washing waterproofs?

purpleimp

Hello folks,

Just looking for a little help, I have 2 jackets, ones a lundhags, and the other's a craghopper and both are LONG overdue a good wash, how the heck do I wash em? and what do I put on them to re-proof and water resist them after wards?Any ideas would be much appreciated,

Thanks in advance

Imp

chrisico

Milletts sell a product called Nikwax tech wash which is a liquid cleaner. Put it in the washing machine with the clothes and wash as normal. It doesn't affect the waterproofing . The bottle lasts for ages and cleans the clothes really well. Costs £3.99 but cheaper and less fuss than reproofing which I used to do till I saw this.

purpleimp

Thanks Chrisico,

I had that stuff suggested to me, thing is there's no millets where I live and amn't sure where to find the stuff locally, I don't think the craghoppers jacket needs reproofed yet ( it might after a wash though) but the lundhags one certainly needs something done to it, it's certainly no-where near as water proof as it used to be and I fugure by the time it's washed it will be even less so!

Ho hum, will have to seee if I can find the NIkwax anywhere, thanks though.

MonkeyGirl

This could work out expensive but this site sells it http://www.fieldandtrek.com/default.asp. I wasn't sure what it came under so I just typed it in the search on their site.

MonkeyGirl

se999

Hi,

Here's the link to the Nikwax site:

http://www.nikwax.co.uk/en-gb/index.php

There is a find stockist option at the top.

The site is also good for saying what product or combination of products you need for a specific garment - it is quite complicated!!

Hope it helps.

aimeelister

I thoroughly recomend the Nikwax wash and also the re-proofer. I do all my coats every so often and its amazing what a difference it makes, I always use the re-proofer after washing them especially on my fleeces and other 'non' waterproof things and it does help with showerproofing them. The stuff does work well and i do suggest if you wash it you re-proof it. Try any camping/outdoor place. Or have a look on the nikwax website http://www.nikwax.co.uk/en-gb/index.php for the product you need and then you can order it from somewhere like snow and rock online http://www.snowandrock.com/ which seem to have all the products available

aimeelister

oooh se999 posted while i was writing!

fannyadams

haven't nickwax got a compy to win the washy stuff atm?

dorsetmiss_2

NikWax Quiz


http://www.nikwax.com/en-gb/webquiz/index.php?

Gers

In a recent 'Trail' magazine a piece of research showed that Comfort (concentrate) worked 62% BETTER than any of the proprietary brands of reproofing stuff!

I can't find a web link to the magazine but I was reading it only last weekend.

pdoff

Gers wrote:

In a recent 'Trail' magazine a piece of research showed that Comfort (concentrate) worked 62% BETTER than any of the proprietary brands of reproofing stuff!

I can't find a web link to the magazine but I was reading it only last weekend.

sorry if it's an obvious answer but i'm a newbie to the old style boards so please be gentle with me! how would u use this? do u put it in wash with item or do u have to spread it on the coat with a cloth or something? thanks.