B50 replacement or equivalent

[TomMcDonald]

Hi all,
Wondering if there is string material to use in place of B50 for padding loops of skinny D97 strings? I have plenty of D97 but having trouble getting B50.
Cheers in advance.
Tom.

[Orion]

I pad my D-97 loops with more D-97.  

Really don't need to use B-50.  Some suggest that using two different types of string materials in the loops causes them to wear differently/unevenly.  Don't know if I buy that.  Regardless, I usually change out my strings before the wear would show.

B-55 is very similar to B-50.  Also dacron and a little less stretch.

[jhk1]

What Orion said-- just pad the loops with D97. I've used B50 to pad loops on D97 and 8125 strings, and the B50 actually does wear/fray more quickly than the D97 or 8125 in the loops.

[TomMcDonald]

Thanks both. Yes the B50 in my 5 year old strings is wearing quicker but I've just been masking it with lashings of wax. Good time to replace them.
Cheers...

[LBR]

I use B-55.  Haven't noticed one wearing faster than the other, as the B-55 isn't carrying the load.  I don't shoot skinny strings anymore though--that could be a factor.  Won't hurt to use the same material you are building with to build up the loops.