<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>RE: Fitting fire hose to barbs</title></head><body> <div>Will,</div> <div>Greetings from down under. Heating the end will help as mentioned, but another major help is to use rubber grease, which is a grease made from vegetable oils. If you can't get this product, cooking oil will also work just fine.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Ron O.</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Will do.  Thanks,  Joe.</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Will</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><b>From:</b> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<b> On Behalf Of</b> Joe And Penny Goss<br> <b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 03, 2008 8:43 PM<br> <b>To:</b> Pianotech List<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: Fitting fire hose to barbs</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>hi Will,</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Never done this but would reccomend the hose end be in boiling water for enough time to soften the end. NOT JUST HOT WATER. I have worked with other items that are similar to this.</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Joe Goss RPT<br> Mother Goose Tools<br> <a href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</a><br> <a href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</a><br> <blockquote>----- Original Message -----</blockquote> <blockquote><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:surfdog@metrocast.net">Will Truitt</a></blockquote> <blockquote><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</a></blockquote> <blockquote><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 03, 2008 7:11 PM</blockquote> <blockquote><b>Subject:</b> Fitting fire hose to barbs</blockquote> <blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote>To the List:</blockquote> <blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote>I got my Nitrile rubber 1 ½" fire hose late this afternoon, and at the end of the day I cut my lengths and started playing with fitting the hose over the barbs of my end pieces.  The inner diameter is slightly smaller than the end of the barb.  Even with grease and wanging the barb around the inside of the end of the hose to stretch it a bit, it looks like it's going to be a lot of work to get those suckers on - a lot of screaming, cursing, and gnashing of teeth.  I was hoping to secure a tool designed for this task at a hardware store, but there appears to be no such animal.  The suggestion of placing the hose end in very hot water was made to me, and I will try that tomorrow.  Does anyone who has experience doing this have any suggestions that I could use to make my life easier here?</blockquote> <blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote>Will Truitt</blockquote> <blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY</b></font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><i>   </i></font><font color="#0000FF"><i>Grand Piano Manufacturers</i></font><font color="#000000"><br> _______________________</font></div> <div><font size="-2" color="#000000"><br> </font><font color="#000000">Web http://overspianos.com.au</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au<br> _______________________</font></div> </body> </html>