Flat32 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Detailing hose clamps was a major concern for me because I don't have the painting skills to do it to my satisfaction. Cleaning my kitchen sink I stumbled upon a wrinkled up strand of wife's stainless steel scouring pad. Pulled that thing between my finger and the back edge of a knife to straighten it out and it curled right up into a loop. It is only .014" wide so looks like a shy 3/8" wide 1:1. The screw part I can leave as a 3D printed detail that I can easily hit with the Molotow pen after painting the hoses and it black. Going to buy pads from different makers to see if widths are different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 That's an idea I'll have to check out as I sometimes use some BMF cut real thin for hose clamps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straightliner59 Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 I use aluminum duct tape for hose clamps. Just cut a this strip, and wrap it around the hose, and you're done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gman Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 That would work great for this style clamp: The Detail Master hose clamps are pretty good too. http://www.detailmaster.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Return_Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=detailmaster&Category_Code=DM-PhotoEtchedParts&Product_Code=DM-2480 Curve around a rod the same diameter as your hose to shape it, cut to fit, glue a strip of styrene tube on to represent the screw, then hit the screw with Molotow or paint of your choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat32 Posted April 3, 2019 Author Share Posted April 3, 2019 Got two of my ordered scour pads from different makers and they are different widths. One is 0.016", .400" at 1:1. The other is 0.018" which would be .450" at 1:1. New stuff is a heck of a lot nicer than my wife's old used one. Coils are around .125" diameter as is, but I easily took a coiled length down to .080" by twisting it tighter on a toothpick. Managed to get coil diameter down to .040 on a straight pin. Stuff is 0.0015" thick which would be .037" thick at 1:1. I'm happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 I'm intrigued. I'm going to check this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Pol Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 what do this scour pads look like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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