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26th July 2008, 11:03 PM
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| Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Melbourne, Aus
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|  Removal of pine sap on rope.
hey what is the best thing to get pine sap of your rope, does ordinary laundry powder work or does it harm the rope???
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27th July 2008, 07:53 PM
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| Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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| Re: Removal of pine sap on rope.
Eucalyptus oil mate. Give it a spot try.
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27th July 2008, 07:55 PM
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| Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sydney
Posts: 821
| Re: Removal of pine sap on rope.
I don't think you should use laundry detergent, only soap. I use Lux soap flakes to wash ropes. Before you do a pine, fig or similar, cover your ropes in talcum powder. The sap wont stick as much. Just be careful, it makes them a bit more slippery on the prussic.
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27th July 2008, 11:24 PM
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| Monument Status  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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| Re: Removal of pine sap on rope.
I just change ends for the hitch and wear it off.
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30th July 2008, 08:40 PM
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| Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: england
Posts: 108
| Re: Removal of pine sap on rope.
Took down a Corsican pine on Thursday got so sapped up blakes and grillon completley locked up and neither would run at all! The only way we finished the job was to keep sending water up and dowsing my gear till they ran for a bit. made the job 10 times harder as it was a hard take down with loads of cables and over both lanes of the road. Just banged all my gear in the washing machine with a tablet and all is running well again!
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30th July 2008, 09:28 PM
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| Moderator  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Climbing around the world
Posts: 848
| Re: Removal of pine sap on rope.
Last year during my climbing course we were working on the Pines in the Pine forest in Centenial Park, I thought I'd show one of the teachers the long tailed bowline... Man was I glad that lunch got called, I didn't leave the loop big enough and it binded with itself cuz of the bloody pine sap and it wasn't retreivable  Would have been pretty embarresing I believe I sent my dad up to retrieve it when he was doing his blocking 
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