Pencil_Pusher Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 So my wonderful goretex jacket and pants have been soaking up water for sometime now. They're three years old which doesn't sound old to me. Does that stuff in a spray can work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 You mean Scotch Guard?? WASH AND DRY HOT first to revive DWR. then try ReviveX. ReviveX works best according to ArcTeryx, they use it on everything they make, even packs and whatnot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 I've hot dried a 10 year old goretex parka and it works sweet. I didn't want to hot dry my newer one incase it melted, but it seems to work pretty good and hasn't melted anything, yet. Has anyone done this (hot dry) with a scholer product to revive the waterproofing? [ 12-17-2001: Message edited by: Bronco ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Bronco: I've hot dried a 10 year old goretex parka and it works sweet. I didn't want to hot dry my newer one incase it melted, but it seems to work pretty good and hasn't melted anything, yet. Has anyone done this (hot dry) with a scholer product to revive the waterproofing? [ 12-17-2001: Message edited by: Bronco ] Yea, and it works good. Schoeller doesn't melt in drier, although you can flame-off any fuzzies with a lighter if it starts to micropill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 Jim Nelson gave me a bottle of that ReviveX last year to try out and it works incredibly well as long as there aren't too many loose microfibers on the surface of the jacket. Too many loose fibers changes the water tension of the water and allows it to soak up easier. I've heard that you can iron the fibers to get rid of them without ruining the composite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 I don't know about Nikwax on clothing, but I think Nikwax is shit on boots. I put the stuff on, and it's totally gone by the end of the day. That's with just a few quicky stream crossings. That shit is useless. I'm going back to Snoseal on my boots. Maybe on clothes the shit is tit...I don't know. Shit with it; I'm gonna have another drink now and shut up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfort Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 Sno-sealing your gore-tex clothing works wonders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 Sno-sealing works on leather. Leather is animal skin. Get your honey to Sno-Seal you and you won't need Gore-tex, you can run around in the rain and snow naked as a jaybird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Larson Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 Absolutely Trask, I had the same experience. Nik Wax Bad...... Sno Seal Good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 Around the snow and the rain too does not keep the refléchissant item interpréteur interactive jobs of your clothes to penetrate better must it it for hard alpine conditions use itself exterior. Around the liquid outside of your bundles to keep it is better to urinate in them. But, if from these unfortunate events comes, in order to change over, you can always carry bags bread over your socks or a " poncho of Seattle " (bag of wastes with holes it cut inside), in order to keep the water of the infringement on your in former times waterproof clothes at the water. If neither one nor the other one of these situations function, you are screwed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 I think Dru's had a wee bit too much ice cracking cranium from climbers above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Dru: Sno-sealing works on leather. Leather is animal skin. Get your honey to Sno-Seal you and you won't need Gore-tex, you can run around in the rain and snow naked as a jaybird! No way! If my honey snosealed me, she couldn't lick the sweat off my balls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epb Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 I've never used Revivex, or heard of it. However I'm sure it's probally the same as Nixwax...which I used on an old goretex parka. Worked great. However, make sure you wash it first with Techwash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 ReviveX is totally different than NikWax, somehow. The gear head design dudes at ArcTeryx were not a big fan of Nikwax when I was there - something about long term decreases in durability or something, i cant actually remember. just use whatever works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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