Cleaning a "Plasma" winch rope.

[Mud_Medic]

Hi All.

I have just bought a new truck, and it has a winch with a plasma rope. It doesn't look like the winch has done much work, but it has been somewhat sun bleached.

I read there is a potential problem with the rope if it gets dirty, and it is recommended to wash the rope in a pillow case if it gets dirty.

No problem so far, but the end of the rope is spliced around a metal eye, and the eye is connected to the hook.

Question. How easy is it to unsplice the eye, and resplice afterwards.

Do I need to.

How would you recommend cleaning the rope.

Many thanks

Ed

[topless matt]

Put the hoot in an old trainer and then put the whole lot into the washing machine.
Just remember to tie it on or it will come off and there will be some banging and the drum of the washine machine will resemble a 50p piece  :lol:

[Saffy]

or just give it a good dunking in a wheelie bin or similar.
Recommend get some form of covering over the spool to protect against UV damage else the life of the exposed rope will be radically reduced.  Splicing is pretty simple, there a couple different methods for splicing a tubed timble on a  12 strand synthetic rope, a google search for those keywords will turn up forum posts with pictures and manufacturers pdf documents detailing how to do it. More or less tapering the rope end by selective trimming with a blade, tape off the taper to make it possible to thread it, feed thru the eye thimble/hook and thread the rope double back up the hollow centre of the 12strand rope for at least x amount of length for the diameter of rope used (or a forearms length to be sure). That would all you need for a bush repair but your then supposed to lock the splice for longevity by sewing the joint - again google will turn up the different methods for doing that.

[extreme90]

i dont reccomend washing ropes in the washer.
every time i have been lazy and done it, ive allways without fail snapped the rope 1st pull on the next event.
so 6 ropes down the line i allways do them by hand now  :P :P
and at over 300 quid each for the ropes i run, its a bummer  :'(

[Range Rover Blues]

Use a biological washing powder that will eat the muck and break it down, use plenty of water to rinse it out, say a dustbin, and keep it covered to protect it from the sun.  I'm not sure but if the colour is gone that may be an indicator that the rope is past it's best.