cleaning karabiners

[rsk]

I got a soaking the other day in the rain and then the snow. Got covered in mud and filth and worked until the karabiners froze up (do i win any prizes for that?). Now all my karabiners are full of grit and dirt and the sleeves won't shut properly, so they are unusable. Anyone got any tips for cleaning them out and removing dirt from inside the sleeve mechanisms..?

[Stephen Blair]

Sink full of hot soapy water and get a rummaging around, you do get stuff to put in them after. Graphite i think, i have some but only used it once and it is sat on a shelf in the workshop. A good blow out with the compressor after helps too

[BenR]

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/16288-cleaning-krabs.html

[Ian Flatters]

Get all your crabs and put them in the washing machine, 40 degree wash and a high spin should do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh or just blast them out with an air copressor then put some graphite powder back in.

[scottythepinetree]

Hot soapy water, nailbrush, WD40 or GT50.

 

Wouldn't recommend putting mineral oil on crabs as it can react with the nylon in your rope if you get any on it making it weaker.

[treequip]

Wouldn't recommend putting mineral oil on crabs as it can react with the nylon in your rope if you get any on it making it weaker.

 

A bit of nylon 3 strand, you old skoool devil you.....

[bob]

Wouldn't recommend putting mineral oil on crabs as it can react with the nylon in your rope if you get any on it making it weaker.

 

Please be care full not to spray any oil from your saw or get any on your hands and make sure you wash your hands every time you touch something dirty .

tbh your not wrong but how far do we take things.

Ideally wipe off any excess:thumbup:

[screwie]

use graphite powder you will find that wd40 will just attract more dirt!

[chaffey]

We use graphite powder. Wonderful stuff

[scottythepinetree]

Please be care full not to spray any oil from your saw or get any on your hands and make sure you wash your hands every time you touch something dirty .

tbh your not wrong but how far do we take things.

Ideally wipe off any excess:thumbup:

 

Admittedly, might be a bit overcautious. But I've seen the results on contaminated slings snapping under load whilst working as a crane driver. Noone hurt luckily but the H&S furore that followed wasn't particularly pleasant. So personally, I try to keep oil and synthetic rope material seperate, especially rope material that my life depends on.

 

Also, I try to keep my saw and rope as far away from each other as possible or "reasonably practicable" (gotta love that phrase).

 

Probably a good idea to try to avoid getting oil on your hands, as much as possible. Dermatitis is irritating to say the least. Mine's just starting to clear up after 3 years of trying to get rid of it.

 

Seems we agree on a number of points:001_tt2:

 

In answer to your question "how far do we take things?". I try to do things right as best I can. Doesn't always happen, but when there's a better way to do something (a number of which have been mentioned above) that's just as easy, I try to do things that way. Particularly when it comes to climbing and other activities with potentially fatal consequences. I'm not 100% sure how much oil weakens rope, but if I don't get any on it, I don't have to worry about it.

 

Could go on but just got a new chain for my saw, and it's going to take a while to file off the rakers.