For those who don't have a torch hot water works just fine. Just hold the cut end of the hose, about two or three inches of it, in a pot of water brought to near the boiling point for a minute or so and it will be supple enough to easily accept the fitting. No need for a lubricant.

Left the hose out in the mid day sun. It worked fine

Place end of hose in hot water for 30 seconds instead of using a Torch...average person doesn't have one just laying around lol. Water is much safer and easier anyway

Gapless ear clamps work better. Heat gun (or even a hair dryer) works better than a torch. Boiling water is OK if you plug the end of the hose, because heating up the inside makes it a little more difficult to insert the fitting. A key point not mentioned in this video is to use barb fittings with a groove for the clamp. Not all barb fittings have a groove like the fittings he used, which is designed to work best with the clamp (as long as it's lined up with the groove).

Worked for me. Thanks!

Very helpful. Thanks!!!

Excellent !

I used a stepless Oetiker one ear clamp on mine. No torch or silicone therefore no stretch nor slipping.

In those last shots where you installed the nozzle on, you definitely pinched that hose. You can see the green pinched inside the clamp. That will leak in time.

What if the nozzle is good and I want to reuse it ? Hose always breaks down but nozzle pretty good but it’s stuck

Dissimilar metals bond. I wish fittings were all brass. I went to home Depot, Lowe's and ace. They are all brass color coated aluminum.

No link where to buy.

Would this work for a rubber garden hose? I have a Craftsman 50 foot garden hose, and the connector side for the sprayer came completely off. I am trying to find ways to repair it without purchasing a new hose

@QuaabQueb

Ай бұрын

@@EliseAngelofHealing Yes. I love that hose. I have the same one. It remains pliable in cold weather.

@EliseAngelofHealing

Ай бұрын

@@QuaabQueb I really like the hose as well, but really heavy. I take it in during the colder months.

I don’t have a torch so I soaked the hose end in boiling water for a couple of minutes. The softened hose diameter was still too small and it couldn’t accommodate the connector even when I applied liquid dish washing soap on the connector. Suggestions? Thanks.

@QuaabQueb

2 жыл бұрын

Need a smaller connector. They come in various sizes. You probably need half inch. These ones I show here are 5/8" I believe. You can force a 3/4" hose on it but not a 1/2".

@MSPA2006

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. It’s the same hose and connector after cutting off a bent piece of hose that started leaking. I was thinking of cutting a small piece of the hose end to make the opening slightly larger, slip the connector in with help from silicone, then attach a hose clamp. 🤞

It needs to be explained what is meant by 1/2", 5/8" and 3/4" hoses. Those numbers I believe refer to the inside diameter (commonly referred to as I. D.) of the hose. And that is what the BARBED end of the hose slides ONTO. Now, the thread of the fitting (the end opposite of the barb) themselves is ANOTHER number and most commonly I believe it is a 3/4" GHT thread. The GHT stand for GARDEN HOSE THREAD. That thread is typically what is on both ends of most garden residential hoses - female and male. So when you are buying fittings be sure to get the barb size that fits your hose's ID.

@shanerhoden

Жыл бұрын

❤

Heat gun, hairdryer?

Proper/BEST way??? I see nothing wrong with the hose repair that has 2 halves that you securely screw together. Also, you can put the end of cut off hose in hot water for a minute and it's just as soft with no worry about burning it up. Just another opinion.

Good job

I think that's a brass connector you're using. At least, I hope it is. The last five or six years, home improvement stores have been selling cheap hoses with aluminum fittings. At the end of the summer, they have welded themselves to any other dissimilar metal they've been unfortunate enough to be paired with (steel or brass). I've dealt with tons of them. I just took a hose today, took it up to the shop, used a MAP gas torch to heat the dang aluminum end enough to unscrew it off the steel it was "welded" to. WOW! What garbage. If you see an aluminum connector on a hose and not a brass one, cut it off and replace it even with a plastic end or your expensive 4 output brass well-head end will be bonded to it at the end of the summer. Cheap-a$$ hoses with cheap-a$$ aluminum connectors!!! Keeps people going back for more, I'm sure. They can be fixed but I wonder how many home-owners just throw those hoses in the dump? Good video, btw. I like this two sided clamp idea very much. Silicone grease was a good tip too. Just wondering, though... don't they make a crimper for it? Seems I can't find any to crimp garden hose connections. I'd love to have a crimper for these things so I can cut off every aluminum one I see, send them on a rocket into the sun and yell "Sayonara, baby!" :) And repair my hoses with what they should have been fitted with in the first place. :)

@migyverman

7 ай бұрын

You can also use a PEX 3/4" copper ring(no ears), but you need the crimping compound pliers to crimp the ring on there. Recently acquired one. Worked very well.

Yes, all the stuff I have lying abound the house.

It isn’t a DIY video unless there’s a torch involved 🤪🤪

@lilbear19601

11 ай бұрын

Red Green might agree to a degree but I’d bet that he would slap Duct Tape around the job.

you sound like a mix between techrax and everythingapplepro

What is the crimping tool called?

@likeafamily4life

3 жыл бұрын

The tool is called an "end cutter". This isn't the tool's main intended use but it works well enough, just don't squeeze too tight or you'll cut the pinch clamp!

@larryniv

3 жыл бұрын

@@likeafamily4life Thanks for the reply.

@husher5142

2 жыл бұрын

@@likeafamily4life yeah those are cutters lol, use pliers

@user-ym5io2ul1o

Жыл бұрын

KNIPEX 8-3/4 in. Ear Clamp Pliers with Front and Side Crimp Jaws

The tool he uses to make the crimp is called a pair of nippers.

@jackiej5319

2 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for the nippers to just completely CUT OFF the band. Aren't they supposed to CUT?

@Alex-Zone

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackiej5319 LOL depends how sharp they are / hardness of metal you're nipping!

@nedstarkspinoffshow

Жыл бұрын

I've called them "the things that look like catfish skinners" my whole life, thanks for dropping this knowledge.

Good but sharp edges of the clamp will always rub against the hand n wrist..

@migyverman

7 ай бұрын

Yup, replaced mine with a 3/4" PEX copper ring after I bought the crimping tool for $10 at a local flea market.

Don't want to buy a torch, and whatever that crimping tool is, And it seems to have the same sharp edges as the clamps, which I hate.

@QuaabQueb

3 жыл бұрын

Can use a hair dryer or just leave it out in the sun on a hot day. The edges are well rounded. You can also get the single ear clamps which I actually prefer. Gives a cleaner finish.

"Aluminum", How do you know? Careful using tools of other metals; i Failed to think of that. Can't tell material parts are made of Unless they say.

The most important part you neglect to talk about. WHAT THE HECK IS THAT TOOL USED TO CINCH IT DOWN?

@wrongfullyaccused7139

2 жыл бұрын

Rob; That tool is a smaller sized hoof nipper. It must be used with care or else you will cut that cinch ring instead of just squeezing it.

@seanmathews1826

2 жыл бұрын

A pair of linesman pliers would probably work better.

@user-ym5io2ul1o

Жыл бұрын

KNIPEX 8-3/4 in. Ear Clamp Pliers with Front and Side Crimp Jaws

Can’t find my torch

@user-ym5io2ul1o

Жыл бұрын

try a blow dryer

@skmccuen

11 ай бұрын

use hot water - it works just as well

A bucket of water is just as good and doesn't have fire 3 inches from your fingers.

Better ways Use a pan of hot water- no torch Substitute a hose ferrule - no clamp Most likely brass, not aluminum

Nose look like garden hose