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Step 311383 viewsThere is a down side to shellacing whippings. If you wash your rope, or it gets wet, impurities in the shellac rise to the surface and give the whipping a cloudy appearance, as shown here. You can fix this by either applying a little more shellac, or just daubing some denatured alcohol on them. (Alcohol is a solvent for shellac.)
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Step 271509 viewsPull the twine snug. You can work the knot into the rope, so there isn't a bump, by pulling alternately on the individual strands until it disappears into the rope.
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Step 321627 viewsHere is the final whipped rope end.
If you want to whip three-strand twisted rope, the procedure is slightly different. Instead of taking three stitches toward the end, then wrapping back away from the end, you take stitches away from the end, and wrap toward the end. The reason for the difference is that you have only three lengthwise turns for three-strand twisted rope, and you want the final knot to be away from the end of the rope where it is more protected. Also, when you wrap the twine around the rope, you should wrap against the lay of the rope.
Although there are quite a few steps in this tutorial, it doesn't take long for them to become natural, and you will be able to whip rope ends without even thinking about it. And the result will be sturdy, good-looking rope ends that will not fray.
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Step 301474 viewsYou might want to shellac your whippings. This gives them a little more body, which makes them a little easier to work with when you have to push a rope underneath other ropes, but it is still not hard, and won't hurt your skin. It also protects the whipping and holds it together. If you want to shellac your whippings, use a cotton swab, and be sure to get the shellac only on the whipping. If you get it on the frayed ends of the rope, it will be a mess.
By the way, shellacing the whippings is very traditional. Sailors in ancient times shellaced their whippings to protect them from the weather.
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Step 291399 viewsCut the rope just next to where the electrical tape starts.
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Step 281491 viewsCut off the twine flush with the surface of the rope.
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Step 261603 viewsPush the needle back through the rope, right next to where it came out.
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Step 251576 viewsPull the twine snug.
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Step 241639 viewsNow insert the needle underneath the left-hand strand, and come out between the two strands.
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Step 231643 viewsPull the twine snug.
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Step 221674 viewsNow we need to form a knot to secure the whipping. If you look at the lengthwise turn right next to where the twine came out of the rope, there are two strands of twine. Insert the needle between the two strands, and out underneath the right-hand one.
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Step 211615 viewsAs we have been doing, push the needle straight through the rope, in line with where it came out, but at the other end of the wrapping, and pull the twine snug. This completes the fourth lengthwise turn.
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