"'er indoors" has tumble dried my Gabba

And it's now wind proof but not water repellant
Options...
A) is there a way to fix this? (Nickwax or something similar)
should I use this as an excuse to buy another?
C) should I iron a big hole in her favourite jacket?
D) all of the above
Options...
A) is there a way to fix this? (Nickwax or something similar)

C) should I iron a big hole in her favourite jacket?
D) all of the above
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Then of course you could follow some separated or divorced forum members comments on here.......
The choice is yours and since it's still windproof I don't see the issue. Water repellence was always a mute claim anyway.
*Caveat Unless your married to Mrs Sturgeon in which case I'd feed her some man meat to keep her quiet....
Just reproof it with nikwax tx wash in and so long as the fibres aren't damaged it will be fine.
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Consideing you're hung from your forehead, said meat won't be coming from you.
Do you??
Not according to their website instructions:
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The Gabba can be tumble dried on low (apparently in a pillow case).
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Either way, the answer is to use this as an excuse to buy something new and shiny like a Castelli Alpha and then try and Nikwax the Gabba to see how it works out. If you fix the Gabba first then you will lose your excuse...!
It's both really, if you get a regular bit of clothing and treat it you won't find it's anywhere near as water repellent, or for as long.
The Gabba's so called water repellency is due to a surface treatment
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Either one would fit. Whatever it takes to shut the nationalistic BS coming out.
I blame those unless clowns in Quality Control. Probably spend all day surfing the internet.
Question: Does your wife use Bio washing powder or liquid?
I have been told (so that is not gospel) that you should use non-bio liquid and definitely not powder.
I have had my Gabba convertible for a while now (since they came out) and washing in a net bag inside out with non-bio liquid and then tumble drying has kept the water repellency. The water beads off fine. Remember it is water repellent, not proof, so it will wet out after a while.
Mine is starting though to not have quite as good performance, and I bought some Nikwax softshell spray rather some time ago. They now appear to do Softshell wash-in too
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Everything I own with any water/windproof gets washed in Nickwax Techwash (although, soap crystals work OK too). I'd take it to your local outdoor shop and ask their advise - I would think that Nickwax or Grainger (you put granger in the tumbler after treatment) shoudl do the trick.
OR, if you are a small, sell it to me for £15.
Bio is only enzymes - great for breaking down fats and proteins etc but only to help detergents. The only real difference with powders is that they can contain stable bleaches whereas liquids can't.
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I must admit that i went "[email protected] tonto".
Is this not the case with all DWR with, largely, waterproofness being an impermeable barrier - Goretex or proofed nylon or just a very tightly woven material (Paramo).
No. DWR and equivalents use a process where the fabric is 'bathed' in a treatment, whereby nano molecules are impregnated into the fabric. The idea is that rain beads off the fabric and doesn't penetrate.
Goretex and other equivalents work on the principle that rain molecules are bigger than sweat vapour. So the fabric is woven tightly so that the gaps between the threads are smaller than rain molecules but big enough to let sweat vapour through.
Both types require careful washing.
That's what I said but fewer words!
My sportful no rain bibs were - that is until mrs Mpatts washed them. Oh well.