Treating Jute Rope

Posts about treating rope written by missbones1 and fredrhatt.

Treating jute rope.

Using hemp fibers you can create a rope that is reasonably soft with high enough friction to hold a knot securely. Jute and hemp are the top two rope choices for natural fibers. Jute is probably used by more top riggers compared to hemp. Jute rope 6mm in diameter tightly laid and therefore quite stiff in its initial stage.

In most cases this involves boiling or hot washing although i would avoid doing this to loosely woven jute e g. Like most natural fiber ropes a hemp rope will be fairly rough when untreated but after a thorough treatment process will become softer and remain just as durable for a myriad of uses. The strands with jute will show contrasting shadows better than a similar hemp rope. Wet treatment quite aggressive final rope not super soft but soft enough to start and hopefully it.

Some japanese rope as it can open up the weave too much. It s a lighter and livelier fiber and holds it s shape better which is important if you re doing photography work.