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Thread Number: 31373
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Woven Vacuum Hose Repair |
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| Post# 346948 , Reply# 1 3/10/2016 at 07:59 (2,959 days old) by fantomfan57 (Central Texas) | ||
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*might help to use a cheap junk disposable vacuum, with a variable speed on low, to run while applying the spray. Also to plug the other end of the hose lightly. My thought is to provide a vacuum to lightly suck the spray into the fibers. Hope this works. | ||
| Post# 347008 , Reply# 2 3/10/2016 at 19:56 (2,958 days old) by speedqueen (Harrison Twp MI) | ||
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Latex Charles Richard Lester came up with the idea of pouring costume latex into cloth hoses. I believe if you use the Super-search-alator you could find his old thread explaining how. | ||
| Post# 347013 , Reply# 3 3/10/2016 at 20:46 (2,958 days old) by mchmike (West palm beach fl) | ||
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I've tried the liquid latex method and it works fantastically well. | ||
| Post# 347015 , Reply# 4 3/10/2016 at 21:01 (2,958 days old) by speedqueen (Harrison Twp MI) | ||
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Found the link to Lester's Article Link: CLICK HERE TO GO TO speedqueen's LINK | ||
Post# 347016 , Reply# 5 3/10/2016 at 21:31 (2,958 days old) by electrolux137  (Los Angeles) |
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Funny thing ... I had never heard of Flex Seal until the other night when one of those late-night "As Seen On TV" commercials came on for the product. I wondered if anyone had tried it on vacuum cleaner hoses and was gonna ask about it.
I went to Lowe's the other day and bought some liquid Plasti-Dip to give it a test run. They also had it in a spray can in clear. I wondered how that would work on the outside of woven cloth & vinyl hoses but didn't get any. It seems like it would ruin the surface.
The latex treatment does work but it's tricky to do. I haven't done any more in a while. This weekend I'm going to give the Plasti-Dip a whirl... | ||
| Post# 347213 , Reply# 7 3/12/2016 at 05:26 (2,957 days old) by fantomfan57 (Central Texas) | ||
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Let us know how that works out. I have still not tried my experiment because I got distracted by an acquisition of a Royal Power Tank. I had been wanting one of these for some time. | ||
| Post# 347298 , Reply# 8 3/12/2016 at 20:43 (2,956 days old) by Lovelux () | ||
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Plasti-Dip in Hose I tested the hose this afternoon and seemed to work fine. It is still flexible. I guess the only trick is to make sure you get it on the sides of the entire length of the hose. | ||
| Post# 347408 , Reply# 9 3/13/2016 at 14:29 (2,955 days old) by fantomfan57 (Central Texas) | ||
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Cool. Imagine a spray head extension plugged at the end, with tiny holes around the sides a inch or so from the end, that could be lowered through the hose, and pulled slowly up the hose while spraying the liquid. Could work. | ||
| Post# 347610 , Reply# 10 3/15/2016 at 11:39 (2,953 days old) by lovelux () | ||
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Fixed Hose Here is the hose I fixed with the Plasti-Dip. It goes great with the LX. The suction is great now.
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| Post# 347628 , Reply# 11 3/15/2016 at 14:55 (2,953 days old) by blknblu (CT) | ||
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maybe, adapt an engine cleaning wand? They are long, not as long as a hose, but something could be done.
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