treating hemp nets

[Guest on the hill]

is there anything i can use to treat my hemp nets with to stop them drying out or brakeing prematurely?? if so please share

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I read in a plummer book he soaked his in some kind of wood preservative.I will check later if you really wanna know.

Maybe someone else knows what it was.

[The one 8,463]

Just dry them after use iv'e some here that are 20 years old mind you i hang up my nylon and spun nets after use as well and clean them and check them over .If you dont want to do that move over to spun nets and you can leave them wet in the bottom of the bag till the next time you need them .

[Guest on the hill]

I read in a plummer book he soaked his in some kind of wood preservative.I will check later if you really wanna know.

Maybe someone else knows what it was.

 

if you could mate that would be good

[Guest on the hill]

Just dry them after use iv'e some here that are 20 years old mind you i hang up my nylon and spun nets after use as well and clean them and check them over .If you dont want to do that move over to spun nets and you can leave them wet in the bottom of the bag till the next time you need them .

 

ive been told that if you just dry the hemp nets out then they become weeker.....

[The one 8,463]

Is there any point of treating a net after its been made ? as it wont be treated inside the knot and that will be a weak point .Drying hemp nets after use wont weaken them but will preserve them if there dried properly

[Crow 1]

is there anything i can use to treat my hemp nets with

 

Just treat them with care and they'll last a lifetime

 

Hang them to dry when you've used them, and do not store them in direct sunlight (especially behind a window!).

 

Crow

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I read in a plummer book he soaked his in some kind of wood preservative.I will check later if you really wanna know.

Maybe someone else knows what it was.

 

if you could mate that would be good

 

plummer says."I soak my nets in a bath of wood preservative,a green creosote based liquid.

bought from a saw mill.Leave the nets to dry out for a month,and only then do i consider using them.!"

"The nets are often sticky after such a treatment,but the do dry out for the hemp fibres are now forced to adhere to the main strand of the net"...`Hope this helps mate.

[Rolfe 2]

I remember seeing a tape I think of Mick Mansbridge.........and he soaked and un-rolled his spools of hemp in wood preservative........then made balls of hemp up to knit later. This made sure that the inside of the knots were trated as well. I never use hemp nets myself...........I knit all mine from poly/cotton thread......as used in the boot and shoe trade, and these are light weight, extremely strong and hard wearing and fold up really small.

 

 

Rolfe.

[crow wing 0]

is there anything i can use to treat my hemp nets with to stop them drying out or brakeing prematurely?? if so please share

 

I have had hemp nets last for years..still have a few but I now use spun nylon..but re the hemp..dont leave them in the bag wet..and at the end of the season I give mine a good rinse out in clean warm water and hang them until properly dry then fold and put them away..

[The one 8,463]

plummer says."I soak my nets in a bath of wood preservative,a green creosote based liquid.

bought from a saw mill.Leave the nets to dry out for a month,and only then do i consider using them.!"

"The nets are often sticky after such a treatment,but the do dry out for the hemp fibres are now forced to adhere to the main strand of the net"...`

 

Are the nets still plyable after that treatment or is it like a rabbit running into a brick wall ???

I honestly dont see the point of treating hemp if thats a problem use nylon that doesn't rot .

It might just be me but as i get older i like Phil llody's kiss ( Keep It Simple Stupid )

[whin 463]

plummer was an eejit like most writers of modern times ,do fishing rabbiting etc for cion and see how long hemp lasts better with nylon spun braided etc times move on ,ive met plummer etc amd well ive done more in a decade than heel ever do but he was a book writer but no expert netsman or fisherman or hunter go to any goood ship chandler etc youll get good stuff for nets for rabbiting etc or net rigging places ,had hemp nets and i liked them but prefer the braided soft nylon very good nets or spun nylon and before them irish linen cheers , plummer was a charlatan mate , like many writers, if you want no alot about fishing hunting go out with guys who have done it on the big stage for a living not a computer hunter, ive been makeing nets since a kid and will always prefer nylon over any for lasting , hemp feels good to knit a net but after three days a week rabbiting they dont last long unless well looked after cheers, to me net makeing knit it use it when you have to start treating it drying it well , time to change with the times , i gave a five kilo ball of hemp away cause nylon lasts alot longer

