for the comment.
No problem brother glad I could help!
This video idea is brilliant. We filled our easy set 16'x42" pool using our well and it came out a murky, irony greenish-brown-yellow. I figured I'd Google ideas and came across your video. Just happen to have all the supplies on hand, so we threw the filter together last night and left it to run overnight. We woke up to crystal clear water this morning! Thank you so much for sharing! Wish we could post before and after shots!
That's awesome I'm glad it helped. Just FYI I went with a saltwater filter system this year and have perfect water without having to use iron out or chlorine and it's a lot less maintenance.
The principle of it should work for any pool you just might have to tweak it depending on the filter you have and the hoses/connections.
ARCHunter411 Does this work well with a salt water filter. I have an intex pool with a salt water filter? I hope so because my water looks like a muddy river. I have already put salt and shock in it, but it has not cleared up.
The point of a salt water filter is to not have to use shock or chlorine but yes it should work the same.
Edna Quick Try some sequestrant and CuLator Metal Eliminator. When you use salt water, it adds some iron to the water plus it pushes the pH up which makes the metals show up. CuLator will get rid of iron and copper and many other metals to make your pool beautiful!
Absolutely worked for me and many thanks for sharing this , cleaned my bestway fast set 900 gallon pool in under 4 hrs 👍👍
+nick stevens Awesome glad it helped. Enjoy it this summer
It's called a forum, and it's called a hose clamp. I'm glad it worked for you and thank you for taking the time to make the video. But I found the real issue with these pool is the insufficient filter/pumps they come with. I found a hayward sand filter and pump on a local sale and holy crap...night and day! Few hrs a day and this shit looks like drinking water it's so clear (but obviously a proper ph AK balance sustained with the right amount of chlorine is my main kick ass component)
Try using the vacuum that came with the pool but instead of using the mesh trap try zip tying an old sock to the vacuum and that should help suck up some of that iron that has settled to the bottom but those vacuums that come with the pool are a piece of crap so it might not completely solve your problem.
Works SO well, thank you for sharing your solution!!! The bag of batting made enough for filling it twice, I only used one water bottle. I'm still running it as an extra filter, and amazing how much it helps. I pull the batting every couple days, hose it off, hang out to dry, and put back in what I had pulled the last time. Thank you again for sharing!!!!
No problem have fun
My buddy actually did that and then once I showed him this video he bought another pool and was good to go after that. Hope it works for you though.
Hey I have well water, when we first put the water in the pool it was clear. Now that it's to the top it's Brown and looks like a swamp. This is the same water that is used in the house, just not to cook or drink. What can I do? I almost feel like this wasn't a good idea to buy.
Best filter idea I've saw on here thanks don't have iron problem but some other super fine particles i call water dust
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Recently moved and this is the first time I had issues w/ brown water. I watched your video and had all the materials on hand. It is currently filtering. Hoping to notice something in the next few hours. I hope it works as well for me as it has for everyone else! Thanks!!
What a genius! And I have been using a freaking magnet all this time.
Great idea for when filling the pool. Insert the hose into this and allow the pool to fill. Will try. Thanks
That’s a good idea
metal zip tie? or a hose clamp
good idea
I meant to say hose clamp but I couldn't think of the name at the time.
Lol everytime he said that.. shit made me laugh
Crystal Smith LMFAO METAL ZIP TIE😨😨😨😂😂😂😂
I LOVE THIS VIDEO, SO SIMPLE TO FOLLOW. I AM PUTTING UP A 15' ABOVE-GROUND POOL FOR THE FIRST TIME.. IF YOU HAVE MORE VIDEOS ON HOW TO PREPARE THE WATER AFTER FILLING THE POOL & KEEP IT MAINTAINED IT WOULD BE SO APPRECIATED... THANK YOU !
+Brenda Mcnaughton Sorry this is all I have. I did do an update video but honestly I ended up using a salt water system it was just to much work to maintain.
"One of these metal zip ties" lol!!!
You mean hose clamp 😂
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Did this yesterday and couldn't believe it actually worked. Running the usual filter today to see if the water is clean yet. Might have to do this again if not (it was so easy). Thanks for the video!
Tried all these do it yourself filters. nothing ever worked. Bought a sand filter and it cleared the pool to crystal clear in 2 days.
