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Scotchguard

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JockinJLoads
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has anyone tried to scotchguard a puffy jacket to increase the waterproofness???
Oct 30 2005 5:51PM
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JockinJLoads
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any ideas?
Oct 30 2005 5:58PM
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Scottness
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Yeah man, 3M scotchguard is great. A lot of materials lose their integrity of water repellency after a season or so. It helps to tighten them up a little bit. Also, you can spray it on a sweatshirt for the spring and it helps a lot...Good stuff.
Oct 30 2005 6:01PM
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JockinJLoads
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knife dude...so u dont think itd mess up the material on a jacket (siver stuka to be exact)
Oct 30 2005 6:02PM
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LittleJibber16
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im gonna bump this cus i have the same question, also does it mess up colors?
and is it the kind of thing that makes it so water just rolls off of it
Oct 30 2005 7:41PM
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Flynn
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Ive never had it mess up colors, depending on the brand of waterproofing sometimes i can smell really raunchy and the smell will stick for a while. Other than that the stuff works great in general.
Oct 30 2005 7:44PM
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LittleJibber16
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so would scotchguard just help to maintain waterproofing or would it actually increase the waterproofing?
Oct 30 2005 7:49PM
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Scottness
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^Increase (yeah the smell is kinda funky for a lil bit)
Oct 30 2005 8:05PM
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JockinJLoads
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would it make the material shiny or anything?
Oct 30 2005 8:17PM
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Flynn
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It depends what your putting it on, what its original waterproofing is, the material, and the quality of the spray/gel. If its leather there is actual leather waterproofing that helps with that. Most of the stuff i have used has stiffened the fabric a little initialy, other than that and smell thats all i have noticed. And the obvious increased waterproofing.
Oct 31 2005 9:41AM
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doitbig
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they make washes for puffy's that improve water resistance. i used it in the middle of last season and it definately worked well. nicwax or something?
Oct 31 2005 1:13PM
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acoustikrage
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basically, most jackets have a water repellant dwr (durable water repellant) coating. the spray on and wash-in dwr coatings simply revive and repair the original coating as it begins to wear off. scotchguard works fine, but i prefer sprays that are more specifically designed for outerwear such as tectron and revivex. the nikwax wash-in stuff works fine too.
Oct 31 2005 1:21PM
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