Hi,

Spring Cleaning time for Far Cove! I usually replace the lines, but
this year money's a bit tight. They're perfectly servicable, just rather
green from the Wet Coast's winter wetness. What's a good/safe way to clean
them? I heard an oxygen-based bleach like Oxy-Clean was good for sails -
how about dacron lines?

Same question for sail covers.

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36 - shiny engine, not so shiny lines.

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:
Hi,

Spring Cleaning time for Far Cove! I usually replace the lines, but
this year money's a bit tight. They're perfectly servicable, just rather
green from the Wet Coast's winter wetness. What's a good/safe way to clean
them? I heard an oxygen-based bleach like Oxy-Clean was good for sails -
how about dacron lines?

Same question for sail covers.

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36 - shiny engine, not so shiny lines.


Thanks for the ontopic threads well done great idea!!!!

Gee replace "every year"?? You blokes are rich beyond our
imagination:-) That free trade deal with the US must be really paying
off, hope we get ours through.

Warn water soap & a good scrub, I'd be wary of bleaches.

A bit of use in the sun with salt water & they'll be white enough
anyway, you do get some sun????:-)

K

Toss 'em in the washing machine on 'delicate' with some
Tide.
JR

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

Hi,

Spring Cleaning time for Far Cove! I usually replace the lines, but
this year money's a bit tight. They're perfectly servicable, just rather
green from the Wet Coast's winter wetness. What's a good/safe way to clean
them? I heard an oxygen-based bleach like Oxy-Clean was good for sails -
how about dacron lines?

Same question for sail covers.

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36 - shiny engine, not so shiny lines.

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When I was an avid caver, we would wash our climbing ropes
in Tide using a front loading washer (at a laundrymat of course
Use Downey in the rinse to give them a soft hand.

Doug
s/v Callista

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Toss 'em in the washing machine on 'delicate' with some
Tide.
JR

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

Hi,

Spring Cleaning time for Far Cove! I usually replace the lines, but
this year money's a bit tight. They're perfectly servicable, just rather
green from the Wet Coast's winter wetness. What's a good/safe way to
clean
them? I heard an oxygen-based bleach like Oxy-Clean was good for sails -
how about dacron lines?

Same question for sail covers.

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36 - shiny engine, not so shiny lines.

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I have had good luck using a consumer grade pressure washer to clean
the green off my lines. I had some lines that looked aweful and came
up beautifully after pressure washing. It is a little time consuming,
but the results are good. The trick is to get close enough with the
pressure washer to clean the line, but not do any damage.

Tim
http://www.tgw.net

timwh wrote:
I have had good luck using a consumer grade pressure washer to clean
the green off my lines. I had some lines that looked aweful and came
up beautifully after pressure washing.

I'd worry about the pressure washer causing abrasion to the lines as it
was cleaning them.

DSK

Once again, back in my caving days, there was a device that was
routinely used to wash ropes (yes, in the caving world they are called
ropes). It was (is?) connected to a garden hose and the rope is pulled
through it by hand. Cleaned out the grit. Probably would remove
green as well.

Doug
s/v Callista

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timwh wrote:
I have had good luck using a consumer grade pressure washer to clean
the green off my lines. I had some lines that looked aweful and came
up beautifully after pressure washing.

I'd worry about the pressure washer causing abrasion to the lines as it
was cleaning them.

DSK

On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 20:11:48 +0000, Doug Dotson wrote:

Once again, back in my caving days, there was a device that was routinely used
to wash ropes (yes, in the caving world they are called ropes). It was (is?)
connected to a garden hose and the rope is pulled through it by hand. Cleaned
out the grit. Probably would remove green as well.


Woaw - brings back memories! When I was fighting forest fires to pay my way
through university, there was a "hose-washer". 50-ft hoses were dragged back and
forth a few times (the rythm was: fwd, back, fwd, back, fwd, fwd, back...). We
had to take turns being the "downstream" guy because the job was SO wet and dirty,
especially the "weeping" hoses used near a fire - MAN did they get muddy!

One guy had a cut on his finger, and almost lost it when it go infected from all
the crap spraying off the hoses.

You can tell when there's been a fire in the region from the dozens of hoses
dangling out to dry.

Lloyd

Is the boat in the water all year? If so, how about buying two sets of lines
(after money is more available) and rotating them. Take some home to dry for
a month, while the others turn green on the boat.

"Lloyd Sumpter" wrote in message
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Hi,

Spring Cleaning time for Far Cove! I usually replace the lines, but
this year money's a bit tight. They're perfectly servicable, just rather
green from the Wet Coast's winter wetness. What's a good/safe way to clean
them? I heard an oxygen-based bleach like Oxy-Clean was good for sails -
how about dacron lines?

Same question for sail covers.

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36 - shiny engine, not so shiny lines.

Many folks say not to put lines in the washing machine but I find that they
get clean and stay supple and comfortable to handle after being run through
the machine. Any frayed ends will worsen, so if possible fix that before
washing the lines. (Allocate plenty of time to untie them! They really get
knotted together)! If you have a mix of colored and white lines, I'd wash
each color separately.

Don Dando


"Lloyd Sumpter" wrote in message
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Hi,

Spring Cleaning time for Far Cove! I usually replace the lines, but
this year money's a bit tight. They're perfectly servicable, just rather
green from the Wet Coast's winter wetness. What's a good/safe way to clean
them? I heard an oxygen-based bleach like Oxy-Clean was good for sails -
how about dacron lines?

Same question for sail covers.

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36 - shiny engine, not so shiny lines.