Reply With QuoteYes once. It came back very waxed, too much so if that's possible. Far shinier and greasier than a new one.Originally Posted by jimp
Hi, has anyone had a jacket rewaxed by Barbour, £35 seems a good price.
Yes once. It came back very waxed, too much so if that's possible. Far shinier and greasier than a new one.
My Roadmaster gets free lifetime waxing by Belstaff, so never had to worry.
Maybe useful information for other Belstaff owners. It only applies to 6oz. Jackets
Done a couple of mine myself - easy to do TBH.
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Been £35 for years now I think. I paid that years ago.
Happy enough to pay to get it done - worthwhile if you can’t be bothered.
You Tube and a hair dryer are you friends.
Thanks for the comments, I finally found one that fits a small fat guy, the Beaufort in brown, in good condition but want to wear it in myself, only paid £50 so with the £35 seems good value.
At last......you been through about 50 and finally get one that fits. Im very pleased for you
Phew. Glad you have finally found the right Barbour for you. Is it a XS or a XXL?
You have obviously had quite a search, and not quite bonded with all the other Barbours, given SC history.
You must be relieved the search is finally over.
Mine leaked this week so back so it’s going back soon.
At £35 it’s not worth the hassle and mess doing it your self.
Wife just her her Barbour done they made a good job of it came back very waxy. As mentioned by someone else got my trial master done for free too from belstaff.
They also do repairs. I had them fix a button hole on mine. Did a great job.
i always do it myself, but I find Walker & Hawkes wax dressing easier to apply than the Barbour stuff.
Has someone got his account?
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Bought an aerosol of something from Aldi/Lidl to do my 'Designed by Mark Phillips' Barbour that I won in a pistol competition in the late 1980s.
Done it twice in the last decade and it works very well. Waterproof and not waxy.
I get mine done by Barbour when they do a popup waxing stall at a local gents outfitters. Always very nicely done and packaged in a green cotton Barbour storage bag
I've done it myself before. I remember seeing instructions to do it in a really warm room so I hooked up two electric heaters to the same extension reel...that I hadn't unwound. The room started smelling of burning plastic pretty quickly.
I am in fact doing mine tomorrow .
Preparation is everything .
I brush down the jacket first . Get into all the nooks and crannies .
Then I turn it inside out and give the lining and felt collars and cuffs a liberal spray with 70% Isopropyl alcohol and literally a drop of washing up liquid to kill off any stench ( cheap vodka also work) .
Leave it to dry for a day ( not near any sorces of ignition , preferabky outside and let the UV get to the lining too.
After that it usually smells pretty fresh and clean.
Wax sit the pit in a saucepan of hot /near boiling water . I use a carwash sponge usually cut up into smalker pieces . Warm up the jacket with a hairdryer before applying the wax . Don’t rub it in to much . Thinking varnish with a light coat try and do large areas with each load of the sponge . Remember the seams , pocket flaps and zip area.
After its done hang it on a hanger and give it a good going over with a hairdryer on hot to even out the wax and help the cotton take it up better .
Hang it up in a dry place for a couple of hours and then give it a light brush to get rid of any fluff thats been embedded in the wax .
I do mine whenever it looks shabby ( 18months or so )
Can never be bothered sending to Barbour but I might if it also needed a repair .
Also send my Beaufort jacket to Barbour
Had a rip in the sleeve repaired as well
It's very easy to do yourself - I gave up sending mine to Barbour in the '80s. As mentioned, sometimes they send them back too waxy.
I've done jackets for years myself.
I actually think it's easier to do it cold, outside on a big piece of cardboard.
The wax is far easier to use cold, using a car wash sponge and you can work it in. Less messy
THEN... Once you've hit all the areas, either stick it in the airing cupboard for a few days or go over it with a hairdryer.
3 coats in our house =£100, I'd rather take them all to the pub with that.
OK ok, spend the money on myself...
I had one done and had to sell the jacket immediately after it came back. I couldn’t stand wearing it with all the ‘grease’ and it smelled terrible.
I haven’t been interested in wax jackets since.
I agree with this. A new wax jacket is fine, but rewaxing seems to never really replicate the original finish.
The Nikwax spray on wax jacket coating is very good and very easy. Just do it outside as the smell isn't great but soon goes with a good airing.
I ignore the rules and give mine a bit of a soaking in lukewarm water in the bath at the start of the process. It freshens up the lining and I gently rub the dirty sections like end of cuffs. Then use a light bathroom cleaner to clean the bath which now has a light wax coating and a slight colour run from the lining!
It's a good summer job as dries quicker in all phases too
Agree. Like shampooing/cleaning the carpets, a job best done in summer!
Reminds me I need to do mine once the summer here.
Will buy some wax in preparation.
Question for those have done it before - when using the hairdryer after application, do you rub the jacket and wax at all or just heat it and let it do it’s thing?
I use this https://www.nikwax.com/en-gb/product...-cotton-proof/
Far easier than messing about with a tin of wax and a hairdryer
When mine comes back I leave it in a spare room with the window open for a few days
Smell is pretty strong
Just heat it up and it does its thing.
Coincidentally I sent mine back to Barbour last weekend for a small repair on sleeve (£17) and rewaxing (£50), costs quoted on their website.
Should be back by the end of the month, I’m really hoping it’s not too waxy but reasoned that as they made it they should be able to get it right.
Programme on iPlayer on Barbour. Shows how they do it. I send mine back. Instructions on the website
So, do I go for the rewax and clean?
You can probably get a bulk discount rate Jim.
Chortle´d
Sales Corner.....
Dear me Reginald.
😂😂😂
No complaints from me about the Barbour Beacon Munro I bought from jimp.
It's a lightweight fabric, so not suitable for the Thornproof dressing I use for my Gamefair.
Anyone know what I should use? I see a wax block that you rub on then warm with a hairdryer. Any alternatives?
I could do with reproofing it as I altered the sleeves to suit my stumpy little arms.
No just use the to help even out the wax and let it flow into the fabric better .
My advice is do not over apply the wax.
Hi, they offer an alteration service as well, good idea to get done same time as rewaxing.
Mines going off tomorrow
Nikewax spray on fluid.
Jim (Not the other Jim 🤭 )
This ^^^
They do a green tinted version aswell (for green jackets obvs).
Interesting to see they do alterations as well such as sleeve length amongst others, for the less well armed among us.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Didnt know that. But the white liquid is good to see where you’ve hit or missed. Smells great too 🤗
Like the white liquid goes on white but becomes clear when wiped into the wax, it goes on a very light almost lime green so is just as visible when applying but helps bring the original green up a tad when dried.
Cheers RT. Next time!!!!
J
No problemo :)
I love all the pockets but won’t be buying another Barbour waxed Jacket. Had mine (currently have 3) and my wife’s rewaxed a few times but they dry out and go to holes far too quickly. Other jackets I own - the likes of berghaus for instance - are way more waterproof and durable. They lack the Barbour country look and greasy feel and smell. Now they’ve invented waterproof and breathable fabrics I don’t think waxed cotton is anywhere near as good tbh, unless you’re a gamekeeper tramping through thorny bushes every day
I happily wear my barbour in all sorts of conditions . In heavy rain I usually have a berghaus set of waterproofs that go over the top.
In warmer climes I would often wear a belstaff mojave also waxed but sad to say it didn’t stand the pace anything close to the barbour and was about : times the price.
I’ve done it myself several times. Turn the jacket inside out, pop it I n a pillowcase, 10 minutes in the tumble drier warms the jacket up nicely pre-waxing.
Posting Permissions
