Comments on: Coloring Cordage https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/coloring-cordage/ Fri, 03 May 2024 14:29:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: mark bratton https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/coloring-cordage/#comment-122438 Fri, 03 May 2024 14:29:29 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=179322#comment-122438 In reply to Kenneth Sherwood.

Ken, I used New England ropes 3-strand spun polyester I bought from R&W. Inexpensive with a good feel.

]]> By: Kenneth Sherwood https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/coloring-cordage/#comment-120693 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 01:48:59 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=179322#comment-120693 What brand poly 3 strand do folks recommend?

]]> By: Mark Wade https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/coloring-cordage/#comment-118771 Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:35:04 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=179322#comment-118771 In reply to Christopher Cunningham.

Thanks for the heads up on dyeing old line! I’ll stick to the two lengths of “bright white” line I have in the shop. I’ve been holding back on using it because it just looks “wrong” in it’s off-the-spool color. I’ll have the Whitehall in the PT Wooden Boat Festival this year, so if you are out, you’ll be able to see how my dye job came out in person!

]]> By: Cole Styron https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/coloring-cordage/#comment-118677 Wed, 03 Apr 2024 04:36:30 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=179322#comment-118677 Chris,
There is at least one other way and this one is designed for this very purpose, very inexpensive, and completely customizable.
During my forays into skin-on-frame canoe building, I dyed the bright white ballistic nylon skin of all three my canoes with Jacquard Acid Dyes. You can see the process here at timestamp 4:18, and the finished boat later on. Jacquard makes about 50 colors, plenty in the natural spectrum. Jacquard claims the dyes are colorfast through repeated washings, but my boats were subsequently coated on the outside with urethane so I cannot comment on that; however the uncoated insides have stood up just fine.

]]> By: Christopher Cunningham https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/coloring-cordage/#comment-118654 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 23:43:55 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=179322#comment-118654 In reply to Mark Wade.

Mark,
I stained some very old nylon ropes that had turned gray. That underlying color made the brown stain look almost black. I did that test on the tail ends of two lines and I was glad I didn’t stain the full lengths. I did tests on a lot 10″ samples of ropes before committing full lengths to the process.
Chris

]]> By: Christopher Cunningham https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/coloring-cordage/#comment-118653 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 23:43:44 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=179322#comment-118653 In reply to Mark Wade.

Mark,
I stained some very old nylon ropes that had turned gray. That underlying color made the brown stain look almost black. I did that test on the tail ends of two lines and I was glad I didn’t stain the full lengths. I did tests on a lot 10″ samples of ropes before committing full lengths to the process.
Chris

]]> By: Mark Wade https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/coloring-cordage/#comment-118637 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 20:14:24 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=179322#comment-118637 I’m on my way to pick up stain and a bucket! I have a mix of old line and new “bright white” lines on my traditional wood Whitehall. This is just what I needed to put those final touches on the boat before the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival this year!
Thanks!

]]> By: ron flint https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/coloring-cordage/#comment-118608 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:27:04 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=179322#comment-118608 Nice touch.

]]> By: Giorgio Mussi https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/coloring-cordage/#comment-118524 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 00:26:46 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=179322#comment-118524 I’ll try right away to color some rope of my schooner, nice solution!

]]> By: Ken Dodds https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/coloring-cordage/#comment-118492 Mon, 01 Apr 2024 19:59:32 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=179322#comment-118492 What a grand idea! Thank you.

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