Lunging whips have a classic weak point: the loop at the tip of the whip to which the blow is attached. Especially with the cheap whips, which are covered with nylon fabric, the fabric often tears here and the blow falls off. This means that the lunging whip is no longer usable. The good news is that the problem can be solved relatively easily with a little skill. Read here how to repair a lunging whip.
This is what you need to repair a lunging whip
- Thick thread (I used a nylon thread with 1mm diameter)
- Adhesive (contact adhesives or all-purpose adhesives work well)
- Spare material for the loop about 2-3 cm x 10-12 cm
- A pair of scissors
- Can with contact glue, spool with thick nylon thread, leather stripes, lunging whip with torn off impact
- Piece of leather, glue and thread are enough to repair the whip
You can use a slightly thicker nappa leather as a replacement for the loop. But you can also use a strong nylon fabric, such as a truck tarpaulin or a piece of a horse blanket or a solid shopping bag. The edges of the strip should not become frayed. If the fabric tends to fray, it may be possible to melt the fabric with a lighter and fix it in place.
Preparing the whip
To avoid the tip becoming too heavy and clumsy, you should remove the old winding at the tip. Most of the time this is also made of strong thread. You cut it in one place and then wrap it off. If the lace is still sandy, you should clean it so that the glue holds well in the next step.
The blow should be in order and have the small swivel at the beginning. If the blow is torn off at the beginning and the ring is still on the whip, the repair works similarly. You put the replacement part and the wrap only on the blow instead of the whip.
The remnants of the old winding have to go, otherwise it will be too clumsy.
Attaching the replacement part
The first step is to cut the replacement part correctly. The material should reach about 4-5 cm on each side at the bottom of the whiphole. Add 1-2 cm for the loop.The width of the material should be at most wide enough to wrap once around the shaft of the whip. With thicker material it is worth cutting the lower layer a little narrower so that the patch lies smoothly on the whip. If the material is thicker, it is worth cutting one half thinner. Next, the punch is threaded onto the patch. To do this, one half is folded into thirds and pulled through the small ring. The part that forms the loop should remain folded to a third.
Now the patch is glued to the whip. To do this, rub the inside of one half of the patch and the shaft of the whip with glue. Depending on the glue used, the whole thing must now dry. Then wrap half of the patch tightly around the shaft of the whip, so that the tip sits on top in the fold.
Glue the first side of the flap well
Then apply glue to the outside of the already glued half and the inside of the still free half. When gluing the second half, make sure that a nice loop is formed at the tip of the whip.The wrapping
In order to fix the glued-on tip really securely, you should additionally apply a wrapping. This process is also called rigging. This way the patch is pressed firmly to the whip and secured against slipping.Since it is not quite clear how much of the thread you need, the winding is done from the tip downwards and the thread is only cut off at the end. Put a long loop on your patch. The open end points to the tip and the closed side stands slightly above the patch. The loose thread end should be 15 -20 cm long.
Whip with a spare loop glued on and a thread loop to start rigging The loop should be at least as long as the glued-on piece. Now wrap the whole thing firmly with the thread. It is important that the thread crosses over the loose end of the thread during the first round. The first round should be as straight and tight as possible.
At the beginning the thread crosses for winding over the thread from the loop.
The following rounds you also wind with a fixed tension so that the threads are always directly next to each other. It is important that the threads are parallel and close enough. When you have wrapped the patch completely, cut the thread so that it protrudes about 5-6 cm. Now pull this end through the loop from the beginning. Secure the wrapping with a finger so that nothing comes loose.
Fasten the loop to the whip with a rigging: At the end of the winding pull the thread through the loop. Save the end of the thread.
Now take the loose end at the tip and pull it. This will reduce the loop and pull the bottom end under the wrap. If the thread cannot be pulled by hand, wrap the loose end around a pen and pull the pen. A pin helps to pull the thread end under the rigging.
Pull the loose end until the loop and loose end are approximately in the middle of the wrap. Now you can cut the thread ends at the top and bottom.
Done!
