My eight year old shock cord busted the elastic in one section of shock cord. The sheath did not break, but the inner stretchy part broke in one place.
Dutch to the rescue
Dutch got me some 1/8 shock cord and all I had to do was restring underquilt.
Previously I had restrung my zero degree underquilt. I overlapped new and old cords about 8 inches and bound them together with fishing line. It was tough, but I managed to pull the new through channels by pulling on old shock cord that was tied to new with fishing line.
There had to be a better way.
First I looked for a safety pin and could not find the one I had. Just as well, I had visions of it coming undone in channel and damaging my underquilt.
Solution: No Knots, No Hardware!
I just pushed shock cord into channel and it trained right through the tunnel.
Then about 3/4 way through, the friction became too much and it stopped. Then I was able to grab near the front or lead end of cord and inchworm it’s way through until it emerged from other side. Mission complete!
Also thanks Mooseman!
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