Air hose

[jcummins]

I use a small pancake air compressor at the end of my workbench for various air issues. I have one of those yellow coiled hoses....works well for my purpose there....but it's the only place I use this type of hose.

Well the hose broke right at the end of the bard fitting. So I cut off square, and try as I might...I can't get it back on. Tried silicone spray on the bard....heated the hose trying to expand it...just won't go on.

How do you get this type hose back on? OR...is there a better solution. Don't want regular air hose like I use on my larger compressor...something small.

Here's what I'm working with.

 

[/pine]

I've used a little heat and a pair of needle nose pliers to expand the hose just enough...

 

[George2615]

Use a heat gun, not a torch to heat the tubing. A torch heats it too fast and will melt the hose. I have reinstalled coiled hoses back on the barbed fitting with this method. HF sells heat guns cheap if you don't have one.

 

[SPYDERLK]

1st try boiling water. ... Next, heated cooking oil.

 

[joeyd]

Use a heat gun, not a torch to heat the tubing. A torch heats it too fast and will melt the hose. I have reinstalled coiled hoses back on the barbed fitting with this method. HF sells heat guns cheap if you don't have one.

A 25' x 1/4" coiled air hose at HF is $6.00, a heat gun is $15.00 according to their website. I know what I would do.....

 

[Bird]

I've used a little heat and a pair of needle nose pliers to expand the hose just enough...

I recently had the same problem with 1/2" soaker hoses and used hot water and needle nose pliers.

 

[woodchuckie]

I've used hair dryers and also laid it in the sun on a hot day.

 

[CalG]

I use fuel injection rated fuel line hose. ;-) small light and flexible

I HATE that curly stiff plastic stuff........

 

[jcummins]

I hate the curly hose too...but at $6+ a foot for that hose...can't do that.

I would love a reasonable price alternative though.

 

[oosik]

I had that yellow curly hose on my compressor for a while. It kinked, twisted the wrong way etc. Got rid of it and went with just straight rubber hose.

Otherwise, I've used a heat gun or boiling water and a pair of leather gloves to fix this type situation.