+avenged06x That's a great permanent solution and I agree but if you need a quick fix for the summer and don't want to invest the money in a sand filter then this is a cheap temporary solution
The amount of time that this trick cleaned up my pool is crazy, (in like an hour) I could see my pool floor
I have well water, all my levels test fine, but it’s so mucky and green (looks like creek water)
and now I’m able to see the bottom of my pool after running this water jug trick for an hour or so, it’s crazy
Thank you so much, you’ve saved me so much time and money with this cheap trick. I’ve used all sorts of chemicals to help with this murkyness and nothing has helped. (Then I have to buy other chemicals to get my water back into safe condition) saving so much money now
I have a filter running 1500 gallons an hour almost all day for weeks and it was not cleaning it up.
And this just worked so great. And it’s so cheap.
Glad it helped
confirmed this does work my pool was clean in 4 hours
Awesome
I have my filter all prepared to put on my daughter pool in the morning... I see from the comments she is going to be a happy camper. Thank you!
No problem enjoy.
Happy to help.
Ok so I did this and OMG DUDE THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU LOLOLOLOLOL MY POOL WENT FROM DARK DARK BROWN (seriously you could not see the bottom) TO
CHRYSTAL CLEAR!!!!!!! I did both the iron out and the filter - between the two our pool is now BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!!! I spent over $200 on crap for this pool and emptied it SEVERAL TIMES !!!!!! Went and Got this little bottle of iron out & some stuffing and like magic it is AMAZING BEAUTIFUL !!!!!
Dude I can’t thank you enough!!!!! I was at my wits end with this thing. I wish I could show you pictures but I don’t see an option to add pics in the comments . Oh well!!!!!
God bless you!!!!!!
I love reading these comments. I’m glad it helped and thanks for watching. Enjoy your summer
Help! How do you get rid of the nasty stuff on the bottom???
ana vargas pool vaccum!
Turn on the pump while your swimming
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I have a pool vacuum and dont know how to use it on my specific pool it's an above ground poly group summer elite and it has a skimmer and I can't figure out how to attach it it's a big pain in my *** but I just made a Similar filter except it's in a 5 gallon bucket and I'm hoping it does the job if you have any advice on how to connect the vacuum please let me know
Thanks brother my pool went from sewer to swimming pool again this was amazing overnight complete difference
That’s awesome to hear I’m glad it helped
That's freaking awesome, I think I need to put the sock on my filter as well.
what would the sock be for?
We just got a large inflatable pool for our son's birthday. (Same brand as yours) I was so disappointed when the water turned brown after I added chemicals. It was DARK brown! We put together this filtre last night and it is almost clear overnight! Thanks so much!
Glad to hear that and thanks for the comment. Enjoy this summer.
Thanks so much for this video, you are a life saver man!!!!!
I wish i could add an image to this comment to show my results because i used this method with just a gallon Hawaiian punch jug and polyfill and in 4 days my pool went from dark brown due to the iron to crystal clear with no chemicals! works amazing!! Thank you for sharing this video!
That’s awesome I’m glad it worked out so well for you
Thank you or your great idea, I will do this today, Regards Robert from England
+Robert Goldsmith Awesome hope it works out for you brother
Usually that green color is caused by copper in the water. When I had a hot tub, I had to add a bottle of “metal gon” whenever I changed the water. Not sure if the iron out does the same, but if not, look for something like Metal Gon that neutralizes the copper.
And for the cloudiness, that’s usually due to not regularly using chlorine (or not using enough). You need chlorine test kits to make sure your chemicals are in balance, particularly the chlorine parts per million.
I don’t think I had much copper. The water in the video was shown only hours after it cleared from the iron and I hadn’t added any chlorine yet. I always tested my water after it was cleared and tried to keep all my pH levels correct which was a constant battle. I think that was due to me using iron out
Can you use pillow stuffing?
I was trying to figure out what he used? I figured pillow stuffing
I am so so SO glad I found this video! We have city water but they flushed the hydrants while our pool was filling and it was dark brown in the morning. We did some research and came across this video. 8 hours with a filter like you made and the pool looks normal! I can't believe how great it worked. Thanks for the video!!
You are so welcome I'm glad it helped you and enjoy your summer.
