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karmiclimber
Feb 23, 2006, 7:42 PM
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In reply to: 2 year old thread revival woot!!!!
Yeah, well, cat pee on climing gear is a timeless and classic thread. There is always so much to bitch about it...and yet one simple answer remains...TOSS THE PEED ON CLIMBING GEAR. Sadly, that is probably the best gear advice I can give anyone.
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wjca
Feb 23, 2006, 7:42 PM
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Damn, I thought this was going to be a new cat piss thread.
But since we're here, did you know that the only thing worse than a cat pissing on your climbing gear is for Chuck Norris to piss on it. You laugh, but it happens all the time, and when it does, there is nothing anyone can do but say, "Thank you Mr. Norris. Is there anything else of mine you would like to piss on?" Then you have to stand and watch helpless as Chuck beds your woman because you ended your question to him in a preposition. Chuck Norris hates poor grammer.
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qtm
Feb 23, 2006, 8:08 PM
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Of course it's worse, Chuck Norris' piss will melt nylon on contact. That's why he only wears 100% cotton undies.
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seanhabgood
Feb 25, 2006, 11:03 PM
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The spectra slings should be fine soak them in water with Woolite. The nylon slings should be good as well same treatment. The fibers are very durable it takes extremes in pH to damage them I am talking concentrated acid or base pH 1.5 or 14. Sean
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iltripp
Feb 26, 2006, 6:30 PM
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In reply to: The spectra slings should be fine soak them in water with Woolite. The nylon slings should be good as well same treatment. The fibers are very durable it takes extremes in pH to damage them I am talking concentrated acid or base pH 1.5 or 14. Sean
You have anything to back that up or are you just talking out of your ass?
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kozzy
Feb 26, 2006, 6:49 PM
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I just completed a rope rescue tech coarse. The instructors were from a larch urban fire dept. When speaking about rope and webbing degridation he told us of tests they conducted at the fire dept. One of these included one of the firefighters urinating in a bucket and placeing a section of rope in it. The rope was later found to be significantly weaker, even more so than the rope exposed to battery acid for the same amount of time.
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seanhabgood
Feb 26, 2006, 7:10 PM
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How does three years of research at the Smithsonian Center for materials research and education and data from Honeywell who makes the fiber and more data from Cuben fiber company who manufactures hundreds of types of spectra products including ballistic armor. Sean
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kydd76
Feb 26, 2006, 7:36 PM
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In reply to: and now that I've been on both sides of that issue let me state that I'd also get rid of the GF. Cat people are more dangerous than the cat's themselves. Find a girl what has a dog!!!!!!!! |
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iltripp
Feb 26, 2006, 7:43 PM
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In reply to: How does three years of research at the Smithsonian Center for materials research and education and data from Honeywell who makes the fiber and more data from Cuben fiber company who manufactures hundreds of types of spectra products including ballistic armor. Sean
Spectra is notably non-reactive and very resistant to degradation. Nylon, as far as I know, is not. You said that both were very durable and damaged only by extremes of pH.
Naturally, I was hoping you could provide some corroborating evidence.
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jsoper
Feb 26, 2006, 8:08 PM
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get rid of the cat...
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seanhabgood
Feb 26, 2006, 8:53 PM
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Honeywell has information and look on the web there are other sites. The pH of cat piss is 6.5-7.0 about the same of distilled water. Sean
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avalon420
Feb 26, 2006, 11:00 PM
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Only 6.5-7, I would have estmated more around 8or even more basic with the strong ammoonia smell. But either way rope manufacturers dont recomend using detergents to clean ropes and slings, so i wouldnt use them.
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wjca
Feb 27, 2006, 2:33 PM
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In reply to: How does three years of research at the Smithsonian Center for materials research and education and data from Honeywell who makes the fiber and more data from Cuben fiber company who manufactures hundreds of types of spectra products including ballistic armor. Sean
Yeah, but have you ever pissed on a rope.
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seanhabgood
Feb 27, 2006, 2:39 PM
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No I have worked on my aim to avoid such problem Sean
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ninja_climber
Feb 27, 2006, 3:53 PM
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I swear....Cats pee on climbing gear too much.
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