I tried beeswax about 2 years ago. I didn't like it at all. After about an hour climbing it all turned to powder and needed a recoating. I recoated it, then the same happened. I went back to maxijacket. I liked that it was readily available and easy to work with, though.
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I pull the core out of side of the cover (extracted like when you do a double braid splice) then splice the core, slip the cover back up to the base of the eye, then whip the cover down. Then I fray the end of the cover and snip it off right at the whipping. Ends up looking like:
Either...
I was concerned with the starbrite stuff because the chemicals in it (mostly solvents) are quite harsh on the lungs. I wondered if there might be a chance that it could also degrade rope.
I called Starbrite last week and spoke to one of their engineers (whose name escapes me right now) and he...
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