Lime bark string

[johnboe522]

Do you have to ret lime bark to make string or can you do it without retting?

Got a load of lime at the bottom of the garden and going to thin it out for carving ect ect
Just thought I would knock up some cord at the same time.

 

[Toddy]

If it's small stuff it will sometimes peel like willow, but even that is very much better for being retted.
It'll stink to high heaven, but it's a marvellous fibre

cheers,
Toddy

 

[johnboe522]

Other than using a stream which I don't have access to, any other means of doing it?

 

[Toddy]

A big bucket

Seriously, it works. All it needs is anaerobic bacteria to set about munching the 'glue' that holds the fibrous layers together.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[johnboe522]

Cheers I thought it needed to be moving water!?!? Regular tap will do fine?

 

[swright81076]

Yep, a bucket, I've just took some wych elm strips from my bucket of black insect infested filth.
I forgot all about mine, it had been there for nigh on 2 months, a putrid smell of stagnant iron brew, and felt like under cooked pork crackling, but it works.

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[johnboe522]

Cheers helpfull as always guys thank you