Darn pine sap.

[arborworks1]

Does anyone have a tried and true method for sap removal on rigging ropes.

I've had descent success with soaking in boiling water.

Any rope scrubbers or cleaners i can use that will not affect the rope?


Also on chainsaw handles, what works best?

 

[wiley_p]

GoJo. Works great.

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[gf beranek]

mayo for the hands

 

[arborworks1]

Nice Mb :roll:

 

[MasterBlaster]

WTF?

You don't wash your ropes?

 

[arborworks1]

I tried to wash a 200 ft 5/8 rope at the laudromat.

they asked me to leave quite rudely.

That was years ago, ever since i have been rinsing them in a big wash tub.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Try a carwash!

 

[top hopper]

I wash my ropes all the time in my washer. I just daisy chain the rope and then tie the ends together. I dont even use any soap or detergent, just warm water.
If you do use a detergent, something very mild like woolite is best.

With snow melt here in the spring evrything turns to mud. I will be washing my ropes 1-2 times per week until things dry up.

 

[sotc]

good idea top, never thought to tie the ends together
when mine get pitchy i just fight my way through it till it wears out

 

[top hopper]

Tying the ends keeps them from getting sucked under the agitator.

My ropes don't get full of pitch but as I eluded above, muddy season is here.

 

[Al Smith]

Gojo will peel it off your fingers with a little work .Actually Gojo will lift it out of your breechs too .That stuff is good for a lot of things.If you gobbed in on your lines and let it sit a bit then washed them it should work there also .

 

[No_Bivy]

I haven't washed a rope in years.......I would be worried about bleach at a laundromat, it would really fock up a rope. Most times the sap dries up and comes off with use. I would wash in the tub if it was me....

 

[Burnham]

GoJo. Works great.

Ditto...without pumice, make sure of that.

 

[lumberjack]

I was in our augerless washing machine using Tide. I'll add fabric softener if I'm feeling froggy.

 

[Al Smith]

Has,washing lines[rope] .We used to take our 2" three strand nylon mooring lines and wash them.Harbors used to full of oil scum,made a 'ell of a mess of things.

Imagine laying out 300 feet of huge line up and down a pier and attacking it with scrub brushes and tide water. Took about half a day per line,times 4 or 6 .Rinsed it off with a 2 inch fire hose,that part didn't take too long .

 

[High Scale]

I just washed mine today in the machine with some mild soap flaked off a bar, worked a treat.