At 10:16 PM 4/9/99 -0400, Al Pilvinis wrote:
I have very stiff nylon 3/4" anchor line I am trying to splice.
Does anyone know how to soften it so it is workable.
I boiled it -- helped some but needs more softening.
The way that the rope manufacturers make rope soft, when they bother to care
to, is that they steam the fibers before they are spun into a rope. Very
soft rope is steamed several times during production. That sort of
pre-shrinks them so that they do not get hard, or at least they don't get
nearly as hard as cheap rope with age. There is actually a MIL-SPEC that I
call out when I buy rope at work that defines the softens of the rope. (I
don't have it here, but I can get it if anyone needs it.) You might try
steaming, under pressure if possible; but I'm not hopeful that you will be
able to soften this rope up. A pressure cooker seems to help a bit, but not
much.
We used to throw out thousands of dollars of rope regularly, only because it
was too hard to work with. Since then, I have been specifying soft rope in
accordance with this MIL-SPEC, and our riggers have been much happier. When
they are happy, they throw out much less rope.
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Paul and Cindy Kruse :: KJV Joh 14:27 Peace I leave with you,
165 South Kenneth Court :: my peace I give unto you:
Merritt Island, FL 32952 :: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.
E-mail: plkruse@iu.net :: Let not your heart be troubled,
407-453-6206 :: neither let it be afraid.
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At 10:16 PM 4/9/99 -0400, Al Pilvinis wrote:
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>I have very stiff nylon 3/4" anchor line I am trying to splice.
>
>Does anyone know how to soften it so it is workable.
>
>I boiled it -- helped some but needs more softening.
The way that the rope manufacturers make rope soft, when they bother to care
to, is that they steam the fibers before they are spun into a rope. Very
soft rope is steamed several times during production. That sort of
pre-shrinks them so that they do not get hard, or at least they don't get
nearly as hard as cheap rope with age. There is actually a MIL-SPEC that I
call out when I buy rope at work that defines the softens of the rope. (I
don't have it here, but I can get it if anyone needs it.) You might try
steaming, under pressure if possible; but I'm not hopeful that you will be
able to soften this rope up. A pressure cooker seems to help a bit, but not
much.
We used to throw out thousands of dollars of rope regularly, only because it
was too hard to work with. Since then, I have been specifying soft rope in
accordance with this MIL-SPEC, and our riggers have been much happier. When
they are happy, they throw out much less rope.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
::
Paul and Cindy Kruse :: KJV Joh 14:27 Peace I leave with you,
165 South Kenneth Court :: my peace I give unto you:
Merritt Island, FL 32952 :: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.
E-mail: plkruse@iu.net :: Let not your heart be troubled,
407-453-6206 :: neither let it be afraid.
::
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