[Healeys] Demister Hose Restoration

[Curtis Arndt]

Listers,

I helped Roger Moment make the ones for my car many years ago, and
here's the process...

Roger machined a billet aluminum cylinder the correct diameter and then had
the correct spiral machined into the surface.  The depth of the machined
spiral was half the diameter of the wire.

He then would the proper gauge wire into the groves of the cylinder and
secured the ends.

Then he found a thin light brown paper and cut it to size, and then soaked
it in a solution of warm water and "Elmers" glue.

Before wrapping the paper around the cylinder he sprayed it with a coating
of WD-40.

After wrapping the paper onto the cylinder, he then wound a soft braided
nylon cord in between the spirals of the wire to hold the form.

Then hang it up to dry.

Once dry, the tube can be screwed off of the cylinder.  The WD-40 aids in
this process.

Done and perfect!



On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 5:16 AM Michael Salter via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Hi Alan,
> Roger Moment figured out a way to make those and may be able to help.
> Before I  found that he could supply them I considered wrapping paper
> tape( the kind used for sealing boxes) around a pipe with the adhesive out.
> Then wind the wire tightly.
> Then apply an outer layer of the same tape, adhesive in, wound in the
> opposite direction.
> I've never tried it but intend to do so next time I  need some.
>
> M
>
> On Sun., Nov. 8, 2020, 7:11 a.m. Kent McLean, <kentmclean at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Alan Seigrist wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone have a good method for bonding the paper on the demister
>> hoses?  I?m assuming I can just use brown paper from a shopping bag but
>> would like some advise as to what sort of wet adhesive to use.
>>
>>
>> You could try rubber cement, which should be flexible but would be a bear
>> to align as you roll the paper; once rubber cement touches itself, it'll
>> stick. As for paper, I have some brown painter's paper in a long roll from
>> the local home center. It is meant to take the paint and not bleed through.
>> That might be useful with glue. I'd do a test run of the materials before
>> applying it to the real thing.
>>
>> Kent McLean
>> 1956 100 BN2
>>
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