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After getting roundly and soundly drenched the other day, I've realised it's probably time to reproof my trusty waxed jacket.
So, I bought the proprietary Barbour wax, followed the instructions to the letter (that's an hour and a half of my life I'm never getting back!) but the end result is somewhat, um, underwhelming to say the least.
Instead of an even matt finish, there are patches which are shiny and the whole thing looks very odd - where it's settled in the hanger there are crease lines where the cloth has been scrunched and it generally looks even more tramp-like than it did before. I did go over it with a hairdryer as per recommendations.
The destructions say to leave it for a day or so in a warm place. It's been a day, but is it likely to get any better if I leave it longer? Should I try and rub it down again to get off any excess wax?
Wax cotton jackets are horrible things. Cordura and Goretex made motorcycle jackets so much better.
If you insist on wearing such a thing, more work with hair dryer and elbow grease used to get my Belstaff back in to a reasonable state.
I know what you mean. Horrible stuff to use. The key, for me was heat. The wax tin needs to be warm (leave in bowl of hot water or in a warming tray if you have one and don’t mind the smell), the jacket in airing cupboard to get warm and, in the end, I used to do it in the summer on a blazing hot day. However, copious use of hairdryer probably achieves the same end. Make sure you use a lint free cloth to apply (or sponge, they say, although I never tried that). I used what I thought was lint free but had lots of little white fibres left. A microfibre cloth worked best for me. I found it easier to have someone, with a high boredom threshold, wearing the jacket as I did it too.
When current jacket needs re-doing, I think I’ll send it back to Barbour. As you say, it’s time you’ll never get back.
You don’t need the tins of wax, heating the stuff, etc, what you need is this stuff:
https://www.renapur.com/shop/renapur-leather-balsam-200ml
Really easy to apply, just rub in with the little foam pad supplied, let it dry off then buff with a cloth. Been using it for years on waxed cotton, my leather bike jackets, boots, leather belts, all sorts of stuff, just not suitable for suede or brushed surfaces.
Barbour do a professional reproof for circa £30. I send mine off every couple of years. Always best to do it in summer when they are quiet though
I love doing my Barbour ... the jacket is approaching 35 years old and still water proof. I just follow the instructions in general terms. Have you tried warming it with a hairdryer whilst it’s on a hanger ?
Anyway its suppsed to look agricultural. Just put the jacket on and force your way through some thick bushes / gorse 🙂
Tinner has it you need to keep it a bowl of how water and keep changing the water, I learnt to do my own as a kid.
To reiterate why pfaffe around with tins of hard wax that need hot water and hairdriers when you can sit in comfort with a £12 pot of Renapur and the jacket on your lap and just rub the wax in easily with no mess?
I’ve sat watching telly and waxed a really thick and heavy old bike jacket, a Belstaff jacket, a Barbour Stockman, with Renapur, it doesn’t make any mess at all and is just so easy to do.
Countzero needs a reboot. Seems to be stuck on repeat.
Well he does have a good point
The only reasons a bloke needs access to a hair drier - melting dubbin into boots and wax into waxed cotton
Yes but it's hardly not having any defensive shields* so not worth mentioning twice within 4 hours/4 posts 🙂
*Red dwarf
As above - sunny day outside, tin in hot water. Should be dead easy but warmth is your friend! You can probably recover the current situation with a hair drier
just wear it. it'll sort itself out soon enough.
Thankyou Count, I've just ordered a pot.
Thankyou Count, I've just ordered a pot.
You’re very welcome, it’s excellent stuff, so easy to use, and it’s all natural ingredients. I’ve got an old leather bike jacket that was really heavy and stiff leather, using that Renapur wax on it has softened it up a lot, and it’s much easier to wear now.
I’ve done a Stockman coat on the living room floor, which would have been a messy job using melted wax in a tin!
Countzero needs a reboot. Seems to be stuck on repeat.
No more so than those insisting that melting wax in a tin with hot water and a hair drier was the only option, or spending £30 sending it back to Barbour.
No more so than those insisting that melting wax in a tin with hot water and a hair drier was the only option, or spending £30 sending it back to Barbour.
Not sure anyone claimed it was the only option.