I’m based in London where the water is notoriously hard. At the end of last season I washed my Mammut 9.5mm Infinity Protect with tap water and Beal rope soap after having dunked it in sea water, and it now seems to handle very poorly — no longer supple, more prone to twisting. It was a nightmare doubled up on a short-ish grit route.
Has anyone else encountered this when washing ropes in hard water? My half ropes (Beal Cobra with golden dry treatment) got a little wet with sea water too and I hear it’s good to wash the salt residue off for the sake of the metal gear they will touch. But I’m reluctant to do so if it will turn them into crusty cables. Guess I could always just wash my carabiners after a weekend out with semi-salty ropes?
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