So I was out to water my grass seed tonight and my hose nozzle broke. Attempted to do a red-neck repair job on the snapped plastic piece by clamping it and “Spot welding” it with a cigarette lighter. That worked but not well enough. My neighbor was nice enough to lend me his nozzle until I could buy a new one, but this nozzle had been on the hose for about 4 years and it was frozen on.
I attempted WD40 and pipe wrenches to pop it loose but no hope. In a last ditch I used a torch to free up the nozzle. That didn’t work, AND this “Kink free” hose has a fairly low melting point.
Somebody on IRC was nice enough to show me this.
I’ll be fixing it tomorrow!
STP makes a great silicone dry film lubricant that’d be perfect for this.
I originally discovered it when building spark plug wires. Getting 10mm MSD wires to make the 90˚ bend into the spark plug boot is a chore to say the least.
I’ve used a bunch of the plastic style with no problems whatsoever. Cut the hose square, use just a small amount of lube, and tighten the plastic clamp evenly until it’s snug, not until you pull the screw head through. the halves don’t need to touch, just snug up on the hose. Easy peasy…