(http://drycleaningtips NULL.com/2011/04/23/how-to-re-wax-a-barbour-jacket/j-crew-barbour-jacket-2/)Jeeves loves his Barbour waxed jacket, as April in New York City has been particularly rainy, he has worn it just about every day. Since the jacket has been getting more wear than usual, and is about 5 years old, Jeeves has noticed that the wax water proofing is wearing thin in places.
What to do?
Well you can pop off to the local Barbour shop (in New York City they are located at Madison Avenue at 80th Street) and purchase a tin of Barbour Thornproof Dressing and follow the directions.
Jeeves has tried his hand at reproofing his Barbour jacket and it is time consuming to say the least, but the lads at the Jeeves workshop can do all of the hard work for you. The project involves heating the wax, rubbing it one with a soft cloth and the use of a hair dryer to allow the wax to flow evenly into the fabric. No it is not as easy as “wax on”, “wax off”.
Jeeves New York can reproof just about any waxed cotton jacket for you. Bring in your jacket and our garment care specialists will access the amount of conditioning necessary to make your jacket water proof again.
Jeeves can also hand clean and deodorize your waxed garments as they cannot be washed or dry cleaned by traditional methods otherwise the wax finish will be ruined forever.
Reproofing a jacket at Jeeves starts at $60 and in severe cases the labour charge may be as much as $150. As for Jeeves would not give up his Barbour Enfield jacket for anything and will wear it until it is in tatters.
(https://www NULL.addtoany NULL.com/share)
July 17, 2011 by Yukon Dave
Yukon Dave
It is sad that the people at Barbour don’t just charge $200 to repair or refresh the jacket. With the people and equipment around to sow the seam back on, they should pull all the seams, separate the liner from the shell, then wash, repair and rewax shell then sow it back together. Hell, I bet people would pay more to save their buddy. Since they wont, here is what you can do to save your jacket.
After my favorite Barbour brown jacket (aka Buddy) which they stop making found its way into the hands of an illiterate dry cleaner, I had no other choice but to rewax the jacket. Something people have stated is impossible. Don’t listen to other people without thinking about it yourself first. They are wrong. You can save your Barbour jacket.
The secret to rewaxing a washed or dry cleaned Barbour Wax Jacket is the bottom seam of the jacket. If you remove the rear bottom seam, you have access to the inside of the entire jacket. This way I was able to place a large black trash bag inside to protect the jacket liner while I applied the wax to the other side. I also used thin flexible sheets of hard plastic 12 x 12 inches as well minimize contact with the plastic bag and makes application easier as well due to its stiff form.
So far so good. This step is slow. You have to do this over an entire week since you have to go from section to section. I started with the rear section from side seam to side seam, then hit it with hair dryer and let it sit over night to dry. Step and repeat until done. Remember that you will want to let the jacket sit and dry for a week afterwards to dry out the solvent, then go back and do a final coat on the outside of the jacket to even out things.
Now remember that this wax has some sort of solvent in it and that solvent helps it soak into the cotton and keep the wax soft. Once the solvent evaporates when drying for a week, the wax hardens, stays put and does not move from the outer shell to the liner. If you do not let this jacket dry for a week or so afterwards you will end up soaking wax into the liner and have to start over washing your jacket.