DIY filter roller floss roll

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Has anyone had success making their own filter rolls for a roller mat? I have a KLIR DI-4 and like it a lot, but for $16 a roll I think there has to be a better way.

I assume you can buy that filter sheet somewhere online in a large tube that could be cut down to the size of the filter roller.

thanks for the help, looking forward to seeing everyone’s ideas.
 

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Has anyone had success making their own filter rolls for a roller mat? I have a KLIR DI-4 and like it a lot, but for $16 a roll I think there has to be a better way.

I assume you can buy that filter sheet somewhere online in a large tube that could be cut down to the size of the filter roller.

thanks for the help, looking forward to seeing everyone’s ideas.
I tried with material from work but complete fail
I looked up fleece roll and material and there were some out there but went back to socks
 
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I think this place might be promising. I need to get a new roll and measure it



dang… that’s unfortunate.
 

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I think this place might be promising. I need to get a new roll and measure it


Did you ever try this paper from Precesion converting? It does sound promising.
 
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They come on 2" centers so you have to get a space. I used these

amazon link to spacers

I told them I had a reefmat500 and they new the size already. Worst case you need to measure it and tell them what size to cut it to.

That's awesome that they will cut it for you. That was actually my biggest worry.
Thank you so much
Any remarkable difference between the two fleeces? https://preconfilter.com/ are offering only the 50 microns size. Such small size can be consumed very fast! No?
50 micron is what is used on the Klir default ones. Not sure what the reefmat500 uses by default but the 50 seems to work good.
 

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Im actually using about 20% less per day with the precon roll vs the redsea roll.

You can tell there is a difference when side by side but the only real difference I can actually see is it seems to be a little bit harder for the motor to move the roll and Im using less floss overall.
 

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Im actually using about 20% less per day with the precon roll vs the redsea roll.
You can tell there is a difference when side by side but the only real difference I can actually see is it seems to be a little bit harder for the motor to move the roll and Im using less floss overall.
How about the cost ?
 
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