On Aug 12, 10:53*am, Kat Rabun katspianostudio...@Use-Author-Supplied-
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What most people do to clean up a garden hose is take an old garden hose
with good GHT fittings and slice a sharp channel crosswise across the
threads with a triangular file. This self-tapping channel should be shallow
at the beginning and as deep as you can get it near the bottom.

No, "most people" certainly do not bother. They will either cut the
hose and install a repair end, or throw the entire hose away.

The garden hoses I see for sale, even the so-called "good" ones, have
stamped brass ends. These are not re-threadable, or repairable in any
way. They must be sliced off and replaced.