Today....
- Thread starter Mark Chisholm
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southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Olympia, WA
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
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- Olympia, WA
evo
Been here much more than a while
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- My Island, WA
I wish they stayed that pink! Really cool, how are you going to stabilize them?
evo
Been here much more than a while
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- My Island, WA
Manufacturer defect…
evo
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- My Island, WA
Looks like a good job for calks
Stabilize, smabilize. I’ve been unstable my entire life, and I turned out just fine?
Seriously, I am just gonna let them dry plane/sand them flat at that point. They will never look like they did when I cut them, but most of the color will pop back when a finish is put on them.
Matias
Been here much more than a while
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- Butte County
Must've been from ISC or DMM. Recall coming down the line...
Doing some rope-washing over the last few days, which honestly I do very seldom. Please ignore the stained 40 year old utility sink.... This is the 200' system I use on most of my fir removals, but only the first 70' of the rope is used most of the time. Amazing how much dirt is embeded in it, even when it doesn't look so bad. Washing the rope makes it a lot more supple and takes it back to its original diameter, meaning it goes through the climbing device a lot smoother.
Looks and feels like new when washed, always air dried after washing.
Looks and feels like new when washed, always air dried after washing.
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southsoundtree
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- Olympia, WA
Dude! That sink!! The Horror!
Bendroctanus
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Springfield
Was that from washing the rope??
What do you use for soap/detergent? If you aren't already using one, I highly recommend the rope washing bag from Wesspur.
https://www.wesspur.com/BAG212-arborist-rope-washing-bag
Matias
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- Butte County
Man, every since I started daisy chaining my ropes to wash them, I have had zero tangles. Is there an additional benefit from the bag?
I have had a daisy chain come loose during washing. The bag is simply a backup and help mitigates the possibility of a tangled mess should a daisy chain come undone.
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
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- Olympia, WA
How often do you wash ropes?
I very rarely do.
Maybe I should do it more.
I very rarely do.
Maybe I should do it more.
Matias
Been here much more than a while
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- Butte County
I wash about every 3 months, unless I do something that requires immediate cleaning, like when a tree is oozing fist sized globs of sap and a rope gets unusably gummy.
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
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- Olympia, WA
Live grand fir is terrible, here. Doug- fir can be bad in the spring, sometimes.
Generally, I don't deal with pitch much.
SRS helps that.
Generally, I don't deal with pitch much.
SRS helps that.
I usually do some rope washing after climbing in burn areas…
I use PMI Rope Soap, for some reason Wesspur doesn't sell it anymore though. I double the whole line up and daisy chain it, that has always worked well for me. My washing machine is a top loader with a center agitator, so if it were in a bag the rope would just sit as one big lump on one side of the machine.
But yah, I don't wash my ropes often, rarely need to, but this one just had a fair bit of accumulated grime, mostly from removals in the rain.