Hi Arc. I have a heavy concentration of iron in my water (I am on a private well). I shocked the pool as directed per the pool instructions and it turned to a very dark ugly brown. I couldn't see the bottom of the pool (it's only 42" deep). I saw your video and gave it a try. I went through 5 of your filters over a day and a half, and the water is now crystal clear (unbelievable). WOW. Also, some people seem to be having a problem connecting the outlet hose from the pool filter pump to the home made filter. I used a piece of 1" PVC pipe. The diameter of the PVC is perfect for the Intex hose and the juice bottle opening (you still need the hose clamps). Hope this helps other people. This system you developed really works.Thanks Arc.John D.
No problem glad it worked for you. As far as connecting the hose to the filter you just have to find what works like you did.
Just buying a big sand filter was the best thing we ever bought for our pool ..
I agree buying an after market filter is definitely worth the investment. We bought a salt water filter this year because I was tired of the hassle and water has been perfect so far. The homemade filter is a cheap fix but definitely a short term solution as it's more hassle than I'm willing to deal with.
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Did this without the use of any iron treatment and it worked great. I did not use the vacuum extension just hooked the pool hose straight to bottle but had to put thread tape around the bottle so water would not leak out. Make sure if anyone is helping you that you let them know not to turn off pump then turn it back on with the bottle still in pool if you do it will shoot the rust back into the pool. Remove bottle from pool and before you place bottle back in pool turn pump on and let it run until you see that there is no more rust coming from bottle then place back into the pool. Thanks for the video.
Yes I learned this the hard way.
modify that filter to take that bottle forget the holes link it direct to the filter with some quick release connections ay it lol
+dave Yates Pretty good idea
I wish I understood what this meant????
@@chloejasper6852 shame when ya build some stuff you gain the knowledge 😭😭😭😭 you need instructions?
@@davey2k12 I'm pretty savvy...but I guess I do!
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We did this last year but used Sequa sol to sequester the iron. It worked great. Your DIY video is the best i've seen on this. Thanks!!!
I'll have to check that out and thanks for the comment.
my pool turned brown after using shock it, and had to much money already invested in chemicals in it, so I watched ur video , took a gallon milk jug, an old pillow n made this filter, n by 3rd day my pool is clear as day again...didn't cost me another dime, n saves me from emptying n refilling all summer..thank you for ur video...
+Elaine Yeager Your welcome I'm glad it worked out for you
We have used this same method and used a five gallon Lowes can with a lid. After tweaking it forr stability --it worked! It took a day but the green was gone. We bought a better pool since then :)
I bought a salt water filter this year and it gets rid of the iron problem and is less hassle
I did this my pool was in pretty bad shape and it did take a couple days and a few filters but its crystal clear now!!!! ..thanks for the help man !!
Awesome I’m glad it worked out
Leslie my 6 years old, think this is a great idea! She asked me to comment, Thank you
That’s awesome thank you and tell Leslie that I appreciate her kind words and I’m glad she liked it
This really worked great. I saw the other videos of ppl using giant buckets, but you're doing the same thing using things we have and throw away all the time. i made mine with a V-8 juice container, so it's even smaller than yours, but I reached almost complete clarity running it over night.
+oddgriffin Yeah I was surprised that it really doesn't take much just something to catch the small particles
Hey, just saw your video on this. I'm gonna give a try as well. I have a pool exactly like yours, just smaller (10' x 30") and after I started treating the pool it went greenish-brown in the pool and my filter was brown. I did fill my pool with well water as well and didn't realize this would happen (not great at chemistry). My fiance and I thought maybe it was the tree pollen (set up the pool a little too early in the season) but after reviewing this video, I'm 99% positive it's the same problem you described here.
If you have well water then I would say it's the chlorine reacting with the iron in the water and the cheap filters that come with the pool won't filter it out. This is a quick fix and does the job quickly but is a pain to keep up with. If you want a more permanent solution with less hassle and don't mind spending the extra money I would go with a sand filter or a salt water system.
ARCHunter411 I'll keep the sand filter in mind, provided it's not overly expensive. I just got all the parts together, stuffed a water jug with the pillow material, hooked it up and within 20mins, I'm already seeing the same effect you showed in your video. Thanks for this video and the advice, you're a pool/time saver!
They vary in price but I think you can get them between 150 and 200 bucks from Walmart.