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plummer was an eejit like most writers of modern times ,do fishing rabbiting etc for cion and see how long hemp lasts better with nylon spun braided etc times move on ,ive met plummer etc amd well ive done more in a decade than heel ever do but he was a book writer but no expert netsman or fisherman or hunter go to any goood ship chandler etc youll get good stuff for nets for rabbiting etc or net rigging places ,had hemp nets and i liked them but prefer the braided soft nylon very good nets or spun nylon and before them irish linen cheers , plummer was a charlatan mate , like many writers, if you want no alot about fishing hunting go out with guys who have done it on the big stage for a living not a computer hunter, ive been makeing nets since a kid and will always prefer nylon over any for lasting , hemp feels good to knit a net but after three days a week rabbiting they dont last long unless well looked after cheers, to me net makeing knit it use it when you have to start treating it drying it well , time to change with the times , i gave a five kilo ball of hemp away cause nylon lasts alot longer

 

Im happy for you that your nets work well.As for calling the man an eegit well thats your own opinion.I have also met him and corresponded a cpl of times.Thats a bold claim you made ther.Pity the man is no longer alive to defend this remark.I always found him to be rather imformative.Oh and i aint stupid i do realise he was a writer and all writers like to dramatise there work.As for a computer hunter comment.Why are you on a computer giving advice?If people were to take your advice we should just ignore what you just wrote.

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plummer was an eejit like most writers of modern times ,do fishing rabbiting etc for cion and see how long hemp lasts better with nylon spun braided etc times move on ,ive met plummer etc amd well ive done more in a decade than heel ever do but he was a book writer but no expert netsman or fisherman or hunter go to any goood ship chandler etc youll get good stuff for nets for rabbiting etc or net rigging places ,had hemp nets and i liked them but prefer the braided soft nylon very good nets or spun nylon and before them irish linen cheers , plummer was a charlatan mate , like many writers, if you want no alot about fishing hunting go out with guys who have done it on the big stage for a living not a computer hunter, ive been makeing nets since a kid and will always prefer nylon over any for lasting , hemp feels good to knit a net but after three days a week rabbiting they dont last long unless well looked after cheers, to me net makeing knit it use it when you have to start treating it drying it well , time to change with the times , i gave a five kilo ball of hemp away cause nylon lasts alot longer

 

Im happy for you that your nets work well.As for calling the man an eegit well thats your own opinion.I have also met him and corresponded a cpl of times.Thats a bold claim you made ther.Pity the man is no longer alive to defend this remark.I always found him to be rather imformative.Oh and i aint stupid i do realise he was a writer and all writers like to dramatise there work.As for a computer hunter comment.Why are you on a computer giving advice?If people were to take your advice we should just ignore what you just wrote.

 

While I would'nt call Plummer an eejit by any means..I have to say he was no hunting man..not as prolific as his books would suggest anyways..I also met Brian a few times in the 1970's..when he was here in the Nth East researching and gathering stuff for his books..I found him amiable enough..but he did have a habit of relating the experience of others in his books as if it were his own experience..that is a fact..and not in any way intended to be disrespectful..

 

I think that where he excelled was undoubtedly his understanding of genetics and of breeding..he was also a very good animal trainer..his legacy if anything..books aside..is perhaps more in this regard than actual fieldcraft and hunting etc..

[Guest on the hill]

I read in a plummer book he soaked his in some kind of wood preservative.I will check later if you really wanna know.

Maybe someone else knows what it was.

 

if you could mate that would be good

 

plummer says."I soak my nets in a bath of wood preservative,a green creosote based liquid.

bought from a saw mill.Leave the nets to dry out for a month,and only then do i consider using them.!"

"The nets are often sticky after such a treatment,but the do dry out for the hemp fibres are now forced to adhere to the main strand of the net"...`Hope this helps mate.

 

a strange one but ill defo have a go one day