Ulises Victoria Posted January 9, 2014 Share #1 Posted January 9, 2014 Are you tired of retensioning those clove hitches in the middle of your shrouds? Or coming next morning to see the last knot you tied is now loose, and since you trimmed it off, you can't do it again? Well... do yourself a favor and go to your neighborhood music store. Yes music!. Get yourself a cake of Rosin. The stuff violinists use to rub their bows with. Are you getting it? That stuff makes the bow "grab" the string and therefore, produce sound. That effect works on your rope the same way, and makes your knots unslippable. (sp?) Guaranteed! Just rub a piece of your thread or rope on it 2 or 3 times and voilá. If there is choices of hardness, go for the softer one. If you can get the stuff that is actually made from the tree sap, you will have the bonus of the smell! Hope this helps. mtaylor, bhermann, freewheelinguy and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigie65 Posted January 9, 2014 Share #2 Posted January 9, 2014 Excellent tip do you have any online sources? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigie65 Posted January 9, 2014 Share #3 Posted January 9, 2014 (edited) Plenty of choice on eBay and not too expensive either And Amazon but will need to be ordered with something else to get above £10 Edited January 9, 2014 by Craigie65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulises Victoria Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted January 9, 2014 (edited) Amazon is always my first choice for online purchases. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_5?url=search-alias%3Dmi&field-keywords=rosin&sprefix=rosin%2Caps%2C256 Edited January 9, 2014 by Ulises Victoria kvnrykvn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigie65 Posted January 9, 2014 Share #5 Posted January 9, 2014 Thanks Ulises Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mischief Posted January 9, 2014 Share #6 Posted January 9, 2014 Fly tying dubing wax also works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted January 10, 2014 Share #7 Posted January 10, 2014 Thanks for the idea. Is there any potential negative long term effect from a chemical incompatibility with the rosin and various rigging line materials such as cottton, linen, &tc? Thanks Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jud Posted January 10, 2014 Share #8 Posted January 10, 2014 Would expect rosin to make every partial of dust into a cling-on. jud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulises Victoria Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share #9 Posted January 10, 2014 Would expect rosin to make every partial of dust into a cling-on. jud Thanks for your observation... Dust will always be a problem in a non covered model... rosin or no rosin. If your model is covered I see no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulises Victoria Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share #10 Posted January 10, 2014 Thanks for the idea. Is there any potential negative long term effect from a chemical incompatibility with the rosin and various rigging line materials such as cottton, linen, &tc? Thanks Allan Sorry. That I wouldn't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian56 Posted January 11, 2014 Share #11 Posted January 11, 2014 Beeswax should do the same job, smells nicer than rosin as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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