sap

[naturarbo]

hi you all had this problem for sure:how to get your ropes/prusiks clean from the sap?after a monster pine crown reduction my prusik on first job became useless swapped it like 3 times on 1 day cause just wouldnt work:001_smile:

[Paul Jenks]

Using a cambium saver might have reduced the exposure to resin.

 

Your main line might improve with some rope cleaner and a bit of effort.

 

As for the prussic, throw it away and start again. Unless you really want to spend a week with soap flakes and a scrubbing brush for a £2 piece of rope.

 

Life's too short.

[SteveA]

I've been cleaning sap off the Silky Saw with either of the following:

a) butter

b) lard

c) olive oil

d) vegetable oil

 

choose one of those, scrub for a while using an old toothbrush, apply a squirt of ecover washing up liquid and rinse under warm water.

 

Try it and let us know if it works??.....

[bolthole]

Olive oil and sugar works for me as a hand cleaner. Spoon full of sugar in the middle of the hand and then a good bit of oil and work it in well. Washes off with a bit of squeezy and end up with baby soft hands!!

 

Not tried it on my ropes, but might be worth a go. Doesn't need to be olive oil mind.

 

You'd definitely need to clean with something rope friendly afterwards... obviously oily ropes aren't great!! Soap flakes?

[Ty Korrigan]

We use a bin full of alcohol to rinse ropes during and after jobs and even T shirts for resin.

Ty

[eggsarascal]

We use a bin full of alcohol to rinse ropes during and after jobs and even T shirts for resin.

Ty

 

Do ya drink it after?

[DannyCane]

Do ya drink it after?

 

I was thinking the same personally if I drunk the bowl full they'd probably all look clean so problem solved lol

[naturarbo]

cambium is in use also,but main prob is the rope and prusiks,hardware gets almost new with alchool and bit graphite powder

[naturarbo]

Using a cambium saver might have reduced the exposure to resin.

 

Your main line might improve with some rope cleaner and a bit of effort.

 

As for the prussic, throw it away and start again. Unless you really want to spend a week with soap flakes and a scrubbing brush for a £2 piece of rope.

 

Life's too short.

its a piece of rope with splice in each end payed around 30€ for that,so want to give it more use then 1 tree:001_tongue:

[naturarbo]

anyway rope left wash machine and its drying looks less dirty and less resin.so ecover liquid has a neutral PH?