It's time for the annual washing machine battle again!

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DickB

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Are you allowed to use the home washing machine to clean the lines?

I get away with the sheets but the halyards that have snapshackles on the end still have to be done when SWMBO is out.

Made a mistake this year! Forgot to switch off the spin cycle! Had to grab washing machine as it tried to dance around the kitchen again! I should have learnt my lesson from last year! Still only a small dent in the side panel.

Still the results are good. No more green mould!


Cheers
 
My wife has never objected to me putting sheets in the washing machine :)

Plus of course if I break it I have to buy a new one.
 
In an old pillowcase, no shackles and no paint - seems reasonable to me. You could get a set of those brush and roller spinners for use with an electric drill for the painty stuff.
 
DickB said:
Are you allowed to use the home washing machine to clean the lines?

I get away with the sheets but the halyards that have snapshackles on the end still have to be done when SWMBO is out.

Made a mistake this year! Forgot to switch off the spin cycle! Had to grab washing machine as it tried to dance around the kitchen again! I should have learnt my lesson from last year! Still only a small dent in the side panel.

Still the results are good. No more green mould!


Cheers
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Yes, & i maintain it if req.
full spin too, reduced to about 1 k RPM
 
There are so few laundromats nowadays - the only one near me is policed by the Gestapo and would never allow anything with a shackle in their machines! In fact, they generally don't allow anythig they don't recognize as clothing. I soak ropes in the bath overnight then, having cleaned the bath, quick rinse and repeat. Drink a lot of coffee and it's remarkable how often you pop into the bathroom - agitate them each visit. At least three rinses and then hang out on the line, preferrably in rain for extra rinsing. When eventually dry, they are a joy to handle.

Rob.
 
Yes - on the basis of the eternal promise that I will replace it if I break it. As I will replace it anyway even if someone else were to break it, its equal odds, but I suppose it gives them something (else) to moan at us about, eh !

Had a similar conversation about using the iron yesterday for applying my new veneer !
 
rob2 said:
There are so few laundromats nowadays - the only one near me is policed by the Gestapo and would never allow anything with a shackle in their machines! In fact, they generally don't allow anythig they don't recognize as clothing. I soak ropes in the bath overnight then, having cleaned the bath, quick rinse and repeat. Drink a lot of coffee and it's remarkable how often you pop into the bathroom - agitate them each visit. At least three rinses and then hang out on the line, preferrably in rain for extra rinsing. When eventually dry, they are a joy to handle.

Rob.
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I'm lucky. We're currently renting a holiday home for the academic year. The complex has a wonderful coin op laundry with no watchful eyes on it.........
 
Pillow cases. If they are bad, soak first.

I did an article on washing ropes in cooperation with New England Ropes (they supplied the rope and did the before/after breaking).

a. Without pillowcases ropes can wrap around the center and break the transmission.

b. Bits can get around the water pump seal and choke it.

c. Some like fabric softener, but if you want to do it right, use Nix Wax Polar Proof. Gives lasting softness and reduces water weight gain. Forget the instructions and just soak them in 5-gallon buckets after washing and drying. Goes farther than they say.

I learned as much about washer repair as I did about ropes.
 
DickB said:
Are you allowed to use the home washing machine to clean the lines?

I get away with the sheets but the halyards that have snapshackles on the end still have to be done when SWMBO is out.

Made a mistake this year! Forgot to switch off the spin cycle! Had to grab washing machine as it tried to dance around the kitchen again! I should have learnt my lesson from last year! Still only a small dent in the side panel.

Still the results are good. No more green mould!


Cheers
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If your that worried why not look for a cheap second hand washer just for washing the ropes sheets and other things off your boat, then you won't get no hassle from SWMBO,
 
superheat6k said:
Yes - on the basis of the eternal promise that I will replace it if I break it. As I will replace it anyway even if someone else were to break it, its equal odds, but I suppose it gives them something (else) to moan at us about, eh !

Had a similar conversation about using the iron yesterday for applying my new veneer !
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Re the iron, got some flak when caught waxing skis with the iron. It was the smell of hot wax from the utility room that alerted SWMBO.
 
DickB said:
Are you allowed to use the home washing machine to clean the lines?

I get away with the sheets but the halyards that have snapshackles on the end still have to be done when SWMBO is out.

Made a mistake this year! Forgot to switch off the spin cycle! Had to grab washing machine as it tried to dance around the kitchen again! I should have learnt my lesson from last year! Still only a small dent in the side panel.

Still the results are good. No more green mould!


Cheers
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Discovered that our new all singing and dancing Samsung machine has a 'bubble soak' setting. This does a great job cleaning them most disgusting green laden mooring lines. Tied an old towel around the shackles with cable ties and went for it.

Discovered that the cycle was nearly 3 hours, evaded capture only to be given away by leaving the now pristine lines hanging up in the garage. The ensuing debate about why I had bought new lines when we were on an economy drive I has instigated. That was because of the vast cost of our new washing machine.

This left me with facing Bart's [as in The Simpsons] dilemma.
That is I am damned if I say I used the washing machine and I'm damned if I say I bought new lines.

Fessed up and now the 'bubble soak' programme is the solution to all our problems - well most anyway.
 
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