My sand rinse rig...

[Dom]

Good use of a .99cent kiddie pool.

 

[exnisstech]

I love it. I'm a bucket and hose guy but dang it takes a long time and wastes a lot of water.

 

[Dom]

I love it. I'm a bucket and hose guy but dang it takes a long time and wastes a lot of water.

I like this setup. No need to sit with my hands in a bucket and waste all of that water.

With this, I stir it up and go do other things while it clears out. Then I stir again. Repeat until the water is clear.

 

[Floyd-]

Love this, but hate that its just recirculating the dirty water back into the bucket. Ill stick with a bucket and a hose

 

[Dom]

Love this, but hate that its just recirculating the dirty water back into the bucket. Ill stick with a bucket and a hose

That isn't what it is doing. The water is filtering through a polishing pad.

The pump is in a basket which allows dirty water in, but not the sand. It pumps the water out and through another basket equipped with a polishing pad.

You just need to stir the water every hour and let the pump do the rest.

The water was crystal clear within a day or so.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Good use of a .99cent kiddie pool.

That's really clever! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Floyd-]

That isn't what it is doing. The water is filtering through a polishing pad.

The pump is in a basket which allows dirty water in, but not the sand. It pumps the water out and through another basket equipped with a polishing pad.

You just need to stir the water every hour and let the pump do the rest.

The water was crystal clear within a day or so.

Oh ok! I thought the sand was in the little bin. I can see now how it scrubs the dirty water over and over through the pad eventually getting cleaner and cleaner.

 

[Anna K]

NGL that water looks just like my ducks pond does after 5 minute of refilling it up for them
Super neat idea, thank you for sharing!

 

[PPBlimpy]

i have a similar rig running right now at home.

mine is a 27G tote from costco, two 2x6s and a 5 gallon bucket with a bulkhead and some plumbing and an old return pump to a filter sock. its slow, takes a lot of stirring. i have approx 200lbs to clean. going to be a while