I'm one of those who opened their wash-it and immediately lost the manual. Eh, it's so simple, it should be easy to change out the filters. I decided to do maintenance on the wash-it since it just sat in my dining room all winter and the di was probably pretty grody.
So if you need to change out your resin, here are the steps I followed. Maybe Perry can add some helpful tips as well.
Let's do this!
Step 1: Try to loosen the carbon filter. It won't budge.
Step 1a: Go digging in the garage to try and find where I put the wrench. I think it came with a wrench right? Oh, there it is. Buried under all my screen washer stuff.
Step 2: Inspect the carbon, looks pretty good, put it back and hand tighten.
Step 3: Man up and try and remove the di housing. That didn't work.
Step 3a: Don't be a wimp, clamp down on that sucker and remove it. Do you have girly hands? Get it! Nope. That didn't work.
Step 3b: Did the di come with it's own wrench? I don't remember. Do I have a pipe wrench that will work? Nope. Crap, where did all my pipe wrenches go? Can I jury rig something? Nope.
Step 3c: Surely it came with a di wrench right? I don't know. Go digging in the garage and try and find where I put the di wrench if it even came with one. Oh, there it is.
Step 3d: Ignore the arrows on the wrench because they're backwards and get the di housing off. I guess if you look at the wrench upside down, the arrows are correct.
Step 4: I've got enough resin to fill the extra di tube (I found that in the garage too).
Step 5: Cool, it comes with a new carbon filter inside. Neat.
Step 6: Cut open the fresh virgin resin that you just got shipped to your door by your handy dandy wcr store. Be sure to cut the entire top of the bag off to make it super easy to pour. Cutting off a corner will just slow you down.
Step 7: Fill the extra tube with fresh resin. Tap it down on the patio floor and resin comes out. Interesting.
Step 8: Inspect the old tube and see that what you thought was a carbon filter is what will keep the resin from coming out.
Oh.
Step 9: Dump out the resin back into the bag and clean it out so you can put that other filter thing in the bottom where it was supposed to be.
Step 10: Watch your virgin resin spill out over the patio floor. Craaaaap.
Step 11: Fill the tube with what's left in the bag. Put the foam circle in and the lid on.
Step 12: Dump out the old tube and clean it out. Don't want legionnaires disease.
Step 13: Make sure the filter thing is secure and start scooping the resin off the patio floor into the tube. Be sure not to put those leaves in.
Step 14: Think bad thoughts while you tap down the new tube and realize that you probably had enough resin for a 3rd tube.
Step 15: Put the di housing back on hand tight using the magic lube you also found in the garage in a third location while looking for the two wrench locations.
Step 16: Hook it up to the hose and watch your pure water come out after a little whistling.
Niiiiice.
If you follow my steps, it'll take a couple hours to change out your resin. If you still have your manual, maybe 15 minutes.
So if you need to change out your resin, here are the steps I followed. Maybe Perry can add some helpful tips as well.
Let's do this!
Step 1: Try to loosen the carbon filter. It won't budge.
Step 1a: Go digging in the garage to try and find where I put the wrench. I think it came with a wrench right? Oh, there it is. Buried under all my screen washer stuff.
Step 2: Inspect the carbon, looks pretty good, put it back and hand tighten.
Step 3: Man up and try and remove the di housing. That didn't work.
Step 3a: Don't be a wimp, clamp down on that sucker and remove it. Do you have girly hands? Get it! Nope. That didn't work.
Step 3b: Did the di come with it's own wrench? I don't remember. Do I have a pipe wrench that will work? Nope. Crap, where did all my pipe wrenches go? Can I jury rig something? Nope.
Step 3c: Surely it came with a di wrench right? I don't know. Go digging in the garage and try and find where I put the di wrench if it even came with one. Oh, there it is.
Step 3d: Ignore the arrows on the wrench because they're backwards and get the di housing off. I guess if you look at the wrench upside down, the arrows are correct.
Step 4: I've got enough resin to fill the extra di tube (I found that in the garage too).
Step 5: Cool, it comes with a new carbon filter inside. Neat.
Step 6: Cut open the fresh virgin resin that you just got shipped to your door by your handy dandy wcr store. Be sure to cut the entire top of the bag off to make it super easy to pour. Cutting off a corner will just slow you down.
Step 7: Fill the extra tube with fresh resin. Tap it down on the patio floor and resin comes out. Interesting.
Step 8: Inspect the old tube and see that what you thought was a carbon filter is what will keep the resin from coming out.
Oh.
Step 9: Dump out the resin back into the bag and clean it out so you can put that other filter thing in the bottom where it was supposed to be.
Step 10: Watch your virgin resin spill out over the patio floor. Craaaaap.
Step 11: Fill the tube with what's left in the bag. Put the foam circle in and the lid on.
Step 12: Dump out the old tube and clean it out. Don't want legionnaires disease.
Step 13: Make sure the filter thing is secure and start scooping the resin off the patio floor into the tube. Be sure not to put those leaves in.
Step 14: Think bad thoughts while you tap down the new tube and realize that you probably had enough resin for a 3rd tube.
Step 15: Put the di housing back on hand tight using the magic lube you also found in the garage in a third location while looking for the two wrench locations.
Step 16: Hook it up to the hose and watch your pure water come out after a little whistling.
Niiiiice.
If you follow my steps, it'll take a couple hours to change out your resin. If you still have your manual, maybe 15 minutes.
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