On Wed, 2 Aug 2017 00:12:10 -0000 (UTC), Boris
wrote:

Boris wrote in
. 209.88:

I've had some of my garden hoses get sticky to the touch after they've
been out in the sun for a summer or more. They get really
sticky...like they have tree sap on them, the entire length of the
hose. Bummer having to keep replacing 50 and 100 foot hoses. The
hoses in the backyard, in the shade, last forever.

It doesn't seem to matter what type of hose, vinyl or rubber coated,
they all get sticky after a year or so ex[posed to the sun.

What is going on, and any suggestins as to what type of hose to use to
avoid this? I have to have the hoses in the sun,

TIA


Googling tells me the stickiness is the vinyl breaking down.

I spoke too soon about rubber hoses also getting sticky...after reading
that rubber shouldn't get sticky, I re-examined what I thought was a rubber
hose of mine, and it turns out it was black vinyl, and was getting sticky.

I stopped buying the inexpensive hoses and only buy rubber garden
hoses made by Goodyear / Continental. They are not cheap, but they
last seemingly forever. The one I use for the horses is at least 25
years old and still going strong.