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John Carrodus:
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I used to fish Lake Taupo and it's stream mouths for Rainbow and Brown Trout many years ago. I agree , wash the line in mild detergent - possibly oil soap. But unroll them into a 20L bucket. Taupo has micro pumice in the water , the only way to wash it off - or Gerald in your case with your lines - the oils and gunk on the lines, would be to unfurl them and gently swish em about in the bucket then stretch out on the fence to dry. Perhaps try line dressing for cleaning and lubricating the fibers. You might be surprised. It made a heck of a difference to shooting your line for those monster trout. I'm about to try some on my steel lines. I think cleaning with a tissue every flying day would be good practice - as is a daily line pull test as we have both found out eh Gerald. LL~ Get over the C19 soon my friend. Mine thank god was somewhat mild.

John Carrodus:
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John C

John Carrodus:
Gerald, I've done a bit of online looking. Biff the old ones out mate . You can now buy new stuff online for peanuts you can get half a Km of the new 8 strand, tough as nails, resistant to wear, grot and waterproof. The technology in this stuff has come leaps and bounds in the last 5 years. 63lb stuff is only 0.4mm....17thou. Make new ones and keep em clean every flying day with a damp cloth wipe. Hopefully -chocks away next weekend.
Cheers
John

Lauri Malila:

--- Quote from: GERALD WIMMER on May 22, 2020, 05:09:35 AM ---Hello
My old favorites a set of 60ft yellow 65lb Spectra lines are now faded to white after much flying and are a bit oily from my caster covered hands. They start to bind/stick after about 4 loops (I know to do equal inside and outsides but my sons don't always). Otto , Max, Alina and I have all used this one set for our 25-35 sized models and had a lot of use out of them.  I have subsequently made up many other sets of Spectra lines for most of the models we fly where steel is not required.
 Can silicone spay , wax or car polish or some other lubricant help as the lines age or have they reached their end of life when they are no longer slick like new lines?

Thanks Gerald

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That's not really a surprise; when the wax in line wears out, it doesn't protect the individual fibres anymore and the surface of line becomes fuzzy. Because of that, friction goes up (and strength starts going down).
Maybe you could use hard carnauba was or similar to re-wax the line but it doesn't remove the fact that the surface of line is already been damaged. So you cannot expect that they become like new again.
I haven't used Power Pro for years, there are much better quality lines (both fibre and braid better) available for our use (free flight). But there is a clear connection between colour treatment and mechanical properties (flex/strenght). White lines are always the best, when other parameters remain the same. I guess that's because white lines have less wax in them. But then, white lines seem to be less strong against abrasion.
I'd say bin them. L

GERALD WIMMER:
The really old 65 lb Maxcurato 'test' lines in question are still better then the new 9 strand 65lb Fins I made up to replace them. The Fins has more stretch and feels like it has more drag in the air. These original lines have cleaned up well but were test lines for our rule change that made Spectra legal for sport flying in NZ so I kept them going to see how they would age as some flyers doubted they would last in the sun etc.
Yes there are many choices on Spectra brands and the way they are manufactured, making for many new products to try/test.

Regards Gerald

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