August 5, 2015
This is what’s been happening to the metal screens in my water strainers…
It’s been hard to find replacement screens. So maybe this will work…
I left the metal screen out, took a Scotch Brite pad, rolled it up, and stuck it into the top of the filter housing…
I cut it so that it was long enough to fill the bowl and so that the bowl would hold the pad in place.
I just did this yesterday. I’ll update this in a few months with the results.
By the way, I think that my screens are dissolving faster than normal due to the Maddox anodes I’m using. Here’s a post about the Maddox anodes. -Rich
Update: October 29, 2019
I’ve had this “filter” installed for some time and it’s working just fine. I would do this again. While I could clean the filter, I think it’s easier to just throw it away and stick in a new one.
I also thought that a wadded up bunch of fiberglass window screen might work well. Someday, I’ll try that. It’d make a little courser filter.
