any ideas on how to clean a dry-treated rope? mine is really dirty and needs a good bath

I just throw it in the tub with water and run it through my hands giving it a cleaning a few times

Use non-detergent soap, if anything. There are a couple specialty rope wash products out there, but Dr. Bronners is much cheaper and probably just as effective.

If you're gonna use a washing machine, use a front loader. Bathtubs also work well. Daisy chain it before you wash it to prevent it from kinking and knotting up on ya.

Make sure it's completely dry before you use it again. If you fall on a wet rope, it doesn't recover as well (or at all).

I don't think the process changes at all between dry/non-dry treated ropes, but someone might correct me on that.

--Marc

I use maybe a Tbsp or two of Woolite in the utility sink. Cool or slightly warm water, agitate for about 10 minutes, rinse well. Airdry out of the sun.

For the best rope cleaning you'll ever see, try the BD Rope Brush. I fill the bathtub with water, pour in three cap fulls of Woolite (optional), throw the rope in there and run the rope through this brush under water and behold the cleanliness. Be prepared for an arm workout (especially with a 70m cord) and also be prepared to wash your tub well afterwards too...this process will leave a nastier ring around the tub than washing your feet and legs after a week at Indian Creek.
I've also used the ol' front-loader washing machine wash but it pails in comparison to the rope brush-in-the-tub washing. If using the front loader, do as Marc H suggests and use the electrian's coil/knot (a.k.a. the Monkey Chain Knot?) before washing to keep it from getting seriously tangled.

I do this for both dry-treated and non-dry-treated ropes. I don't believe there is any difference.

Just plain water or a little sportwash/woolite for me. We've got a front loader and a spare room so I wash mine when it gets dirty and let it dry snaking around the guest bed :) They dry out fast as long as they're not coiled up. They come out nice and clean and it keeps all the sand and crap out of them.

Hey Jason, thanks for the link for the BD Rope Brush. Added to the shopping list...

Anyone used the Tekwash (spelling) product for dry treating a rope...is's like 26$ a bottle? Want to re-treat a rope but wonder if this works?
-Chris

supposedly washing a dry treated rope makes the dry treatment come out, but there are dry treatments you can "put" in a rope. do they work? dunno....