ARCHunter411 OMG That makes so much sense!! I have an Intex pool too. Filled it up and the water was actually pretty clear, only slightly cloudy. I put my chlorine tabs in the filter and let it fill up. The next day it was green and thee was this brown layer on the pool floor. I was so crushed! I REALLY hope this works. I'm going to Wal-Mart now to get the stuff! lol
Scarlet Warren Have no fear, this worked perfectly for me. Take a look at this pic after 1-2 days of running my pool through the filter ARCHunter411 described: goo.gl/photos/CeB3AntZv9U1Zuph9
I had issues connecting the tube to the make-shift filter, so I used a rubber glove and rubber band to seal off the end of the hose to the new filter, worked like a charm.
Just add a little bit and see how it does then keep adding more as you need too. You'll just have to check pH levels and get those squared away before you swim.
Thanks for keeping this vid up! I was in the middle of a week long battle with my pool and I was loosing. The water had turned green overnight which I thought was algae so I did the shock and algaecide and nothing changed so I shocked it again, nothing. Next day I was horrified to find brown water. Had no idea this could happen. I decided I lost and was going to drain pool. But I found your video and said why not. I built my polyfil filters on 2 pumps and used the iron out. Next day pool was the same I dumped in more iron out and now pool is blue. I can't believe it! I have a 48" x 15Ft pool. If you hadn't done this video my pool would be in a dump somewhere. I was so upset I couldn't get it clean. Now I know about rust and chlorine 😊
That is awesome I love getting comments like this and that is why I made the video. I’m glad everything worked out and hope you enjoy your pool this summer
Purchased first cheap above ground pool with cartridge filter. Added well water, ended up with brown then green water. After lots of chemicals still had bad water. Watched this video and now have clear water!! Thanks.. I also disconnected the two doohickeys that take water out to filter and hooked up the cheap vacuum that came with pool. Now I don't have to use well water to get dirt if bottom. I just used my old pillows that weren't fluffy anymore. Empty Liquid chlorine bottle works as my filter. 00 cost.
That's awesome and that's a great idea for the vacuum.
We have well water and this is going to be a must on Saturday as I just set the pool up. The orange stuff from our water is horrible
I did this just yesterday and our pool is now clean, thank youv
No problem glad it helped
Working perfectly for me I'm already on my 5th or 6th filter and it's still turning brown. My water looks clear but apparently there's still iron in it , thanks for the idea man
Thank you and I’m glad it’s working out for you. That filter will probably keep turning brown for the rest of the summer
Great job! Thanks for the info. FYI "metal zip tie" is aka, hose clamp.
No FYI needed I know what it’s called I just had a brain fart. Thanks for watching
I filed my pool a week ago and shocked it with complete shock. And when I did my water turned orange. After watching this video I went and got all of my supplies. It took awhile to get all of the batting into the bottle. The only thing I had a problem with was connecting the shop vac hose to the water bottle. I had to cut three slits in the rim so it would close tighter on the bottle. I also vacuumed the pool after 4 hours of the pump running and changed the filter. Other than that this totally is worth the money.
That's awesome I'm glad it worked.
This idea works even better if you have a very powerful pump - I happen to have a submersible pump rated at ½ HP and just got a very small 8 ft intex pool (my first pool) - my problem? Well water - I ran the damn well down and all this dirt and iron started going into my pool (never mind that we had no water in the house for a while) - I'm VERY glad I found this on the web and other similar ideas - I decided instead of using the very weak pump that came with my tiny pool, I'd build my filter using a bucket and the lid, grab a shop vac fitting and some hose clamps - hook it up to the submersible pump and drop that sucker in the pool and let her rip! -- I'm telling you in a few hours my water was crystal clear - not bad considering that's about 650 gallons of water that needed to be cleaned up. My "guesstimate" is it took maybe 3 hrs to clean up the water but I let it go on for a full day anyway - , for my tiny pool - the pillow batting is still clean enough to use again if need be, BUT I may use this whole concept to build a better full time pump and filter system.
That's awesome. I've to see outside the box thinking and ideas born from other ideas. That's how I come up with my solutions. Hope everything works out and you enjoy your summer.
Thanks for the advice.....couldn't even see the bottom of my pool yesterday it was SO brown.....today it was more clear than its ever been.Thanks a lot would have drained the pool and started over if it wasn't for your video!!!
No problem have fun this summer.
I have the same pool and the pump on it sucks big time! This I will try since it seems easy enough to do on my own. I'm constantly running to the store and buying more and more chemicals to put in. Trying to keep the ph level right is a task itself...my kids are lucky I luv them:-) Thx for your help!
