Labeling Silicone Hoses?

[IslandLizard]

I wouldn't try it.
That sticky adhesive can permeate through the silicone hose and the tape can off-gas harmful vapors and... Well, you know the rest.

Use color zip ties then.
If there are a lot of connections, color code them, like the bands on resistors.

 

[Tom R]

Use color zip ties then.
If there are a lot of connections, color code them, like the bands on resistors.

Have you ever read the MSDS sheet on zip-ties? Scary stuff.
Ok, I'm done now. Carry on.

 

[Jayjay1976]

Have you ever read the MSDS sheet on zip-ties? Scary stuff.
Ok, I'm done now. Carry on.

I was just about to say, only the clear zip ties are certified safe for beer hose contact, unfortunately that makes them useless for color coding.

 

[IslandLizard]

I wouldn't try it.
That sticky adhesive can permeate through the silicone hose and the tape can off-gas harmful vapors [...]

Wow!

Have you ever read the MSDS sheet on zip-ties? Scary stuff.

Wow, wow!

How about putting a good layer of Kapton (Polyimide) tape underneath, as a barrier? The adhesive is a silicone product.

 

[T Murph]

Ok now after 30+ yrs of brewing I'm afraid of using silicone hoses. NOT. Don't really understand the problem in the first place. I use eight hoses in my system and amazingly I have always managed to use the right ones in the right places. Length, discoloration and size along have kept them easily identifiable. Oh yeah, and condition, they don't last forever you know. Good or bad I'm not marking mine. I prefer to keep a cleaner more professional look to my equipment than to have messy hand written scribbles on high dollar hoses. To each his own. Stress over it if you may. I'll relax and have a home brew.

 

[JAReeves]

Not to poke the bear, but do the hoses need to be labelled at all? It's kind of like Goldilocks: this hose is too long, this one is too short, and this one is just right.

 

[day_trippr]

In my case, as I indicated earlier, the hoses on my rig were "built to suit", and between length, terminations - and very quickly, color - are strongly self-labeled

Cheers!

 

[mongoose33]

Not to poke the bear, but do the hoses need to be labelled at all? It's kind of like Goldilocks: this hose is too long, this one is too short, and this one is just right.

Before I labeled them, I always, eventually, got the right ones here and there. In my setup, there's just enough ambiguity that it takes a little fiddling, and I'm all about doing everything I can to make things easy and quick.

I like it when things are optimal.

 

[Golddiggie]

Got my manifold setup complete yesterday. Currently using barb fittings on pretty much all the connections and hoses. Not sure if I'll label them, or not, at this point. Mostly because it's pretty obvious as to what goes where. Everything has TC connections, so easy to install/remove (not as fast as QD's but still not bad at all).