Weathered Rope

Break Test It! If you stored it outside I would have to say you ditched it. Storage is more of a controlled thing where you have the ability to say "Hey, I wana keep my rope on the shelf up there in a bag or container, you know out of the weather." A rope rug would be awesome, then the rope left in the weather would take the weather, hah! Oh the insanity. I've heard you shouldn't store rope on cement, and battery acid is invisible so when they come out with that battery powered sthil, just say no! I also read that urine has a devastating effect, so if you have cats.......Beware!!!
 
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Maybe take up a collection and buy him a new rope to replace this one, then break test it!

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This is so far the best idea. Genius...
 
i'd think that the rescue line's tests should be categorized by mantle/ sheath color; and how those colors filtered UV damage to the load bearing, inner fibres.

Also, if the lines would suffer no degradation; the manufacures's tests would tell us that loudly in their ads. i think specifically nylon absorbs moisture and it's contanimants from the day it is out of the pack, more so than other synthetics. Also, in these areas we should err on the side of grace, than disaster.
 
Not to detract from the said rope... But I just found an old 200 foot static rope in the back storage room in our shed. No one can remember where it came from, so it's mine now. I inspected the core and sheath REALLY thoroughly, and it appears fine. It's just really dusty. Could I use regular luandry detergent to clean it in a machine? I thinks the rope is a really old KM III (1/2 inch).
 
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Not to detract from the said rope... But I just found an old 200 foot static rope in the back storage room in our shed. ... It's just really dusty. Could I use regular luandry detergent to clean it in a machine? I thinks the rope is a really old KM III (1/2 inch).

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Put it into an "electrician's coil" to prevent tangles, and just use some Downy
fabric softener--doesn't sound like it needs any detergent, really.

*kN*
 
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Not to detract from the said rope... But I just found an old 200 foot static rope in the back storage room in our shed. ... It's just really dusty. Could I use regular luandry detergent to clean it in a machine? I thinks the rope is a really old KM III (1/2 inch).

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Put it into an "electrician's coil" to prevent tangles, and just use some Downy
fabric softener--doesn't sound like it needs any detergent, really.

*kN*

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Just be careful, folks use bleach in those machines, which is super bad for rope. I would hand wash in a clean trash can or something.
 
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Just be careful, folks use bleach in those machines, which is super bad for rope. I would hand wash in a clean trash can or something.

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Actually, bleach isn't superbad, and at a specified dilution is okay'd for
e.g. disinfecting SAR ropes. In one test done for the Int.Tech.RescueSymposium
testers had less loss of strength from some sort of bleach contamination than
from soaking in water (which loss of course isn't super damaging, but ...),
for nylon.
[darn (*&@^#$, can't put my hands on the slide w/results, but here is the
report of test method]

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3) The bleach testing was done two ways. the 100% out of the bottle samples were exposed for 30 minutes then pulled wet. (Remember I couldn't find out what the strength of that product was.) The diluted samples, 10:1 as is commonly recommended for disinfecting, sat in the solution for 3 hours, were allowed to air dry as would be the case if you disinfected some rope used in a rescue then pulled with no loss in strength. If they were pulled wet I would guess that the results would be similar to what we saw when we tested ropes that were soaked in water.

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That last sentence implies that there was little or no loss of strength, and hence
the puzzlement given that water (wet, i.e.) does give a loss--bleached sample
was let dry.

Yeah, results suprised me, too, as I'd shared your caution re bleach (and about
anything unknown).

*kN*
 
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