PVC transparent hose is a familiar plastic hose for us. It can be seen in many places in our life. While that includes household cleaning, family car washing, garden watering, gas dust removal, etc.
Almost all the families has a PVC clear hose. But many people said that their clear flexible pipe will turn black and smelly after several days in the sun. Why does this bad situation happen? Then next, let’s analyze the reason from the raw material that cause clear flexible hose turn black.
Raw material of PVC transparent hose
The raw material of PVC clear vinyl tubing is fixed. While that includes PVC tree powder, paraffin wax, calcium powder, etc. A good clear plastic hose will not add too much calcium powder. Because the quality will be bad. But the less or no addition means that the PVC hose costs high. Thus some hose suppliers add too much calcium powder to get more profit.
Then when buying clear flexible plastic tubing, try to buy calcium powder with less added amount and less smell. In this way, the PVC hose will not turn black and smelly. While the price will not be very high.
How to choose a PVC transparent hose
When buying PVC transparent vinyl hose, you must first smell the near the transparent hose. If there was any terrible odor, that means the transparent PVC hose is not good. second, fold the hose to see if it is flexible. Third, put the flexible transparent pipe in the sun for a day. While this can test if the hose can resist UV and sunlight. Last, put it in the refrigerator to see if the PVC single tube is hard.
From above we can see the raw material is the reason that cause PVC clear hose turn black. But we can say the quality of supplier lead to this. Thus you should choose a reliable PVC hose supplier. While Orientflex is such a hose supplier. It is a hose manufacturer integrating in develop and export all the hoses. Such as PVC hose, rubber hose, silicone hose and hydraulic hose. While now, Orientflex hose is more and more popular in the world. If you need hose, contact us now for more details.