Every once in a while marking ropes comes up. There have been specialty products and 'safe' brands of markers mentioned.
The UIAA has done some research that sifts out to that manufactures use what ever is cheaply availbale making for changing, unreliable formulaes. Also even with the proper and specialized inks, they are showing higher failure rates for the marked section of ropes, specifically pointing at when that section is bending over an edge. When i tried datng, marking lines i did at the end, so this might not be peritnent so much to such a practice, but wasn't sure how others where refrencing it.
Other curious notations where that bug repellent didn't hurt the fibers, but uric acid reduced strength by 30%. How many kegs did that take to test properly?
Tom Dunlap had this posted 'elsewhere', and have seen some refrences to courtesy of not sending people to other boards, don't like 'stealing' directly like this either; But hold safety of the brethren above all that...........!
The UIAA has done some research that sifts out to that manufactures use what ever is cheaply availbale making for changing, unreliable formulaes. Also even with the proper and specialized inks, they are showing higher failure rates for the marked section of ropes, specifically pointing at when that section is bending over an edge. When i tried datng, marking lines i did at the end, so this might not be peritnent so much to such a practice, but wasn't sure how others where refrencing it.
Other curious notations where that bug repellent didn't hurt the fibers, but uric acid reduced strength by 30%. How many kegs did that take to test properly?
Tom Dunlap had this posted 'elsewhere', and have seen some refrences to courtesy of not sending people to other boards, don't like 'stealing' directly like this either; But hold safety of the brethren above all that...........!
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