Did I Wreck My Filter?

[Whoneedsavacation]

I'm officially too busy and should probably be spending more time *in* the tub!

A week ago I swapped out filters and put the one I took out into cleaning solution to soak.

I forgot about it.

For a week.

And we had a LOT of wind, so the bucket accumulated a bunch of leaves.

So this morning I remembered to take the filter out and rinse it. It *looks* OK except for some brown staining where the leaves were sitting on the filter (which floats slightly in solution, so it needs rotation to soak evenly). Did I wreck the filter, or is it probably OK? Would soaking it in a bleach solution be a good idea to get the staining out and kill anything the leaf debris might have incubated? Or should I just get a new filter. They aren't THAT expensive... but this one had only been used the one time.

[tony]

I'm officially too busy and should probably be spending more time *in* the tub!

A week ago I swapped out filters and put the one I took out into cleaning solution to soak.

I forgot about it.

For a week.

And we had a LOT of wind, so the bucket accumulated a bunch of leaves.

So this morning I remembered to take the filter out and rinse it. It *looks* OK except for some brown staining where the leaves were sitting on the filter (which floats slightly in solution, so it needs rotation to soak evenly). Did I wreck the filter, or is it probably OK? Would soaking it in a bleach solution be a good idea to get the staining out and kill anything the leaf debris might have incubated? Or should I just get a new filter. They aren't THAT expensive... but this one had only been used the one time.

It will be fine. Rinse well. I've done this numerous times for even longer stretches.