How to clean a woven fabric hose

They have metal cording in them and brittle rubber so I would presume soaking is not going to work. Maybe a soft toothbrush and a non detergent soap and hot water. It would take a long time though.

You might be able to get away with submerging it and washing it quickly but you'd need to have a blower fan to shoot air through it and over it immediately after washing, so it doesn't rust the metal spring and deteriorate the rubber.

Good idea would be to buy a bunch of junk hoses or ask someone to give some to you and just try out different methods and see what makes the best result.

I know members here in the past posted on how to re-coat the inside with new rubber, so maybe best to only wash it before restoration and let the rubber get ruined and then re-coat new rubber to make a fully restored hose.


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Post# 466361 9/21/2023 at 17:41 (238 days old) by OhioVacuums (Ohio)
Checkrate/Likes I recently bought a strange vacuum and I'm in the process of cleaning/polishing. It has a fabric hose...can this be cleaned ? If so, how can I do it without damaging it ? I'll post pics of the finished product when I'm done.....let's see who can identify it.

Post# 466375 , Reply# 1 9/22/2023 at 16:39 (237 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)
Checkrate/Likes They have metal cording in them and brittle rubber so I would presume soaking is not going to work. Maybe a soft toothbrush and a non detergent soap and hot water. It would take a long time though. You might be able to get away with submerging it and washing it quickly but you'd need to have a blower fan to shoot air through it and over it immediately after washing, so it doesn't rust the metal spring and deteriorate the rubber. Good idea would be to buy a bunch of junk hoses or ask someone to give some to you and just try out different methods and see what makes the best result. I know members here in the past posted on how to re-coat the inside with new rubber, so maybe best to only wash it before restoration and let the rubber get ruined and then re-coat new rubber to make a fully restored hose.