Toast Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 One of the nice things about Schoelar, Spandura and other softshell material is it sheds snow and to some extent, water. I have a well used and well washed pair of OR Pro guide pants, but all the water repellency has been washed away. Is there a good way to refresh the water repellency? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 some sort of tech wash... that is all that is what makes the water shed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphinx Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 Goretex. Failing that, Nikwax or Gore Revivex should do the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lI1|1! Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 if ur in seattle jim nelson sells something in a little black spray bottle that works well on stuff like nylon and epic (don't remember the name, you can i'm sure find it other places though). i'm going to try it on my schoeller next time i get around to washing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 Toast: Try puttin it in the dryer on high until sufficiently cooked. That will "revive" the dwr pretty well in my experience. I've done it several times and it wont damage the material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 arcteryx uses revive x on all their soft shells, and packs too! that nikwax stuff is supposedly crap according to the arcteryx designers. i dunno why they just told me never to use it. maybe revivex bribed them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 Techwash---> Revivex----> Dryer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lI1|1! Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 i think revive x is the stuff i'm talking about. i was thinking it had "x-treme" in the name, but i guess just the "x" is enough to give you the feel of the kind for product we are talking about... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 I'm just speculating, mind you, but I think the dryer treatment serves to orient the hydrophobic tails of the perflurooctylsulfonate to that they face outwards to better repel water. Static electricity may play a role too. The chemist's perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 You can use Revive-X, or if you want to save some cash, liquid saffron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 catbirdseat said: I'm just speculating, mind you, but I think the dryer treatment serves to orient the hydrophobic tails of the perflurooctylsulfonate to that they face outwards to better repel water. Static electricity may play a role too. The chemist's perspective. My head nearly exploded reading that. You should put a disclosure in your auto sig that people with small cranial capacity may not survive reading your posts with all thier brain tissue intact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beck Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 I buy cans of funky wax from filson that works pretty well if you really get grovelling, and a good cotton soft shell is your three season best friend, although Mattp reccomends 4 seasons of cotton, I go to wool Nov-March. soft shell ROCK! for a sweater, retreat with lanolin, oilcloth, oil. waxed cotton, wax. polyester, i can't say. I'm a bit crusty about all this new technology in outerwear... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphinx Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 Bronco said: catbirdseat said: I'm just speculating, mind you, but I think the dryer treatment serves to orient the hydrophobic tails of the perflurooctylsulfonate to that they face outwards to better repel water. Static electricity may play a role too. The chemist's perspective. My head nearly exploded reading that. You should put a disclosure in your auto sig that people with small cranial capacity may not survive reading your posts with all thier brain tissue intact. Oh, come on, that was very readable. Makes perfect sense, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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