Divider text here . Polypropylene, Polyester, Nylon, UHMWPE (Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene) and Aramids (Kevlar®, Technora®, Vectran®, etc). MODULUS, STRENGTH AND ELONGATION. Polyester fibers are extremely strong and durable. What should you buy for dock lines? It is sometimes a thin multifilament fibre, similar to but slightly thicker than polyester and nylon.

TheKnigit Active member. Polyester resists water and dries quickly.

It is used extensively in making rope for various uses. Polyester : la fibre à tout faire. Once formed, polyester tends to retain its shape without warping, wrinkling or creasing. Apr 5, 2017 #2 Assuming line for crab pots, I use lead core line.

I’d suggest at least two 15-foot, 5/8″ lines with pre-spliced 12-inch eyes (loops in the end). Polypropylene is encountered in several different forms in ropes. Divider text here .

Apr 5, 2017 #3 Personally they are both about the same for me. You can get whatever rope best fits your application, but most folks go with Polyester. Since about the mid 1980’s, these industrial grade fibers are so close in performance that most suppliers and retailers use them interchangeably. Son excellent rapport qualité-prix explique le succès de cette fibre issue du pétrole.Les gros volumes de production dans l’industrie textile ont permis d’écraser les prix.

Check out twisted rope’s pros and cons below. Read article about Polyester vs Polypropylene and more articles about Textile industry at Fibre2Fashion The following series of tables sets out to compare the key physical properties of the most frequently used materials.

Polypropylene Rope vs Polyethylene Rope for crabbing? The properties and performance characteristics of any rope are reliant on the materials from which they are made. Nylon or Polyester Rope? Twisted rope is created by taking fibers and twisting them into strands, and then twisting the strands into rope. Hooked Up Active member. Each has outstanding virtues and each has faults. Rope Manufacturers often combine different fibers and add specialized coatings in order to benefits from the good quality of each material.

Three-strand twisted rope is the most common form of construction, and it can be made of nylon, polyester, polyethylene terephthalate, and polypropylene. It is usually mixed with the multifilament form of nylon in rope making. It is sometimes a thicker monofilament, resembling straw or bristles, typically 0.1 to 0.15 mm dia. You're thoughts and input is appreciated. The polyester lines also absorb less water than the nylon.

Here’s why – All of our nylon and polyester products are manufactured with industrial grade fibers. Both are a plastic base, so they both stand up to abrasion relatively well if you are pulling the rope along a dock … Polypropylene lines (think water-skiing rope) absorb the least amount of water and they float, but they are the weakest of all lines. Modulus, strength and elongation are all interconnected MATERIAL MODULUS.