International Guild of Knot Tyers Forum
General => Fancy and Decorative Knotwork => Topic started by: SeanH on January 21, 2019, 05:42:53 AM
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I am about to start a couple doormats for our home and would like to use a rope that will live well in the weather. Resistant to sun, not affected by rain and all that. Also, I am looking for something that works well cleaning the tread of muddy shoes. It needs to be functional for more than a season.
I was looking at manila "hemp" at first but read that it tended to shrink when wet. I considered jute but have had bad experiences with jute cordage degrading in the weather prematurely. Though that may have been poor quality material.
So now I am now looking at hemp or sisal. Do you have a recommendation regarding this or other material?
Thanks for your time.
Sean
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Hello SeanH and welcome.
I would recommend a synthetic rope such as Hempex. But, there are others.
Here is a link to a source.
https://rwrope.com/rope-by-use/sailing-rope/hempex-the-synthetic-alternative-to-hemp-rope/ (https://rwrope.com/rope-by-use/sailing-rope/hempex-the-synthetic-alternative-to-hemp-rope/)
SS
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Hello SeanH and welcome.
I would recommend a synthetic rope such as Hempex. But, there are others.
Here is a link to a source.
https://rwrope.com/rope-by-use/sailing-rope/hempex-the-synthetic-alternative-to-hemp-rope/ (https://rwrope.com/rope-by-use/sailing-rope/hempex-the-synthetic-alternative-to-hemp-rope/)
SS
Excellent! Just what I was after.
The site you mentioned will prove useful for years to come I suspect. They have such wonderful tools too!
Thank you.
Sean
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You are welcome Sean.
They are good merchants and knowledgeable folk.
Glad that helped you.
SS