Re: Repairing garden hoses...

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from pfjames2000@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Peter James) contains these words:

> 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.

It's widely used in the electronics industry. I use it when repairing
hi-fi.

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Rusty
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