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Old 05/02/2007, 09:23 PM
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How do you get vinyl hose onto the correct size barb?
I can never get vinyl hose all the way onto the barb. How do you do it? I usually end up buying a larger diameter hose and using hose clamps.
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Old 05/02/2007, 09:24 PM
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Soak the end of the hose in hot water for a few minutes, it will go on much easier.
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Old 05/02/2007, 09:32 PM
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Or use a hair dryer. The heat will make the hose more pliable so you can get it on.
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Old 05/02/2007, 09:33 PM
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Old 05/02/2007, 09:44 PM
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When I have tried heating it (heat gun and hot water methods) the entire hose get too pliable to push onto the barb.
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Old 05/02/2007, 09:58 PM
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Use some heat just enough to soften it and use a bit of silicon grease on the fitting, this will make the hose a bit easier to take out when the need arises.
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Old 05/02/2007, 10:17 PM
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I have always used a cup of water boiled in the microwave...
just set the end in the water for 30 seconds...slips all the way to the fitting. As it cools it grabs on like a ...well you know.
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Old 05/03/2007, 10:22 AM
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I just run some water through the coffee machine and it comes out almost boiling instantly

Once you soften the hose you can do just about anything with it. In a pinch you can actually connect hoses by overlapping them ... well for siphoning anyway.

A quick dip should soften it a bit ... I think everyone agrees to that. Sometimes it just takes some old fashioned UMPH to get it on there.

Are you sure the hose and barb is the proper size?
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Old 05/03/2007, 10:38 AM
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Are you sure the hose and barb is the proper size?
If I buy a 1/2" barb I use 1/2" ID tubing.
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Old 05/03/2007, 10:50 AM
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Sometimes it just takes some old fashioned UMPH to get it on there.
UMPH works for me.
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Old 05/03/2007, 11:39 AM
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If I buy a 1/2" barb I use 1/2" ID tubing.
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Old 05/03/2007, 11:42 AM
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You don't mean the spa-flex white tubing do you? If so, that's ot designed to go onto a barb. It's supposed to be glued into a fitting just like rigid PVC.
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Old 05/03/2007, 01:37 PM
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You don't mean the spa-flex white tubing do you? If so, that's ot designed to go onto a barb. It's supposed to be glued into a fitting just like rigid PVC.
Flexible PVC (smooth inside) can be used with insert adapters. Spa-Flex, the corrugated one will need special end connectors that screw into the ripples and gets glued with special sealand (similar to the hot glues)
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Old 05/03/2007, 02:26 PM
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Old 05/03/2007, 03:01 PM
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heat gun or run it under hot water.
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Old 05/03/2007, 04:54 PM
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Will vasilene harm anything because that's what I did. Well too late now.
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Old 05/03/2007, 05:10 PM
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Will vasilene harm anything because that's what I did. Well too late now.
If you put it on the outside of the male fitting no it will not.
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Old 05/03/2007, 05:19 PM
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Old 05/03/2007, 06:17 PM
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Old 05/03/2007, 06:24 PM
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Old 05/03/2007, 06:46 PM
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Question, what harm can the vasilene do to the tank?
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Old 05/03/2007, 06:56 PM
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Question, what harm can the vasilene do to the tank?
I will think that a small amount will not do much harm other than potentially preventing the skimmer from bubbling properly for a while.
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Old 05/03/2007, 10:37 PM
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KY.. has not hurt my tank yet and i use it all the time on plumbing applications. i have a tube in my tool box.
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Old 05/03/2007, 10:41 PM
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KY.. has not hurt my tank yet and i use it all the time on plumbing applications. i have a tube in my tool box.
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