Re: Repairing garden hoses...

Gary Woods <garyusenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> "Astral Voyager" <nobody.home@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> >When I was working on aircraft we used a product know as Heat-Shrink
which
> >was used on cable looms.
> 
> 
> You might get some cheap at a fire sale.
> 
> Heat shrink tubing usually shrinks to half its original diameter, so you
> need to get something that will fit over the end coupling and still
shrink
> tightly over the hole.
> 
> 
> Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at
home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
> Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

In fact, 40 years ago I used heat shrink tubing to fix the rod rings
onto a fibre glass beach casting fi****ng rod I made.  The rings seem as
secure today as they did 40 years ago.  I am surprised that there seems
to be little use or knowledge of this product nowadays.  But it works
and works well.  I'm sure there would be no problems using it to fix a
leaking hose.
-- 
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