Registered: 01/16/11
Posts: 180
Loc: Tacoma, Washington
when hiking and was forced to hang my hammock off of trees. the only trees we have are soft woods, and they made a somewhat mess of my tree straps. so I'm back home now, and would love to clean 'em up, rather than toss and make a new set. does anyone have a slick trick to clean? I'd settle on fast hardening as a second...I just hate handling that sticky goo!
Registered: 01/16/11
Posts: 180
Loc: Tacoma, Washington
ok, so I got a reply from the hammock forum for this....turns out denatured alcohol dissolves the stuff and does not effect the poly straps. good to know, information
Registered: 02/03/06
Posts: 6799
Loc: Gateway to Columbia Gorge
For clothing, saturating with cooking oil, letting it stand and then using strong detergent seems to do the job (it's a very old remedy; I heard about it in the 1950s), but I'm not sure about those straps.
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