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Sartorial Advice (Need New Winter / Rain Jacket)


Clydeside_Sheep

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Aye it does. If you've not washed it and it soaks through then the wax is not good enough.

 

I think the issue as that there wasnt (adequate) wax on it in the first place!

 

(the factory stuff is probably applied via a spray and likely isnt very thorough).

 

Theres plenty wax on it now however (and then some) and I look forward to the next rain!

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Well, 175 then! I'd still be taking it back for at least a replacement. If it's sold for rain proof/resistant and it leaks, then it's faulty. Get them

'telt'!

 

Fair doos (mine was ~£150 - not being pedantic sorry! - I just think the factory waxing isnt up to much, but my prodigious application the other night should sort it out :)

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I think the issue as that there wasnt (adequate) wax on it in the first place!

 

(the factory stuff is probably applied via a spray and likely isnt very thorough).

 

Theres plenty wax on it now however (and then some) and I look forward to the next rain!

Exactly and that's why you should have taken it back.

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A jacket that you have to wax yourself always seems unfinished to me. Used to have a couple of Barbours back in the day, circa 1986, but never waxed them - preferred the 'lived-in' look. Good jackets though, never got ripped in a fight, plus you looked like a farmer, or better still plain clothes CID (proved useful on a number of occassions). Always worn Berghaus though. Anything with Gortex is best.

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