What's new
By:
Car Wash Forum

This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

Prep Hose

B

Boss

New member
I'm going through prep hoses pretty quickly from dragging on the ground. What kind of hose does everyone use to last the longest on concrete?
 
cantbreak80 said:
3/4" PVC pipe cut into 1" to 1-1/2" lengths
Add as many pieces as necessary for the drag-along-the-floor hose.
Click to expand...
I've seen this done, it's cheap and works. The PVC wears out and gets shorter, but you can just add pieces as needed. It's like $3 for ten feet at home improvement stores.
 
A couple layers of gaff tape or gorilla tape will get you some more life too. Are you in a position to move your boom to have it so the hose doesn’t contact the ground?
 
I should have been more specific. The hoses that kleen rite makes themselves are terrible. The low pressure hose for foam brush that they sell separately and in the foam brush packages will start to kink at the bend after only a few months of use. Their high pressure hose assemblies are not much better. They tend to wear within a few months also and don't last more than a year and thats if they are on a boom. When the hose is dragging on the floor I've only gotten few months also out of them.I tried switching to them years ago thinking I would save money and it would be great but it was not. Parker is more expensive but they last 10 times longer. Parker Tough Coat 3000PSI is what I use for all my self serve bays and tunnel. Parker Super Tough Coat is what I use in my igus tubes for my in bay automatics. I did just see that link. That superball is pretty cool did not know they made that. Might have to try that out for the 120ft hose we use to spray the tunnel down.
 
Krispy Klean Car Washes said:
The low pressure hose for foam brush that they sell separately and in the foam brush packages will start to kink at the bend after only a few months of use.
Click to expand...
Ask for Continental pliovic hose. It's a bit more expensive but well worth it.

Krispy Klean Car Washes said:
Parker Tough Coat 3000PSI is what I use for all my self serve bays and tunnel.
Click to expand...
Comparing that to regular bay hose from Kleen-Rite is like comparing Red Wing work boots to Brazos from WalMart.
 
Krispy Klean Car Washes said:
Kleen rite hoses are garbage. Buy Parker. You get what you pay for.
Click to expand...
I use KR wire braid hose for the SS HP and FB and get plenty of life. FWIW on my shampoo and air freshener machines I use the spiral hoe wrap and I think it's doubled the life . They no longer break at main flex point or wear they rub on the ground. It's more like dry rot after a couple of years .
 
Earl Weiss said:
FWIW on my shampoo and air freshener machines I use the spiral hoe wrap and I think it's doubled the life . They no longer break at main flex point or wear they rub on the ground. It's more like dry rot after a couple of years .
Click to expand...
I use blue Continental hose. It lasts 5-6 years without dry rotting and doesn't ever break.
 
MEP001 said:
I use blue Continental hose. It lasts 5-6 years without dry rotting and doesn't ever break.
Click to expand...
I use the Coleman Hose assemblies. Tried once to get an old one apart to replace the hose . Have no desire to spend time and effort to try again.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top