Re: Best way to clean a rope
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Originally Posted by davehuth
What's the best way to wash a rope - I've been using 'hand wash' cycle in the wash machine with very mild soap, letting it air dry. Seems to do ok but the rope gets stiff. What seems to work best for people when their ropes get muddied or infiltrated with sand?
I do the same. Usually hand weave it a bit to keep it from gettin' wrapped around the spindle.
I use the Bluewater soap made for washing ropes. I think you can even retreat a rope with a nikwax (?) product to try to make it semi "dry" again?
Also, have hand washed it in the bath tub.
Note that I do the above only for ropes dedicated to canyoneering. My climbing ropes, which I always buy dry treated, I almost never wash as I'm nervious about loosing the dry treatment. At most I'll wash the muddy/dirty sections off by hand with cold water, and no soap. They usually get retired from wear and tear long before they get too dirty.
-Brian in SLC
Re: Best way to clean a rope
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Originally Posted by davehuth
What's the best way to wash a rope
I have done a couple of things to get my ropes clean(er). I have put an electricians braid in the rope and thrown it in my washer on a short, delicate cycle with cold water only. I have also flaked it out into my bath tub and filled that with cold water and gotten in and agitated it around with my bare feet.
I have never used a soap on my ropes, but have heard of the use of Wool lite to clean ropes. Does anyone have any actual experience trying this? I picked some up the other day to try on an old rope, but would be curious what the masses have experienced with this method.
Re: Best way to clean a rope
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Originally Posted by Canyonbug
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Originally Posted by davehuth
What's the best way to wash a rope
I have done a couple of things to get my ropes clean(er). I have put an electricians braid in the rope and thrown it in my washer on a short, delicate cycle with cold water only. I have also flaked it out into my bath tub and filled that with cold water and gotten in and agitated it around with my bare feet.
I have never used a soap on my ropes, but have heard of the use of Wool lite to clean ropes. Does anyone have any actual experience trying this? I picked some up the other day to try on an old rope, but would be curious what the masses have experienced with this method.
I've used Woolite, which is a very mild soap, and it worked well. Scott at Bluewater suggested using a little fabric softener if the rope gets too dry and stiff. I think in both cases, the key word is "a little".
Tom