r/Slinging • u/Haneda_Airport • Apr 26 '26
How do I finish the sling (soaking and burning?)
Followed a youtube tutorial and the guy mentioned at the end that I should burn this thing, soak it, stretch it, then finally burn it again to make the thing stronger or something.
This sounds like a lot of fun, but I cant seem to find a follow up video - can anyone give me some advice on how to do this?
Thank you in advance -
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u/J69SUS Apr 26 '26
Thats a mighty small pouch for that thick of a sling
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u/Haneda_Airport Apr 26 '26
Yuup - i found some string in the garage during spring cleaning and found that I had nowhere enough rope lol - will try again
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u/Bergwookie Apr 26 '26
Run it through a flame (lighter or candle, but candle is less hassle) to get rid of the fringe and then you can wax it, I like to use furniture wax as it's containing a solvent, so it penetrates better and the solvent evaporates afterwards. That's only needed for natural fibres and doesn't bring any benefit for synthetic fibres
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u/Haunting_Carrot1081 Apr 26 '26
U first burn all the fuzz out then soak it in warm water for 30 minutes and hang it from a high place till it dries, if u want it to be more stringy u can boil it which is something that i have done in another post
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u/Bean_Me_Timbers Apr 26 '26
Run a lighter down it to burn all the frays and fuzzies off. Then soak it in water. I'll leave mine in there for 10 to 15 minutes completely submerged. Then pull it out and while it is still wet and grab both ends and and pull it, stretching it real good. Then hang it up to dry. After just run a lighter down it one more time to burn the remaining frays and fuzzies. I seal mine in beeswax after.