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| dorsetsmith Member Since: 30 Oct 2011 Location: South West Posts: 4554  |
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4th Sep 2016 7:50am |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383 
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Nikwax Techwash.
Hand wash in and rinse, then tumble dry.  |
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4th Sep 2016 8:03am |
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| slo-mo Member Since: 17 Jul 2016 Location: Scotland Posts: 48  
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^^^^ ditto.... Nikwax Wash-In TX Direct - Go Outdoors stock it. Same make also do a non detergent soap for washing waterproofs
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4th Sep 2016 8:03am |
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| Thor Member Since: 17 Dec 2011 Location: Didcot Posts: 446 
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As above.
I use Nik Wax wash and the the waterproofing stuff on my out door gear and motorbike kit. It's really good stuff!! 8 hrs in the rain yesterday in my bike and no wet patches! Strong people are harder to kill and generally more useful! |
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4th Sep 2016 8:42am |
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| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7916 
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I (ok my wife) uses NikWax Tech Wash, but they do a whole range of products.
James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641 MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557 Instagram @suffolk_rovers |
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4th Sep 2016 8:56am |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5922 
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Cheers all.
Looks like Nikwax wash-in is the one! 1999 Defender TD5 110 Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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4th Sep 2016 6:29pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5922
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No tumble drier  1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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4th Sep 2016 6:30pm |
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| Leaky 110 Member Since: 12 Jul 2016 Location: Glasgow Posts: 62 
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Tesco do nikwax stuff now, I buy it for my paramo waterproofs. Good stuff!
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4th Sep 2016 6:33pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5922
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That's handy, I have a staff discount card
I wonder if this works on the 110? 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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4th Sep 2016 6:43pm |
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| Devon-Rover Member Since: 22 Jan 2015 Location: South Devon Posts: 925 
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What Material is your jacket and trousers made from?
The typical 'hardshell' fabrics which include but not exclusively such brands as Gore tex, Isotex, eVent, Triplepoint ceramic and Aqua dry. These fabrics use a partially permable membrane layer which allows water vapour out but the pores are small enough to prevent liquid water in. If you have a clothing item that over time you now find leaks and is made of these fabrics it isn't a simple case of a reproof, you have another reason how water is getting in. It could be a geninue hole in the fabric or overtime the tape on the seams has got brittle and now water gets through the stiching holes. The common misconception is that when the DWR coating fades and water stops beading off the fabric that it is not waterproof or lost it's waterproofness (if that's the word). It hasn' the fabric being a membrane still holds it's waterproof properties but the fabric has wetted out and all this does is compromise the ability to transmit the water vapour. There is the softshell fabrics which whilst don't have a true waterproof membrane come as a 'shower proof' where TBH rely on the DWR coating to shed water before it soaks in. Then there is the Ventile and Nikwax family of which Paramo is the most known brand. What they do is use a material which simply transports water and as such used to move water vapour and also larger water drops to the outer fabric keeping you dry, I won't get too techinical. Whilst paramo isn't strictly waterproof as if you kneel down or sit in a puddle you will get wet but it's active water movement and decent DWR coating means during even truely foul weather you will stay dry. Anyway i digress simply if you have a membrane fabric which has now let water in a simple reproof won't properly cure it, the renewed DWR might stop the ingress for a time but the problem will still be there. Inspect the clothing closely say in the sink and you might find a seam that needs repair or something like a hole caused by a thorn. |
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4th Sep 2016 7:35pm |
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| dorsetsmith Member Since: 30 Oct 2011 Location: South West Posts: 4554 |
Air dry or tumble dry on a low setting if care label allows.
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4th Sep 2016 8:19pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5922
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The material in question is the Hi Vis coat type such as this type http://www.screwfix.com/p/site-hi-vis-ligh...hest/33199 and also ex railway HiVis overalls probably not originally waterproof but do seem to have the ability, or at least some. 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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11th Sep 2016 10:43am |
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| RED-DOT Member Since: 29 Jun 2009 Location: stirling Posts: 2363
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I use Grangers products on all my shooting gear when required. Much better than Nikwax. 2008 RS4 gone, 123d M Sport, and a Puma 90 XS..
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11th Sep 2016 12:55pm |
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| couplands Member Since: 31 Aug 2011 Location: Peak District & Cornwall Posts: 1826 
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A few weeks ago, Tesco were doing a pack of Tech Wash and TX.Direct Wash-In (2x 1ltr bottles) for £15 and they also had a 2 -4-1 deal on, so basically 4ltrs of wash n wax for £15. Amazing value. Cheers Simon |
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