29-04-12, 06:49 PM
Sometimes putting a waterproof jacket through the washing machine is just the thing to restore its waterproofness. If goretex or similar limings gets dirty the breathing pores in the material are blocked up and water wicks through it via the dirt particles and the inside gets wet.
My Bering jacket leaked the other week and I got soaked a couple of times but after a quick 40C wash and dry in the Zanussi it was fine again and I rode through a few heavy showers this week and stayed dry. If a jacket still leaks after a clean I usually have a go with a wash in Nikwax treatment, this only works for a while usually, after that I bin it and it's time for a new one.
I might add that one or two of the showers we had this week would get through any jacket no matter how waterproof the makers claim it to be
My Bering jacket leaked the other week and I got soaked a couple of times but after a quick 40C wash and dry in the Zanussi it was fine again and I rode through a few heavy showers this week and stayed dry. If a jacket still leaks after a clean I usually have a go with a wash in Nikwax treatment, this only works for a while usually, after that I bin it and it's time for a new one.
I might add that one or two of the showers we had this week would get through any jacket no matter how waterproof the makers claim it to be