A friend of mine would like to use heavy duty hemp rope as an effect at the bottom of skirting board. She would like to treat it so that if she washes the floor, it does not absorb the water. Any ideas anyone? Jane Snell
North American Hemp Council
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Victor // August 29, 2008 at 2:15 pm |
Hemp rots due to capillary action which allows it to seem dry while still holding water. To avoid this, a dry hemp rope must either be ‘tarred’ with a surface waterproofing substance, or imbued with a liquid plastic substance, (like Tung Oil) which will pass into the fiber capillaries and prevent water from accumulating there.
Chris NZ // January 14, 2009 at 9:15 pm |
I also would like to water proof a rope with tung oil or linseed. I believe it needs to be saturated, not just on the outside of the rope, so how would I go about it?
I thought about soaking it in a bucket, but I wonder if it would ever dry properly. Thinning the oil might help?