Garden Hose End Protection From Corrosion or Lime Scale

[flowerbug]

anyone have any good ideas what might work well for this? i'm thinking of vaseline because that is what i have on hand... motor oil i also have. hmm, maybe i do have some plumbing grease, probably should use that instead.

we did buy a few new hoses this spring so i need to hook them up today... no idea why i haven't thought of asking about this here before or even talking about it.

 

[flowerbug]

ah yes, this will do:

Danco Inc, waterproof grease, stk no 84042, probably 30+ yrs old. looks fine. might even be vaseline... lol would be funny if it is...

surprised i could find it but i just came across it a few weeks ago and told myself to put it with my other water related stuff...

 

[ducks4you]

Also, I bought 3 of these in the last few years. I have my hose attached to it instead of the faucet.

 

[flowerbug]

I have three hoses connected at the house in the back via two Y's, but they drip so i need to get a splitter or new Y's that don't drip (it doesn't bother me to have a small drip, but Mom doesn't like it at all)...

one hose goes 100ft back to the fenced gardens and in there i need to get Y and another short light duty hose for out there so i don't have to haul the hose back and forth when watering. it was so nice today to have the hose go the whole distance and not have any leaks or drips the whole way. before i'd repaired that run of hose several times and those repairs were not always tight. last summer it was spraying up out of the join so i took it apart and redid it and got it back to a small drip which i can tolerate, but then the hose started cracking and bulging so it was time to replace it. can't have any blowouts during the seed starting stage of the season. we're far enough from a decent store and Mom is away now often during the week. gotta plan ahead and have things ready.

the other hose we have are for watering the front and the north garden and that one can mostly stay over to that side and then we have a smaller one for right around the house and for filling containers and washing the car, etc. we could run another hose from the front of the house, but Mom doesn't want to use that faucet (shrugs).

if i get 5-10 years out of a hose i think that is ok considering how much i do use them and how much wear they deal with getting dragged over the gravel. the new 100 footer doesn't get moved as much so i bought a medium duty hose, but i did make sure to get one with good metal ends. anything that has plastic ends i won't touch, those break way too easy.

aside from fences hoses other once in a while expenses we have for the gardens plus a few tools here or there and of course the lawn mower (which i've not had out yet but i'll need to do that in the next few weeks sometime). it's pretty low budget and how i'm happy to do things.

 

[flowerbug]

Also, I bought 3 of these in the last few years. I have my hose attached to it instead of the faucet.
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yes, those would help for certain people who don't moderate their pulling on the hose and if it is prone to kinking right at the faucet. a lot of the hoses i've bought recently have had similar reinforcement on the hose itself.

 

[SPedigrees]

Also, I bought 3 of these in the last few years. I have my hose attached to it instead of the faucet.
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That looks like a good idea. Does the end which attaches to the faucet swivel easily? If so that could solve my problems with garden hoses that the ends do not swivel easily, and makes attaching them to the faucet difficult.

 

[ducks4you]

It is a little bit stiff. I liked the idea of not screwing on and rescrewing hoses on and off of my faucets, which I thought might corrode or strip them.

 

[Finnie]

One of the troubles I have with (some) hoses is if the end swivels too much and I can’t screw a spray nozzle on tightly enough because it just twists the hose end around and around instead of screwing onto it. Sometimes I am able to get it on all the way with no leaks, but other times it drips or sprays.

As I’m writing this it just occurred to me that maybe I could use one of @ducks4you ‘s hose end reinforcers on the troublesome hose, use pliers to get that to crank down properly, and then once it was on I could leave it there permanently and hope that the end of that piece doesn’t swivel when I put the spray nozzle on and off.

 

[ducks4you]

I can't leave mine on permanently only bc I use a heated water hose in the winter and that has to be directly screwed on.
BUT, I can exchange other hoses during the growing season and leave the piece on for that.
They were all the rage about 3 years ago, now, not so much.
@Finnie you might want to buy this, instead:

FUNJEE 304 Stainless Steel Metal Garden Hose with Solid Brass Fittings, Heavy Duty Water Hose, Kink Free and Flexible, Crush Resistant, Puncture Resistant (stainless steel hose, 5FT) - Walmart.com

Buy FUNJEE 304 Stainless Steel Metal Garden Hose with Solid Brass Fittings, Heavy Duty Water Hose, Kink Free and Flexible, Crush Resistant, Puncture Resistant (stainless steel hose, 5FT) at Walmart.com

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This wasn't available until, I THINK, this year. It comes in 3 lengths.
My problem with my heated hose is that the electrics heat up water a couple of inches down from the faucet/water source. Too much unheated hose distance and I get ice.
I have 2 heated hoses and they work efficiently until it gets to about 5 degrees F with a stiff wind, and then it cannot move warm water 100 ft to where I need it. Then, I have to fill buckets in the basement, carry them up 5 1/2 steps and through a landing, over the back door entrance and to a 40 gallon portable water trough.
It is quite the workout.
With my new left knee I should not have too much trouble with this, since I have done it even last year while I was healing up the right knee.
My heated hose(s) has/have a plug, which I connect to an outdoor receptacle with an extension cord, and I run the connection through a cover, Like this one:

Twist and Seal Cord Protect Outdoor Extension Cord Cover and Plug Protection, Green TSCP-G-1000 - The Home Depot

This affordable Twist and Seal Cord Protect Outdoor Extension Cord Cover and Plug Protection Green allows you to mount your tv with multiple turns and bends, without buying another complete kit.

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I have one of these are several of the orange, rounder and smaller versions so that my electric hose connections don't short out.
I have one faucet for incoming city water and another pulls water from one of my cisterns, and the pump is in the basement.
I have been filling up the horse tank with this one bc our city water is becoming heavy with chlorine.
When I want to top off the 10 gallon fish tank, I take tap water, which runs through our whole house filter, then fill a 2 gallon pitcher of the water I filter for drinking, and then I let it sit for a day to let any chlorine evaporate.
This has worked well and we know that goldfish are very sensitive to water contaminants.
I here gardeners suggesting that we try to use rainwater for growing now instead of city water for the same reasons.
I have a project to attach the rain barrel that I have in it's box in the garage to the downspout SE side of house, and then attach a 50 ft hose to that and let any water spill into the cistern.

 

[secuono]

You mean that thin junk metal part of hoses that collars and connects hose to threads?
I have lost so many hoses because of that massive failure point. They beef up the rest of the hose, you think paying 2-3× will mean it lasts, but no!
My recent expensive hose, bought months ago, the rubber inner liner blew out right at the end. Now a useless hose until I figure out a fix.
My other issue is hose reels. I can't use them. The first several feet end up badly bent and means I always have to undo all of the hose, mash the bends and then use it...