vacuum hoses

I have some scuzzy hoses. Is there a good way to clean them or should I just buy new ones? How often do you guys buy new hoses/clean them. I have heard tire cleaner and water works well if you soak them overnight.

If they are scuffed, cleaning probably won't work. But you can give it a try. it's an image thing.

Since you are a new owner, I would go ahead and put new hoses on. I would save the old ones for future emergency replacement. The main thing is outside appearance, and how well your vacuums work. The appearance get them to try it, the amount of suck, : ) is what keeps them coming back.

I think it is important to keep things the customer touches looking new. I usually replace vac hoses annually.

To minimize the appearance of dirt I like the darker color hoses, blue or black. If you keep a really clean lot and it's concrete you can try to use the lighter colored hoses. But anything that contacts the ground so often is bound to get dirty.

I have blue hoses, so I think I will probably just replace them. For about 150 bucks I could put all new hoses on my vacs. We try really hard at keeping our lot clean and presentable and lately I am noticing how awful our hoses look. So nobody here cleans them? It is just easier to replace them?

We also use blue hoses which show dirt pretty easily. I clean them regularly, and if one has grease or something gross on it I'll remove it and clean it in a bay. If I can't get it to look clean, even if the stain won't come off on your hands, it goes in the trash.

I pressure-wash the lot 2 or 3 times a week and clean the hoses with high pressure each time. They usually stay looking pretty nice until they've rubbed a hole through. The concrete is excessively rough and they rarely last a year.