Rebedding softener tank

[cvap]

I've been having troubles over the last few years with horrible water and my previous posts on here explain it all. Finally, this week I decided to rebed my softener tank. Everything went fine rinsing it all out and replacing the fine mesh fiberglass media. I think somehow the new media is getting forced out with the water, filling a tub is yellowish, the same color as the media, and it feels very very soft. 3M gave me 1 cu/ft of media and I did run it through a backwash manually. Could anything in the valve be causing this, or will it eventually settle?
There is a 2/ft backwash filter(which I also rebed), before this and 20" cartridge after.

[pawaterguy]

I've been having troubles over the last few years with horrible water and my previous posts on here explain it all. Finally, this week I decided to rebed my softener tank. Everything went fine rinsing it all out and replacing the fine mesh fiberglass media. I think somehow the new media is getting forced out with the water, filling a tub is yellowish, the same color as the media, and it feels very very soft. 3M gave me 1 cu/ft of media and I did run it through a backwash manually. Could anything in the valve be causing this, or will it eventually settle?
There is a 2/ft backwash filter(which I also rebed), before this and 20" cartridge after.

What unit is this in? I always backwash a new softener (or a rebedded one) for a good 20 minutes and then cycle it before putting it into service to avoid this issue. If there is any actual resin coming through then your distributor tube and/or screens are cracked and need to be replaced. Other than that...flushing the media off will clear it up.

[cvap]

What unit is this in? I always backwash a new softener (or a rebedded one) for a good 20 minutes and then cycle it before putting it into service to avoid this issue. If there is any actual resin coming through then your distributor tube and/or screens are cracked and need to be replaced. Other than that...flushing the media off will clear it up.

This is in a Aqua-Pure NFS-100 iron removing softener using 50-100micron fine mesh resin no bed. There is an hc-10 hydrocharger first, then a 2 cu/ft backwash filter with fine Mn/Fe removing media, then the softener, then a 20x4.5" 5 micron cartridge filter.
I will try to backwash it without going through the whole cycle by unplugging the timer on backwash, then run through a cycle or two before I pull it off to check for a bad tube oring. Do you think that will be ok?

[pawaterguy]

This is in a Aqua-Pure NFS-100 iron removing softener using 50-100micron fine mesh resin no bed. There is an hc-10 hydrocharger first, then a 2 cu/ft backwash filter with fine Mn/Fe removing media, then the softener, then a 20x4.5" 5 micron cartridge filter.
I will try to backwash it without going through the whole cycle by unplugging the timer on backwash, then run through a cycle or two before I pull it off to check for a bad tube oring. Do you think that will be ok?

Definitely worth a try rather than bathing in that nice tan water. Let us know how you make out.

[cvap]

Seems to be ok. Backwashed for 20 minutes or so then ran through a cycle. Hopefully it was just color being thrown from the fresh resin. Took a shower and rinses good.