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Washing a rope

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 joesmith 06 Mar 2014
Just wondering how other people usually go about washing a rope.
Does washing up liquid do them any harm?
Can you put them in a washing machine?
Probably a stupid question, but thought i would ask anyway before i do something silly and damage a perfectly good, but rather dirty rope!
Cheers, joe
OP joesmith 06 Mar 2014
In reply to The Norris:

Thanks!
 GridNorth 06 Mar 2014
In reply to joesmith:

I used one of these in arm water with a mild detergent.

http://www.bananafingers.co.uk/beal-rope-brush-p-1286.html

It's amazing how much dirt is squeezed out even after a couple of passes.
 gbloomer 13 Mar 2014
In reply to joesmith:

Here is a pic of the flyer that was attached to a new Beal Cobra II rope I bought a few weeks ago.
Hopefully you can read it.

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd142/gbv2/67b641c48647b1dbd9880740289e4...
 THETWIG007 13 Mar 2014
In reply to gbloomer:

Wash some towels on a boil wash with NO detergent, to remove deposits from the machine.

Wash the rope in a pillow case (tied closed well unlike what I did) about 30 degrees.

Leave to dry (out of sunlight).

Bingo Jingo, clean rope.
 deepsoup 13 Mar 2014
In reply to THETWIG007:
> Wash some towels on a boil wash with NO detergent, to remove deposits from the machine.

Unless you've been doing something weird with your washing machine, there's really no need to do this. A teeny tiny amount of normal detergent will do no harm whatsoever.

That said, if you always use the machine on a cool wash I've read that it's good for the machine itself to boil it up once in a while.
 Craigyboy13 13 Mar 2014
In reply to joesmith:

does washing a dry treated rope effect it after its been washed? is it still dry treated once washed?
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