Washing Dock Lines

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Bruce Poorman
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Washing Dock Lines

Any suggestions for washing / cleaning dock lines ? I have heard people use soap and a fabric softener. Our lines are not that old ; maybe 2 years but have picked up dirt, mud and getting a little stiff. Looks like they need a trip to the “mud room “. 
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Bruce Poorman 
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I use a mild bleach and laundry detergent mix.  Soak them for a day, brush with a soft brush, rinse well and dry in the sun.
Gets them pretty good.  Even the lines that got into the water for some time came out decent.  I used a power washer last fall to
rinse the lines after scrubbing (lowest pressure tip) and that got a lot of the deep mud and algae out. I have used fabric softener on
a few that got really stiff but that had limited success. 
Don't wash in a machine! They somehow just come apart when you do.

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Harold Baker
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Cheboygan Michigan - Lake Huron
1989 C-36 mkI TR/WK M25XP

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I throw several in a pillow cover, close with a zip tie and toss in washer on a gentle cycle 

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Les & Trish Troyer
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Everett, WA
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I throw them in the washing machine loose. Laundry soap only. Wash, then let them dry on the kitchen floor or in the garage. Then untangle (fun). They're only dock lines; hell, birds and otters crap on them, sun attacks them. Not rocket science.

Larry Brandt
S/V High Flight #2109
Pacific Northwest, PDX-based
2002 C-36 mkII SR/FK M35B
 

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And if you let them freeze after washing, you can create some interesting art forms, to boot!

Matthew Chachère
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(Formerly 1985 C36 MKI #466 tall rig fin keel M25)
2006 Catalina Morgan 440 #30.
Homeported in eastern Long Island, NY

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Divermedtech
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Use a mild detergent, chain loop the lines and put the washer on gentle, preferably a washer with out an agitator.  What ever you do, DO NOT use chemicals or bleach!  They will destroy lines.

Brian
S/V "Sails Office" #994
1989 Catalina 36 Mk1
Long Beach, Ca

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I suggest this is an ingenious way to clean lines.....albeit for climbing ropes.
The unseen actual line-scrubbing takes place inside this device...read the article to see what he uses.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Rope-Washer-Rope-Log/

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