Shields smooth is what I was using. The bottom line is to use only
Marlon fittings which slip in like machined metal parts. Gray PVC and
nylon are both a disaster. I did everything that was recommended
here, boiling water, heat gun, lube, prestretching, and could barely
get the hose on the nylon when the fitting were clamped in a vice and
I could lean my whole body into it.

I'm replacing the barbs for the final in-place connections with
Marlon. I couldn't get Marlon for the Tee's and reducers I needed.
This hassle has been my punishment for trying to maintain a consistent
look to fittings that are hidden from view and wanting to get this
project wrapped up before snow buries the boat again.

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Roger Long



"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
news:mkeGf.23342$Dh.21061@dukeread04...
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.

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Glenn Ashmore

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"Roger Long" wrote in message
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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?

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Roger Long