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Default Failed hose mender at Home Depot

In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 16 May 2021 12:15:44 -0700, Bob F
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On 5/16/2021 10:03 AM, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 16 May 2021 01:50:46 -0700 (PDT),
" wrote:

I needed some garden hose of the right length to go with the
quick-connect I posted about weeks ago. I used one of those ends with
the 2-part plastic clamp like you posted and the hose shot off the
connector. This particular hose was thinner, or older, than some. Next
time I used an all-metal hose clamp like is used on GM cars and I could
make that much tighter.


They make those hose ends for different diameters of hose. You need to
get the one that takes a bit of work to wiggle it into the hose.


Maybe it wasn't the right size. I probablay could have sanded off some
of the mating surface of the plastic clamp to make it smaller.

My next step was to buy a fancy non-kinking, non-twisting 10' hose,
which also bends better just like they said it would.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D51VB9E...roduct_details
It's in Spanish for me. Is it for you?

I don't know how to get back to English. Never mind. I found a
drop-down box next to the US flag next to the search box. Hmm. Amazon
sent me an auto-confirm email when I set it to Spanish, and again when I
set it back to English, but I never got one when something set it to
Spanish a day or two ago.