My yellow rubber goodyear air hose, is, for lack of a better term, greasy. I noticed some time ago that when it was pulled across carpet (like up stairs) it would leave a brown mark, and now it appears to leave a mark just lying on light colored surfaces. I’ve kept it pristine- no mud or oil or any other thing besides sawdust. I’ve tried cleaners like 409 and now a commercial rubber cleaner (not a protectant) and although they seemed to help a little it is back to being greasy. The film on it rubs onto skin when handling and makes them sticky/greasy.
Any thoughts on how to clean?
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I don't know Rick, I fight with stuff like this all the time - pretty thrifty, but sometimes you just have to pull the trigger and replace something. You feel wastefull, but if the old hose stains or damages something important, the $25 will seem pretty trivial.
I spent $400 last week for a new PTO shaft for a rotary mower 'cause I'm just tired of having to fix the dang thing every time I try to use it.
There's something cleansing about throwing something away !
Greg
I have the same problem with my Goodyear airhose. If you find a solution please post it. It is a good hose, it just feels gummy.
Why do you guys use those anymore?Why would anyone use em anymore?Get a Flexeel braided poly hose - lightweight, thin, easy to coil and CLEAN.Spend the money and throw away the rubber ones - I'll never use em again.(Bostich makes one as does Hitachi)JT
Took me 23 minutes to get loose the last time I got tangled in a flexeel...
Amen to that. I finally resorted to ONLY storing it on a reel mounted in the van.
And the eel NEVER gets on a cedar roof, it gets caught on every splinter or shingle edge.
I recently sided some dormers over an Oak Shake roof, and they curl everywhichway, large gaps etc. I finally had to bring a different hose to finish up, I was losing so much time chasing a stuck hose.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
I don't mind the eels too much for framing, but for finish I use my old gray senco hose.
You and Heck must be the kind of guys that drop the coil and pull............if you unroll it, your experience may differ.
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Nah, that's not it, it's just that I can screw up an anvil with a toothpick.
Kinking up any air hose is child's play.
I've got the same hose and noticed the same problem lately. not sure if the oil I put in the guns is backwashing up the hose and then seeping out, or what.
So I'm eagerly awaiting a response as well.
jt8
"The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones."
-- Somerset Maugham
Rubber does "weep" as its never fully dry. Some gets worse as it gets older. Might be better dipping in powder than trying to clean it.
Better option get a new poly hose for indoor work where you have to keep things clean.
Wipe it down with goo-gone. I think it's just the rubber decomposing, it will need to be wiped down more and more, untill it gets hard and cracks. Or just buy some new hoses.
when we use to do different restoration work we would wrap our hoses in seran (sp?) wrap. we did alot of fire jobs so soot was a major issue and no matter how hard we tried to keep hoses and extension cords cleaned they would mar peoples carpet, furniture so we started this and it worked pretty well as opposed to new hoses which would have been $$$$$$
My rubber hose does that too. Seems when it goes from cold to warm it's worse.
But it's retired to automotive use now.
Get the flexeel.
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