Thanks for the tips. I would not have thought of spraying the lacing rope. I guess this means you don't lie on your back under the trampoline tightening the lacing with vice grips, as we have been doing for 25 years.

Mary, I don't do that either.., grass makes me itchy. On the Wave you can reach the middle of the tramp easily from the side.
John McKnight has a great tool he built for tightening lacings. It is a flat piece of alum sheet with a cam cleat mounted at one end. On the other end he cut a hand hold and padded it.
You simply grab the line with the cleat and pull. Jam a fid into the grommet to hold the lacing, and get another grab.
It really does a great job.
One of these days I will have to try and duplicate that tool.
Rick

Well, Rick, I can't reach the middle from the side, so I guess that means you have to lace my tramp for me.

And on the Hobie 18, as I recall, it was always me underneath with the vice grips.

Rick, what's a "fid"?

A fid is sort of like a fat knitting needle that is usually made out of wood and tapers down to a sharp point. It is used to spread apart strands of line for splicing or to open stubborn knots.

If you have a stainless rigging knife that has a knife on one side and a long pointed thing on the other side, that pointy thing can be used as either an awl or a fid.

(When dealing with rope, a fid is also a unit of length defined as 21 times the diameter of the rope that is being worked with.)

Thanks, Mary.