day_trippr

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I'd say none of them have a clue...

Cheers!

haeffnkr

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wow... so much for providing clarity to this question

thanks Kevin

haeffnkr

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Hello,
Since this thread has gone a bunch of directions related to this line I thought I would chime in one more thing.

Some folks mentioned that a heat gun was the ticket for getting this hose on barbs.
I purchased an ebay heat gun for $25 delivered the other day.
I needed to get me second tap hooked up so I opened the new toy up.
After a couple practice runs and melting the hose, I got the process down and it is WAY easier than playing around in boiling water...way faster, and seems to make a better seal.
I put a medium sized cable tie around the barbs for good measure, over kill really.

Worth the purchase even if you don't use the heat gun again.

thanks Kevin

IffyG

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Can you post your procedure it a little bit more detail? I've got 100' of this sitting in my closet because I got irritated with the boiling water method. If the key to success is a heat gun, I'm on board.

haeffnkr

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Sure -
Go to HD or Lowes and get some gloves like this -
http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?partNumber=287699-89653-LC2000-2&langId=-1&storeId=10151&productId=3303350&catalogId=10051& cmRelshp=req&rel=nofollow&cId=PDIO1
Note these were like 5 pair for $5 - love these gloves... not the price above...they are rubber coated.

Buy this heat gun -
http://www.ebay.com/itm/250981898104?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p398 4.m1439.l2649#ht_1334wt_1163

- Cut tubing to 20'
- Put on gloves
- Take out heat gun and lay on old table/counter, turn on low, with tip facing you/outwards.
- Put end of tubing in one hand, holding it a few inches back from tip of cut hose (with gloves on) and fitting in other hand.
- hold tubing inline with the heat gun, so the heat is blowing up the END of tubing for about 2 seconds waving it around a little...once you see the tip of the hose start to curl up/melt ever so slightly - STOP - gently work the fitting into tubing end.. just enough to get it barely started and push on the fitting..it will only go on an 1/8" or so.
- wave the fitting/tubing assembly in front of the heat at 90 degrees, so now the SIDE of the barb fitting/tubing is in the heat, moving the assembly in and out of the heat and spinning the assembly with your fingers so you get even/complete heat to the assembly- do this for a couple of seconds only - then push on the fitting the rest of the way - might need to do this a second time if needed to get it seated all the way up the barb.
- You are done

I have cable tie tool, similar to this one -
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Eclipse-900-005-Cable-Tie-Gun/15085353

- and I used it to get a good pull/clean cut on the cable tie/clamp.
(of course you can use pliers and diaganols if you dont have the tool..)
this is overkill and probably not needed... but hey cheap insurance to stop leaks, cheap clamps that wont rust or scratch you up.
( I got this idea from HBT, not mine originally)

You can do both ends of the tubing in a minute once you get the hang of things.

Hope this helps
thanks Kevin

IffyG

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Perfect. Thanks for the details.

SankePankey

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I do it a little different. First I put the heat gun on low. Then use a philipshead screwdriver and ream it into the hose while holding them both just above the heat gun heating just enough of the tubing to allow the reaming. The screwdriver getting hot also helps with this. Heating too much tubing and then pushing it into the screwdriver would collapse the tubing... you'll get the hang of that and might have to cut the tip off if a collapse happens. Then I put the barb on a ball lock (to be a handle to hold onto basically) and do the same with the barb, same procedure.
I do this next to the sink so I can douse it with cold water if I need to. This helps prevent a tubing collapse. Also then at the end, I heat up the barb and tubing one last time and dunk it in water to seal the deal, so to speak. It takes about 3 or 4 minutes per barb. No gloves needed this way.