Not allowed to wash ropes in new washing machine - response help

[NUTMEG]

just wait til she is out and put them in the washing machine. works for me

+3.

 

[langstonelayabout]

just wait til she is out and put them in the washing machine. works for me

+1

 

[Clydewanderer]

I've already spend half of today disentangling a mess of sheets and lazyjacks that someone put in our washing machine this morning. So far as I know, the machine is still in working order.

Have u not tried that new detergent with built in untanglement? :-D:-D:-D

 

[PetiteFleur]

As said, do them when she is out for the day but make sure all shackles/snapshackles are wrapped up in an old sock to avoid 'clanking' noises!
Yes modern machines are very quiet - our old Whirlpool replaced with a John Lewis model.

 

[Tranona]

+1

Problem with that is that you have to learn how to use it and once that is known you will end up doing the washing. Have managed nearly 50 years without knowing how to use the machine, and my ropes always get washed without any problems. Even bought a new machine recently to do the job.

 

[Rafiki]

Problem with that is that you have to learn how to use it and once that is known you will end up doing the washing. Have managed nearly 50 years without knowing how to use the machine, and my ropes always get washed without any problems. Even bought a new machine recently to do the job.

Yes, it's that time of the year.... as a matter of interest - how hot do you wash yours and what cycle do you use. I used to only use the 30 degree wash, but recently I've tried 60 on some particularly dirty ropes and it didn't seem to do them any harm - but maybe I wont know until it's blowing 25kts next spring !!

 

[Giblets]

Can you not rig the old machine up elsewhere in the house/garage/shed for rope washing purposes?

 

[prv]

I don't seem to have many clothes with wichard buckles. But then I don't have a patio either...

I do have a belt with a snapshackle sewn to it for a buckle. Doubt it's a Wichard though, probably from the no-name chandlery bin

Pete

 

[colind3782]

Put them in an old pillowcase. It stops the metalwork beating the carp out of the drum.

 

[pete]

Look are you a man or a mouse? You need tell her if you can't use the washing machine she can't use the other household stuff like the iron the cooker vac etc.








On second thoughts perhaps that's not such a good idea

pete

 

[john_morris_uk]

just wait til she is out and put them in the washing machine. works for me

+3 (but I couldn't possibly comment as to whether this happens in our household, having had an identical conversation when the new washing machine arrived ten years ago!)

 

[ghostlymoron]

I know patio magic is very effective on patios and other things that have gone green (is it just a bleach?) but i think to do a proper job on ropes the tumbling and agitation in a washing machine machine is necessary. It shakes salt and grit out of the fibres.
Like most sailors, I do them in the machine (also a new one from John Lewis) whilst Swmbo is out at work. Re tangling - I quite enjoy overhauling the and removing the knots.

 

[FWB]

I know patio magic is very effective on patios and other things that have gone green (is it just a bleach?) but i think to do a proper job on ropes the tumbling and agitation in a washing machine machine is necessary. It shakes salt and grit out of the fibres.
Like most sailors, I do them in the machine (also a new one from John Lewis) whilst Swmbo is out at work. Re tangling - I quite enjoy overhauling the and removing the knots.

Well I just soak them in Patio Magic and leave them to dry, no rinsing!
Has always worked for me, and as I said #2 pour away onto the patio and that will become clean too

 

[AntarcticPilot]

The traditional (and effective) way of cleaning ropes it to tow them for an hour or two!

 

[mlines]

As said before use a pillowcase or a netting bag. I have a netting bag to store my wet suit etc. and it makes a good washing machine bag

 

[Simon_and_Tanja]

"Whoops - I must have left those in my jeans pocket"

 

[Neeves]

You could use dirty rope, buy new rope, replace the wife or ignore the recommendations - in no particular order.

I like the idea of recycling the old machine as an instant rope tangler, maintains marital harmony, is environmentally friendly, provides clean rope and something for you to do over the long winter evenings (untangling)

 

[AntarcticPilot]

You could use dirty rope, buy new rope, replace the wife or ignore the recommendations - in no particular order.

I like the idea of recycling the old machine as an instant rope tangler, maintains marital harmony, is environmentally friendly, provides clean rope and something for you to do over the long winter evenings (untangling)

Oddly, although I wouldn't go to the extreme of deliberately tangling ropes, I find untangling string or rope very soothing! My Dad once bought a collapsed coil of some sort of heavy duty, graphite impregnated cotton rope for us to use as fixed mooring lines (I think it was originally intended for some sort of machine drive in the local woolen mills!). Anyone who has dealt with a collapsed coil will know how hard they can be to untangle, and this was filthy stuff to handle, and VERY hard laid. I spent a day on the quayside at Dunbar sorting it out, and then splicing eyes in it - it was so hard-laid that I had to use a spike a couple of feet long to open it for splicing! The resulting mooring lines lasted many years, though.

 

[nigelmercier]

"When we get the new washing machine we should not wash ropes in it ..."

Sounds like the washing machine isn't the only thing getting noisy. Trade it in for a newer model.

 

[yachtorion]

Agree with Neeves 2nd suggestion. Sounds like time for new ropres.