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johnchampion
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Re: hemp lookalike
      01/04/2008 23:17

It might take 50 years to get as much sunshine as Oz but polyprop will be falling apart anyway within the year. It can't take UV at all. It's purpose does not include rigging of any sort. It's a cheap floating line where degradation and performance is not important.
I've tried hardy hemp but it will also fall to UV much more quickly than poyester and I've tried 3 strand buff polyester but found it too soft to work all that well with longevity of splices and I'm now using buff coloured braided polyester which looks the part, performs and lasts well but of course is more fiddly to splice than 3 strand.

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* hemp lookalike Mariposa 31/03/2008 21:16
. * * Re: hemp lookalike dylan   01/04/2008 17:38
. * * Re: hemp lookalike bodfish   01/04/2008 16:00
. * * Re: hemp lookalike Mariposa   01/04/2008 17:49
. * * Re: hemp lookalike Peterduck   01/04/2008 19:09
. * * Re: hemp lookalike Mariposa   01/04/2008 19:20
. * * Re: hemp lookalike johnchampion   01/04/2008 23:17
. * * Re: hemp lookalike Mariposa   01/04/2008 23:23
. * * Re: hemp lookalike johnchampion   02/04/2008 09:24
. * * Re: hemp lookalike Mariposa   02/04/2008 10:13
. * * Re: hemp lookalike Clifford_Pope   02/04/2008 13:02
. * * Re: hemp lookalike Roach1948   04/04/2008 00:32
. * * Re: hemp lookalike Mariposa   02/04/2008 17:44
. * * Re: hemp lookalike Clifford_Pope   03/04/2008 08:22
. * * Re: hemp lookalike johnchampion   03/04/2008 10:10
. * * Re: hemp lookalike misty56   03/04/2008 09:08
. * * Re: hemp lookalike Casey   02/04/2008 16:49
. * * Re: hemp lookalike Alastairdent   29/04/2008 15:32
. * * Re: hemp lookalike Casey   29/04/2008 22:43
. * * Re: hemp lookalike Clifford_Pope   02/04/2008 09:40
. * * Re: hemp lookalike Chrusty1   31/03/2008 22:34
. * * Re: hemp lookalike KenMcCulloch   31/03/2008 22:25

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