Shoe paint on rigging ropes

[MESSIS]

Can somebody tell me how safe is to use shoepaint to cover glue stains on my ropes? Is it going to fade out in the longterm or is it going to pruduce somekind of other problems?

[Ulises Victoria]

Hello Messis.

 

Not sure what you are trying to accomplish. Are you trying to just hide some glue stains in a part of a rope, and leave the rest unpainted? Not recommended. 

Are your ropes already fixed on the ship? If you want to cover a few stains you will have to paint all the line, and probably all the similar lines. I think you will have a tough job trying to paint the lines without touching other items like blocks, deadeyes, masts, etc.

I am just brainstorming here, because it is not very clear to me what your problem is. A couple of photos would be of great help.

 

Best regards.

[MESSIS]

I prepared deadeys, heartstays etc off the ship. Some glue stains are there now and am trying to cover them before installing them on the ship

[MESSIS]

I used black rope and the glue stained them... now am thinking of covering the stains with some shoe paint.... I was said from somebody tha so it can be done, but am not sure thats why am asking

[overdale]

Messis,

 

If the rope is black, then use matt black paint to touch out the glue stain. Don't use shoe polish as it contains wax which won't give you good coverage.

 

Dan.

[MESSIS]

Thx Dan u r very helpfull... I ll follow your suggestion. But because u mentioned wax... my ropes are allready well waxed... Is that ok.... if I go with the matt black acrylic paint?

[GuntherMT]

What kind of glue, leaving what kind of stains?  Just discolored line or is it a 'shine' (from CA) that you are trying to eliminate?

 

If it's just a shine, then just use a matte varnish (clear) or matte medium (also clear) and it will cover the shine without any color changes.

 

Tip - Use matte varnish or matte medium as your glue when working with fittings/rope (or a mixture of white glue + water) and it won't be visible when it dries.

[MESSIS]

Dan thats 2 pic... more than a thousand words... looking forward for ur response...

[GuntherMT]

Make a test piece using the same glue on some scrap rope.  After your test piece is dry, try using a small brush with alcohol to clean off the excess glue.  Since the glue pictured is water resistant you can't just use water like you could for regular white glue or yellow wood glue.

 

Since it it PVA, the alcohol should clean it up.

 

For future rigging, I'd suggest using white glue rather than yellow, and dilute it for rigging.  If you can get the knots/rigging tight without glue, then clear matte varnish to secure it also works well for me.

 

Good luck.

[MESSIS]

I did try that but is not working 100% .... so after the alcohol I used a dark wash from vallego and that gave to the ropes a nice finish.. I dont know how to thank you. You have been very informative and.very helpfull.

[MESSIS]

I thought thats a whiete glue am using!

[Gaetan Bordeleau]

Looking at your picture, may be you uses too much glue, you should just need glue on the knots. 

After operations you should not see  glue.

 

Is it the glue, hard to say,, but you could try a more ''standard'' wood glue type you can sand in the Titebound category.

[Ulises Victoria]

Hello Messis. I see your problem now.

 

I use clear flat (matte) varnish when securing all my rigging knots. It dries without leaving a shiny spot as CA does, is completely invisible and does the job!

 

Good luck.

 

Ulises

[overdale]

Messis, I sometimes use acetone (nail polish remover) on glue stains as it is a bit more effective on white wood glue than alcohol. Try it on a test piece and see if it works for you. The black paint will go over waxed line if you use an oil based paint like Humbrol. If you thin it down with acetone it will penetrate the wax very effectively but most times it will cover on it's own.

 

Dan.