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vac nozzles

Now, does everyone drill holes in their claw?
Naaa..
I do notch the ends of them tho with a hand tool (see attached).
If you don't, the nozzle makes a near perfect seal with the customer's carpet or seat materiel and stresses the motors. When there's no air moving there's no cleaning either.
 

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I tried the whole notch or hole in the claw thing and all It did was make the most annoying whistling sound you've ever heard. Nobody ever complains about the claw getting stuck to the upholstery and I don't seem to wear out motors any faster than normal.

I think if you could make a vacuum nozzle any better than it is right now in it's current form Chris Hamel would've invented it already.
 
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I may be in the minority here but I haven't used cuffs for about a decade. When we stopped using them customers thanked us (women especially) because they weren't as cumbersome to hold, and they go deeper into the sides of the seats. To put the nozzle in, we leave the hose in the sun for about 15 minutes to warm it up and the nozzle slides in.
I may be in the minority here but I haven't used cuffs for about a decade. When we stopped using them customers thanked us (women especially) because they weren't as cumbersome to hold, and they go deeper into the sides of the seats. To put the nozzle in, we leave the hose in the sun for about 15 minutes to warm it up and the nozzle slides in.
What kind of hose?
 
VacPro, mytee, KR, they've all worked pretty good for me.
This is what we've been using lately...

The reason I asked “what kind of hose” is because for many years I was able to just push the claw into the hose without too much effort. Recently, I received some new vac hoses and cannot push the vac claw into the hose. Do you heat the hose? What vac claw do you use?
 
The reason I asked “what kind of hose” is because for many years I was able to just push the claw into the hose without too much effort. Recently, I received some new vac hoses and cannot push the vac claw into the hose. Do you heat the hose? What vac claw do you use?
Did you buy your new hose from car wash superstore?
 
No, they came with some equipment I purchased and I cannot identify who makes them. I want to purchase some hoses but be able to insert the vacuum nozzle into the hose.
O ok. I was just asking cause I’ve had issue with CWSS hoses inside too small and not fitting on booms. The last ones I bought were vac pro from KR and worked fine.
 
You guys that use cuffs try popping your cuff apart and cleaning it. When you put the vac nozzle back in don't insert it past where it really doesn't want to go.

I'm gluing my cuffs onto the hose. I use the gel super glue that you get for 1.50 for a two pack at the dollar tree. I put little three of four "dollops" about the size of an air rifle BB on the first three threads in different spots . Thin super glue will not work. One of those little .75 tubes will glue on ten cuffs. It also works pretty well to hold my inbay blowers on the hose. Mine swivel pretty good for a while. maybe the cuffs glued on keep excess dirt from building up in the groove. But if they seize up you can clean them in two minutes. I'll try to remember to check them and see how long they work.

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