Larry wrote:

I keep a couple of tubes around for
fitting hose.

Oh, sure.....(c;

We believe ya, Glenn....

Larry, grow up.

K-Y Surgical jelly happens to be the best hose/fitting lubricant on the
planet...MUCH more slippery than dishwashing liquid--which is the only
other alternative, and also water soluble...so it dries out instead
leaving you with permanently greasy fitting a hose can work off of.

--
Peggie
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Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
http://shop.sailboatowners.com/books...ku=90&cat=1304

Astroglide is even slipperier. "second only to nature" and it stays slippy
longer does not dry as fast.
- Allen
"Peggie Hall" wrote in message
om...
Larry wrote:

I keep a couple of tubes around for fitting hose.

Oh, sure.....(c;

We believe ya, Glenn....

Larry, grow up.

K-Y Surgical jelly happens to be the best hose/fitting lubricant on the
planet...MUCH more slippery than dishwashing liquid--which is the only
other alternative, and also water soluble...so it dries out instead
leaving you with permanently greasy fitting a hose can work off of.

--
Peggie
----------
Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
http://shop.sailboatowners.com/books...ku=90&cat=1304

"bushman" wrote in news:jQsGf.20011$g47.2305
@tornado.tampabay.rr.com:

"second only to nature"

Hey! I got an idea.....No, wait, she'd never go for it...

Peggie Hall wrote in news:rvrGf.10213$2O6.3462
@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com:

Larry, grow up.

What? NEVAH!

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 18:10:17 -0500, "Glenn Ashmore"
wrote:

K-Y has a lot of interesting uses. :-) I keep a couple of tubes around for
fitting hose. Always gets odd looks from the visitors. :-)

Well, it's alleged to be a lonely life at sea.

R.

In article BN9Gf.23304$Dh.7896@dukeread04,
"Glenn Ashmore" wrote:

K-Y has a lot of interesting uses. :-) I keep a couple of tubes around for
fitting hose. Always gets odd looks from the visitors. :-)

Damn the visitors. K-Y has too many good uses to keep it off the boat.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

Jere Lull wrote in news:jerelull-9E5D50.22052711022006
@news.verizon.net:

Damn the visitors. K-Y has too many good uses to keep it off the boat.



Yeah, but Jere, you don't have to leave it on the V-berth, do you?....(c;

Roger Long wrote:
I’d been warned that the gray hose fittings from hardware stores are
ridiculously oversize but I didn’t realize that the nylon ones from
the marine store are also until after a lot of sweating and cussing.
Even after working the hose onto a heated (gently) pipe of the same
diameter to stretch it, getting the hose on the nylon nipples was at
the limit of feasibility.

Does anyone know the genesis or rational for this crazy situation? Why
can’t the nation the put a man on the moon produce hose fittings that
fit hose?

Crazy isn't it? For smaller PVC water hoses I use 5/8" hose and 1/2"
fittings. Fit very well.

Evan Gatehouse

Evan Gatehouse wrote:
Does anyone know the genesis or rational for this crazy situation? Why
can’t the nation the put a man on the moon produce hose fittings that
fit hose?


Crazy isn't it? For smaller PVC water hoses I use 5/8" hose and 1/2"
fittings. Fit very well.

The only problems are with 1.5" fittings. For some arcane reason,
plumbing indstry standards call for nominal 1.5 thread x 1.5 barb is
ACTUAL 1.5" OD on the threaded end, 1.5" ID on the barbed end. But ONLY
for 1.5"...all other sizes are OD measurements on both ends. I've never
beend able to find out why.

--
Peggie
----------
Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
http://shop.sailboatowners.com/books...ku=90&cat=1304

101 sanitation hose is the absolute worst to get on a barb. I finally found
Shields smooth sanitation hose fittings and they are almost easy. No heat
or grease needed.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

"Roger Long" wrote in message
...
I'd been warned that the gray hose fittings from hardware stores are
ridiculously oversize but I didn't realize that the nylon ones from the
marine store are also until after a lot of sweating and cussing. Even
after working the hose onto a heated (gently) pipe of the same diameter to
stretch it, getting the hose on the nylon nipples was at the limit of
feasibility.

Does anyone know the genesis or rational for this crazy situation? Why
can't the nation the put a man on the moon produce hose fittings that fit
hose?

--

Roger Long