Grrrr. Polyurethane air hose has a hole in it. Can it be fixed?

[LCHIEN]

Was blowing some leaves off the roof and my 50' 1/4" polyurethane hose has developed a side wall hole in it and leaking a lot of air - enough to make the compressor run continuously.
I'm pretty careful and did not pinch it under anything. Perhaps I stepped on it on the driveway but nothing sharp there.
Polyurethane I've dealt with before has really tough skin, its hard to puncture or cut it.

I tried multiple layers of ducttape but it is still leaking past there.

If there a fix - easy splice that will hold or is it time to toss the $25 50 foot hose and get a new one?

Is this a common problem? Anyone else had a ployurethane hose get a sidewall leak?

[capncarl]

Cut the hole out and splce it back together. You can probably find a brass hose splice in the plumbing drawers at Ace, or possible in the irrigation section in Lowes, (usually located in the plumbing dept. ) We used some polyurethane belting, like v belts, that spliced with an electric blade and clamp tool. Most of us, rather than walk the 1/2 mile to the tool room for the tool would heat up a putty knife with a propane torch, hold the two cut ends against the hot knife till the poly melted and then hold the two pieces together until it cooled. Worked well with a little practice. That’s the short story of how a lot of the large water/gas/sewer hose that you see buried all over the place is spliced, just with a fancy machine.

[LCHIEN]

capncarl, that seems like a weak point when you cut it an just melt it back together because the crisscrossed fiber belting you see in the sidewall will be cut through and a weak point and also offer limited area to melt back together.. I guess a metal barrel and some hose clamps might work but 1/4" ID is already pretty small.

[LCHIEN]

(laughing) which should I get?
50 foot or 100 ft for $2 more?

Oh, but Amazon has the 50 ft Hitachi hose, but with M&F QC fittings applied, for $18.

[LCHIEN]

Amazon has 1/4" splice kits for polyurethane hose: https://www.amazon.com/Forney-75498-.../dp/B003X3Y2XC $13.45

or I could shorten it by a few feet and just put a new 1/4 NPT on the end https://www.amazon.com/Coilhose-Pneu...8RRTKDJV33P7QY for $7

But I can replace the entire hose with the same brand I have: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1 for $18 bucks, with fittings.

I'm leaning toward the latter ( a new hose) because I am afraid this hose, even if repaired will develop a new hole. if its age or wear related.

[capncarl]

It’s probably better to just replace it. But the larger poly pipes and hoses don’t seem to have a problem with butt splice with heat welds. All manner of liquids and gas uses this type of pipe/hose. You ought to try a heat splice on it just for a test before you throw it away.

[LCHIEN]

(laughing) which should I get?
50 foot or 100 ft for $2 more?

Oh, but Amazon has the 50 ft Hitachi hose, but with M&F QC fittings applied, for $18.

Was at Lowes today, the 50 foot hose has been reduced to $19.98 but they don't have any.

[LCHIEN]

So in the end, just bought the replacement 50 ft from Amazon and two of the 1/4" NPT hese-end fittings for $7 each.
So I have a brand new hose and a somewhat worn 44 foot hose. as a backup additional extension.
And a five foot hose affixed to a regulator and a schrader valve chuck to fill my bike tires to a preset pressure.