best way to clean ropes?

[TGB]

Loose on a cool or warm cycle with baby washing flakes.

[treequip]

Rope strop, harness, it all goes in on quick wash minimum temp maximum spin with whatever soap is next to the machine

[TTP]

Rope strop, harness, it all goes in on quick wash minimum temp maximum spin with whatever soap is next to the machine

 

 

A bar of soap?

[Hodge]

Taken to the laundrette as the machines are a lot more heavy duty.

[treequip]

A bar of soap?

 

Nope, there is a bar of soap (posh stuff) upstairs in the bathroom, I have a small tub of swarfega under the kitchen sink but the stuff next to the washing machine (I had a look to satisfy your curiosity) is called Fairy non bio, that's soap as well you know.

[David Dobedoe]

UKC Articles - Washing Ropes

Useful?

[skyhuck]

Climbing in the rain normally does the trick.

 

I put my rope in the washer, in a pillow case, near destroyed the washer and damaged the lino it was stood on, never again.

[T14EES T14UNK]

I think the average washing machine is only supposed to have a load of 8kg. Assuming this is to do with its ability to spin it at 1600rpm my opinion was that a wet 45m rope would be on the heavy side. I have done it but I won't be doing it anymore.

As above, a wet climb will clean the rope. A rinse on a bin will help and obviously drying will take a while. It's handy to have two ropes.

 

Or use someone else's washer. I think the laundrette idea, rope in a pillow case is the best idea 😃

[treequip]

I think the average washing machine is only supposed to have a load of 8kg. Assuming this is to do with its ability to spin it at 1600rpm my opinion was that a wet 45m rope would be on the heavy side. I have done it but I won't be doing it anymore.

As above, a wet climb will clean the rope. A rinse on a bin will help and obviously drying will take a while. It's handy to have two ropes.

 

Or use someone else's washer. I think the laundrette idea, rope in a pillow case is the best idea 😃

 

Unless its a slimy orrid sycamore:laugh1:

[T14EES T14UNK]

Unless its a slimy orrid sycamore:laugh1:

 

 

Yep I suppose beech can be included too. Maybe 3 ropes needed then. 😳