On Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:14:13 -0400, Brooklyn1
wrote:
"Guv Bob" wrote:
Slip a short metal coil compression spring over the hose kink that has
an ID to match the hose OD... for a 3/4" hose one spring less than a
buck:
http://www.springsfast.com/compressi...FSwS7AodqG0AiQ
It's also easy to make ones own springs from "Music Wire":
http://www.grainger.com/category/mus...ecatalog/N-mbx
Can even use stainless steel music wi
http://www.grainger.com/category/sta...ecatalog/N-nz3
If you have an in with a local machine shop they will probably give
you a short length of music wire for free or will even make your
spring in a few minutes on an engine lathe. But it's not very
difficult to wind a spring by hand on any round stock, a piece of
pipe, a wooden dowel, a broom stick. As a Master Tool & Diemaker for
nearly 50 years I've custom wound thousands of springs. For a kinked
garden hose a spring wound from a scrap piece of of solid copper
electrical wire would suffice. Wrapping the kink with a piece of
Gorilla Glue tape would reform the hose... everyone should have
Gorilla Glue products at home:
http://www.gorillatough.com/index.php?page=gorilla-tape
I can come up with a hundred more solutions.