Rope

I've had an inquiry as to how best to preserve rigging on a sailing
ship replica. The ship is displayed out of doors and the rigging is
manila rope. From what I understand pine tar or something similar
was traditionally used. Does anyone have experience with this
particular problem?

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                  Conservation DistList Instance 12:20
                Distributed: Wednesday, August 26, 1998
                       Message Id: cdl-12-20-010
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