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by silverflake » Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:05 pm
Are the threaded, metal ends of rubber hoses made of copper? Just wondering.
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by hobo finds » Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:08 pm
brass
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by silverflake » Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:11 pm
Thanks Hobofinds, good info. So brass (and thus copper alloy, right?).
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by Rosco » Fri Aug 17, 2012 2:41 pm
the ones on washing machines are steel so watch out as always use a magnet
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by knibloe » Fri Aug 17, 2012 6:34 pm
hobo finds wrote:brass
I have found this to be the only bright side to running your garden hose over with the lawn mower.
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