How to wash your climbing rope using washing machine

I had just finish a sea cliff rock climbing today , and my rope had soak with sea water so I diced to wash my rope.
Normally you only need to soak the rope in water for few hour to clean the rope but my rope are pretty dirty so I machine wash my rope.
Don't machine wash your rope every time, machine wash  makes the rope fibre tight up and it effect the dynamic feature of the rope
hand wash is good enough, only machine wash the rope if necessary 

Step 1 Daisy Chain the rope

loosely Daisy Chain your rope, the knot it self call chain knot
remember loosely is the key

here is a video from forresttrenaman shoeing how to tie a chain knot, but don't put the knot tight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ2Nlrm8AAY&feature=player_embedded

Comments

[Jayefuu]

Don't think I'd want to machine wash my rope. I wouldn't trust it not to have done something bad to it I couldn't see. I think I'll stick to hand washing, it really doesn't take very long.

[mac969]

ya you shouldn't wash your rope with washing machine every time , but my rope are very further plus it mixed with sea water, so I decided to give my rope a deep clean, normally. hand wash is good enough

[Jayefuu]

On second thoughts, yours is a top load machine Vs my side loading machine. Looks like yours would be gentler.

[mac969]

I used to have sideload Washing machine , as long as you use wool mode it should be alright, it won't had too much tumble, the rope can handle it

[GuiltyPixel]

Thanks for the information, I've wondered about this. I just stayed away from hazards like salt water :)