Straightening Monofilament

I've been told (but haven't tried it myself) that you could take a length of monofiliment and tie a weight to it and let it hang for a day or three. In addition to this, you could spray it with clear coat, to kinda "starch" it straight. The guy that told this method stated that it worked for him, but I never got around to doing it myself.

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Hi Mark;

You could either cut a good length of the filament, set in hot water (near boiling) and tie a weight (not too heavy) at one end and hang it for a spell or again, tie a weight, hang and use a hair dryer set on hot. In either instance let it hang 'until it cools.

HTH.

Mark,

Monofilament has a memory. You can tighten it with heat, but it will sag again later. Best to pre-stretch it and let the "memory" work for you. I hang my gripping tweezers from a couple of feet of line for a few hours and work my way from the bottom up as I need while keeping the remainder under tension.

Also, whenever possible rig through not just to an attachment point. Length becomes less critical and with some planning one continuous strand can simulate many wires.

Frank

in article snipped-for-privacy@erols.com, Frank Koval at snipped-for-privacy@erols.com wrote on 5/14/04 8:55 AM:

When I'm fishing and have to tie on a new leader, I take a piece of "inner-tube" rubber and pinch the leader (mono) with it and give the leader a few good pulls. This generally takes the kink out of it.

MB

Thanks to everyone for the help. I'll give these ideas a try.

Mark Schynert

Whenever I used to rig 1/72 biplanes or float planes I used to use stretched sprue.

Use the plastic sprue that the model parts was attached to. Take a length, heat it over a candle and pull/twist the two ends. You will quickly master making whatever thickness you want.

It is straight and whats more, very easy to use becuase the sprue plastic takes cement and super glue very well.

Also works well for scales aerials, gun barrels and pitots.

Cheers,

Nigel

Marky, Marky, Marky. The best way to straighten mono is to go fishing and get connected to a good size barramundi or giant trevally... :) or a PNG black bass, if you want a real challenge.

RobG

No, no, no, I only practice catch-and-relase at the local supermarket.

When my daughter was six, I took her to a commercial trout pond. I was worried she might not catch a fish. Well, she did. After that, I was worried she might catch another one...

My dad was a great fisherman, and my brother might be better. I'm really good at eating them.

Mark Schynert

Apparently the gene passed you by Mark! :)

Bill Banaszak, MFE

LOL! I resemble that remark 8^)

Cheers,

The Keeper (of too much crap)