I've try this diy method right now using an empty 3 liter bottle of soda, and it did work I keep the pump on for approximately 6 hours
That’s great. Whatever works
Thank you Thank you. Made this and it cleared my pool of brown water. Made vacuuming much easier.
+sonya d You are welcome and have fun this summer
thanks for this! I thought maybe I over shocked my pool or really messed it up. but I noticed when I was filling it that it was a little cloudy! (first time pool owner) simple solution! cant wait to try it! thanks a lot!
No problem hope it works out. I would definitely suggest a salt water or sand filter for a long term and less maintenance solution. This is a great DIY cheap fix but is a pain in the butt to keep up with.
It worked really great! I think next year we are going to fill our pool using this filter just to kind of help it from the start! Thanks so much!
No problem I'm glad it worked out.
Thank You Thank You!!! Spent two days trying to vacuum up fine particals just to find it all at the bottom again in an hour this solved that problem!!!!
+Helen Lutz That's awesome I'm glad this helped. It saves a lot of time money and frustration
Thanks for the tip! Made one today and I already see a HUGE difference! What a great hack!
+Sarah LeCount Thanks and enjoy this summer
I hope this works for me I have such brown water that when I put it in the pool it makes the water look green because of the blue bottom of the liner!!!!! My fresh water looks like a pool with a ton of algae in it but it’s not it’s just heavy iron that makes the pool look green !!!!! I’m going to try this !!!! THANK YOU!!!
Good luck. That is exactly what happened to my water when I put the chlorine in. Some people may need more filters than others dependent on your water. Just remember even when the filter is really nasty brown it will still work. Also you will probably need to leave that filter on it all summer especially if you need to refill it occasionally from water being splashed out/evaporated.
Awesome idea , we barely got ours but our water looks green , not smelly water at all just green but we already plugged our filter cleaner and I’ll see how that goes .
OMG!!! Wish i would have found this video 3 months ago! Before i got frustrated and took my pool down!!!
Now you know for next year
Great idea we've been fighting iron for two years now pool store charges a fortune and still has problems my pool looks just like yours in video hopefully this works thanks
It definitely should. I'm gonna try some new ideas this year to go along with this filter so I may post that on another vid.
I used the poly fill after fining this video. Works great. I have a couple spare pumps, so I used them with my primary pump. I filled the filter section with poly fill and used bottles , also filled with poly, on the discharge. cleared my pool in 2 days
+derail01 That's awesome and great out of the box thinking which is what this video is about. Thanks for sharing
I don't have water, but have not gotten water clear this year at all. Nothing working, gonna try this before giving up.
Great video!!! Thank you! We filled our new above ground pool with our well water and were at a loss on how to get it clear until we saw your video. Now our pool is clear.......thank you, thank you!!!!
Np enjoy.
***** I am having the same problem! We used our well and I have never gotten to the red-brown water in our well and when I went out to check the progress of the pool filling the water was a dark brownish red color :( How dark was yours?
Rebecca Drennen Also about how long did it take if yours was really dark? I tried the HTH Metals and I have shocked it twice! Not phasing it!
Love that it’s not a bucket. Good job
Thank you
There are cheap vacuums at Walmart but you might be able to scoop it up with a pool skimming net.
Such a cool idea! Our water is full of iron and last year I tried all of these random things to get rid of it in our kiddie pool. Wonder if I should try something on a smaller scale for it and wonder if I could use it directly on the hose.
I Used this method as well back when I had a fishtank. Worked great to Clear the algea out
Good idea
Hopefully it all works out. Bottom line is if you have well water these pools are a pain but let me know how it goes.
So glad it helped and hope your husband is excited.
Thank you so much I followed your instruction pool is clearing up the iron in the water Because our well has a slow recovery we need to use water runoff from the rain via stream. Thank you
No problem
This worked awesomely! We couldn't get our pool water clear and this worked, so well it was crazy! It turns the poly fill a brownish orange color, and it got our pool pretty clear. Now, for our pool it didn't work in 2 hours. We had to hook two different ones up, and get in and mix it up, but that could be because of our filter system. If one doesn't work, try again. It definitely helps! In PA that iron out was only $4 for one. Definitely a cheap fix!! This was a weekend project just because of the time it took to run through our filtration system.
Glad it worked for you. Thanks for sharing your success