Hose clamp material

[Flat32]

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.

[High octane]

That's an idea I'll have to check out as I sometimes use some BMF cut real thin for hose clamps.

[Straightliner59]

I use aluminum duct tape for hose clamps. Just cut a this strip, and wrap it around the hose, and you're done!

[gman]

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.

[Flat32]

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.

[Bainford]

I'm intrigued. I'm going to check this out.

[John Pol]

what do this scour pads look like

[Flat32]