From: MSfortune@mcpmail.com (Al Bundy)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Water Hose Question
Date: 12 Oct 2004 06:22:12 -0700

"Bob"  wrote in message news:<17Gad.350042$mD.67308@attbi_s02>...
> "Dorot29701"  wrote in message
> news:20041010073017.19398.00005417@mb-m17.aol.com...
> > I bought a new water hose at Sam's.  It's a real heavy one.  I
>  didn't notice
> > any problem the first time I used it, but later on I went out
>  to run some water
> > in a bucket to water flowers.  The water was soapy.  Husband
>  said, must be the
> > bucket.  Next time, I was washing off patio...water came out
>  soapy.  Changed to
> > clear after few minutes.  This happened again recently....
> >
> > We unscrewed hose and ran the faucet...water fine.  Waited a
>  day and tried
> > again; water clear.
> >
> > There must be something inside the hose...but what?  Has anyone
>  ever run into
> > this before?  There is a guarantee with hose but it's against
>  wear and tear
> > stuff.
> 
> I've got hoses like that. I think they even said on the packaging
> something like "not for potable water". The effect is the same as
> you describe. The water comes out "milky" looking.
> 
> Bob

I wonder if that's from something they use to make it easier to
install the hose end fittings. In the old days of natural rubber hoses
we drank from them without thinking and even then it could taste
skunky.