Hey Dwain, can you help me out?

[BIG WOOD]

Starting with my upholstery tool hose. I’m fed up with the POS. It keeps unraveling/tearing.

The crap is expensive. I’m tired of replacing it because it should last as long as my other vacuum hoses. What have you done to prevent this from happening?

This thread is not gonna about just the vacuum hose. It’s gonna entail everything that guys like Dwain have don’t because the manufacturers are too cheap or lazy to deliver us good products.

 

[Dwain Ray]

Starting with my upholstery tool hose. I’m fed up with the POS. It keeps unraveling/tearing.

The crap is expensive. I’m tired of replacing it because it should last as long as my other vacuum hoses. What have you done to prevent this from happening?

This thread is not gonna about just the vacuum hose. It’s gonna entail everything that guys like Dwain have don’t because the manufacturers are too cheap or lazy to deliver us good products.

I don't know what upholstery tool you have, im using the prochem stainless tool. First thing i did was increase the vacuum hose from 1¼ to 1½ by dismantling the 1¼swivel cuff and connecting the tool sideto the hose side of an 1½swivel cuff. When the internal solution line broke i replased it with a ⅛" stainless braided teflon hose i also built a internal continuous bypass to keep the solution super hot. Also a fact worth noting, all my vacuum hoses are custom made and are of high quality by Amflex Plastics in oceanside California. The same quality hose from that manufacturer can be purchased from wanders and several other distributors. Amflex is the best.i have hoses still in use that i had made in the early 90"s