Braided Dyneema Fishing Line as Whipping Twine?

[CJ13]

Has anyone tried using Braided Dyneema Fishing Line as Whipping Twine?

 

[Martin_J]

Not tried but whipping twine is waxed for many reasons... slips through the rope strands easier, holds the whipping together better afterwards..

I guess if you wax it first, it'll perform nearly as well in a whipping but seems a bit of a faff (and a mess) keeping a thing of beeswax handy to pull it through first.

How well does it work when you try?

 

[CJ13]

I’ve not tried it, but curious to know if it’s viable?

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Whipping twine needs to be slightly elastic, to grip the rope (or whatever) it's applied to. As Dyneema has very little elasticity, I can't see it being very useful for whipping or serving. The points above about the need for waxing it are good, too.

 

[LadyInBed]

Not tried but whipping twine is waxed for many reasons... slips through the rope strands easier, holds the whipping together better afterwards..

I guess if you wax it first, it'll perform nearly as well in a whipping but seems a bit of a faff (and a mess) keeping a thing of beeswax handy to pull it through first.

How well does it work when you try?

I don't think it would need waxing to make it slippy as it's naturally slippy, but waxing to allow adjacent turns to stick together is probably a good idea.
Ed, maybe a coat of super glue or the like would be better.

 

[ProMariner]

Yep, I've used it quite a bit for whipping, stitching, lashings, I got a roll of the 100 lb stuff. It's slippery, and tough on the hands, doesn't break or fray as you work it, and the resulting work is strong and lasts well, and is much much cheaper than chandlery's charge for the Marlow or Kingfisher stuff. Highly recommend.

 

[Davy_S]

I had loads of spare braid so i used it for whipping, west country style wearing gloves, had no problems at all.

 

[rotrax]

The small diameter stuff will go through skin and flesh like a cheese wire through butter.

Ask me how I know.................................................

 

[Neeves]

I use it for sewing -whatever. I have tried using it for whipping but our, we do use it for fishing, is to thin and is really hard on the skin (flesh). Because its so thin it takes lots of turns to whip anything. It does not need to be elastic as you can use the rope end (that you are whipping) as the elasticity - you compress the rope end as you whip (hence why it is hard on the skin and flesh). If when you finish whipping you can secure the ends of the thread used for the whipping by sewing it through the rope - it will be secure

Simply put - conventional whipping twine is fine, does what is on the box, or reel, it is not looking for a replacement - but sewing dyneema splices - then braided dyneema fishing line is great.


Whatever - ?? We use braided dyneema webbing to join 2 sheets together and then cow hitch the webbing to the sail. It makes a very flat and slippery connection. We use dyneema fishing line to sew the sheets into the webbing. I make 'splices' in offcuts of dyneema with eyes at both ends, sort of soft shackles, sometimes the bury is insufficient and I sew the buries together in the middle, with dyneema fishing line. If I need to pull an old halyard out of the mast I might sew a mouse line or the new halyard using dyneema line stiching to hold old and new together - the weak point is not the dyneema but my patience in sewing the lines together.
Jonathan

 

[AntarcticPilot]

It does not need to be elastic as you can use the rope end (that you are whipping) as the elasticity - you compress the rope end as you whip (hence why it is hard on the skin and flesh). If when you finish whipping you can secure the ends of the thread used for the whipping by sewing it through the rope - it will be secure

Jonathan

It needs to be elastic if you are using it to serve over a rigid object, though. I agree that is a less common requirement, but it does come up from time to time.