I'm working on getting some triptease, but in th mean time, I have locally available some small cord found in the climbing department - I want to say its 1.5mm or something close.
I know it holds prussiks and knots well, but how do I test it's tendency to wick water?
I had a couple of thoughts, but wanted to see what you folks had to say.
Robbie
Just another Ham in a Hammock....
Do you know what its made from? Does it have an outer sheath and inner layers or something else?
When you say "wick" water, what exactly is the concern? I use 1.5mm sheathed dyneema for guylines. It's light, strong, pretty much waterproof, doesnt tangle.
Water test: Take a small length of line and set it in a bowl of water. After ten minutes, see how much water was absorbed.
Real Test: Set up the tarp, set up a sprinkler or hose with a spray nozzle, and commence to wetting the whole set up. Afterwards, examine the interior for leaks or water that may have traveled in.
Ambulo tua ambulo.
Just tie a little knot onto the line where you want the water to drip, and it will!
PF
It's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
Formerly known as Acercanto, my trail name is MacGuyver to some, and Pucker Factor to others.
It's not procrastinating, its proactively delaying the implementation of the energy-intensive phase of the project until the enthusiasm factor is at its maximum effectiveness. - Randy Glasbergen
I've used a bowl or bucket of water with good lighting to test rope and webbing for hammock suspensions where I am concerned with wicking. Hold one end, drop some of the rope into the water, and see if any is wicking up on the rope above the water line. Usually, with good lighting, you can see the rope darken where it is wicking and getting wet.
If the rope floats, I don't think you have to worry about it wicking water.
Youngblood AT2000
I assume that all lines will wick or channel water, and rig accordingly. Spiders I'm okay with, but I hate being wet.
Dave
"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."~~~May Sarton
I pack one of these guys and trained him to hang on my ridgeline all night.
He likes spiders..
Ambulo tua ambulo.
Btw, tired of drip strings that were temporary, I started doing this: take a short length of mason twine, tie an overhand knot in it, open the braid of the line, insert mason twine, and pull through until the knot is buried. Cut to length.
Dave
"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."~~~May Sarton
Something tells me that would make Cannibal run, screaming, through the night.Originally Posted by gargoyle
I pack one of these guys and trained him to hang on my ridgeline all night.
He likes spiders..
Dave
"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."~~~May Sarton
Fill a glass with water to 1" from the top. put a 4-6 inch length of the line in the glass with one end in the water, the other over the edge of the glass and down below the water line dangling free...
Come back in 30 minutes... If you have a puddle, the line wicks water...
If the line is nylon or polyester, it will wick water. If you use the line for a tarp ridgeline, you can always hang your tarp below the line...
"Do or do not, there is no try." -- Yoda
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