handle missing

[rick]

I have a pressure sprayer (backpack) There should be a push on polyurethane (or rubber) handle on the end of the metal arm ...... but it has been lost.

The bar is 16.4mm diameter ( probably imperial 11/16" tube)

Tried looking on line, cant find any push on handle to suit .... anybody any suggestions where I can get one (or what to make one of)

Obviously I could take a piece of wood dowel and drill it ... but rubber/plastic grip would be better.

Handle shown here in vertical position ...

I have tried several retailers - none stock spare handles

[dennis]

A few layers of shrink wrap.

[newshound]

Just been using an identical one today. One or two layers of bubble wrap (for flexibility) bound around with PVC electrical tape.

[Brian Gaff]

Get a bit sticky after a while though. Brian

[alan_m]

Self amalgamating tape.

See section on cycling on that page

[rick]

Hosepipe is to large a diam, 22MM Hep20 also too large .... been looking all over my garage for something to fit

[rick]

Did think of that .. have stuff too large and too small - typical.

[rick]

I do have a roll of that somewhere .. may have gone off by now, time to look

[rick]

My yellow reinforced hose is too loose a fit - I tried it.

[Andy Burns]

A few wraps of insulating tape to make it tight enough?

[Tim+]

You must have the wide-bore stuff. This is where the duct tape comes in. ;-)

Tim

[Andrew Gabriel]

A piece of thin walled pipe insulation.

A bicycle handlebar grip with the closed end cut off.

[rick]

end result was as per suggestion .... 3 layers of heat shrink.