My"Barbarian"sling, which I posted a little while ago, is made of hemp and quite hairy and I was wondering if there was anything I can do to help flatten out all the loose hairs and hold them together. I have a cake of beeswax and I was thinking I could rub that in. Is this a good idea? Is there a better solution? Thanks in advance!

I'm a little worried about over burning so I think I'll goo with beeswax Thanks.

You can only burn the loose fibers. It's very hard to burn the braided cord. Unless you put a torch to it, and keep it there for several seconds. Just use a lighter. You can put the beeswax while it's softened by heat ~40-50 degrees C. Or you can mix beeswax with linseed oil to get a cream like consistency. Something like 60% wax to 40% oil.

Well I went with both I rubbed it in by running the sling across the bar of beeswax then lit a candle and burned off some of the hairs that hadn't been stuck down. The heat also helped melt the wax in a bit (which was actually what I was aiming to do with the candle; I didn't realise the small hairs burnt off that easily). It's looking much smoother now but I might still run it a few times more over the candle. I went and tested how it felt now in use and I do think the wax needs some more heat to get it properly integrated. I would use a hairdryer on high heat but don't have one :/ I'm thinking of making some more jute/hemp slings so I'll have to try the linseed oil and melted wax combination. Does it have to be pure linseed oil or is the boiled version ok?

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Dieses ist gut für denn Brief.  Nach jedem Training benutze ich es für Balearic Slings. Es macht Leder als Schutz überflüssig.  Es gibt guten grip und spine.