Waxed Jackets. WTF?

[Magnus McGinty]

So I have a jacket that is long overdue replacing as it’s basically falling to pieces. One of the things I was desperate to avoid was the fact that this jacket is dry clean only. So I definitely set out with that in mind not wanting to fall into that again.

And then I walked in a shop with a kind of coat in mind but one was gleaming at me. That was the one I wanted. I tried it on, got a size that roughly fit and went home.

Checked the washing instructions and you can’t machine wash it OR dry clean it! ✔

So how do I stop it from eventually looking like it’s been in a war and smelling like a scrum half’s jock strap?

Country people wear these things who roll around in manure and dog shit and they seem to manage. Or do they just replace them every three months? I can’t afford to do that.

So anyone had a wax jacket that requires cleaning methods from the thirteenth century?

It’s still sitting in the bag with the receipt. I don’t want to take it back, but…

 

[weltweit]

I only have a very old waxed jacket which has never been cleaned and is basically falling gently apart. It does have a smell, but not a nasty smell.

It isn't waterproof anymore, I could re-wax it but it isn't worth it now it is coming apart.

However, I don't think you do wash waxed cotton jackets.

 

[weltweit]

Wipe them down perhaps ..

If they get some kind of spill on them.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I guess you’re not meant to wear them often then? It’s more the inside I’m thinking about than the outside.

 

[Thora]

You can hand wash it in cool water.

 

[kebabking]

You sponge it down with cold water, and re-wax it.

I've got one that's at least 40 years old, I wax it each year. From October to April I'll wear it most days.

The inside you can clean with a sponge and cold water, and give it spray of Fabreeze.

 

[Elpenor]

Went to school with a kid called Alex Nowak who had a waxed jacket

We called him Alex Nowak-ed jacket

It sounded better when we said it I think

 

[farmerbarleymow]

You're from Teesside and have a waxed jacket? You posh twat.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

You're from Teesside and have a waxed jacket? You posh twat.

It was half the price of the Stone Island one I had and every cunt won’t want to fight me for wearing it.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Should have just kept The Jacket.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

You sponge it down with cold water, and re-wax it.

I've got one that's at least 40 years old, I wax it each year. From October to April I'll wear it most days.

The inside you can clean with a sponge and cold water, and give it spray of Fabreeze.

You can hand wash it in cool water.

Thanks for this. Yeah, I think I’ve got to get out of the habit too of having one coat for all occasions.

 

[Fez909]

I wore a friend's wax jacket at a festival this year as I was cold and she was overheating. Everyone said I looked like a Tory.

I would not buy one.

 

[Elpenor]

Believe Spymaster is a waxed jacket authority too

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Should have just kept The Jacket.

Whatchutalkinaboutwillis?

 

[Elpenor]

To complete the look, be sure to accessorise with a tweed cap, Hunter wellies, shooting stick and a safe Tory seat in Lincolnshire

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I wore a friend's wax jacket at a festival this year as I was cold and she was overheating. Everyone said I looked like a Tory.

I would not buy one.

It isn’t a farmer’s one though. I do have terrible taste in jackets though so fuck knows.

 

[petee]

So how do I stop it from eventually looking like it’s been in a war

I think that's the look you want, tho'

 

[geminisnake]

My Barbour is over 20 yrs old and never needed washed, it gets aired sometimes. We need a photo so we can decide if it suits you

 

[Red Cat]

Just don't do farming activities or leave it in the damp, make sure your boot room is heated in the winter.

 

[weepiper]

Just don't do farming activities or leave it in the damp, make sure your boot room is heated in the winter.

Surely the Aga will take care of that.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Surely the Aga will take care of that.

Aren’t they a band from the ‘80s?

 

[keybored]

Aren’t they a band from the ‘80s?

The Special AGA?

 

[Magnus McGinty]

The Special AGA?

Was thinking of Aha, or maybe Agadoo.

 

[keybored]

Rayburn Charles.

 

[scooter]

Don't think I've ever washed a coat of any description

 

[Sue]

To complete the look, be sure to accessorise with a tweed cap, Hunter wellies, shooting stick and a safe Tory seat in Lincolnshire

And red trousers. Don't forget the red trousers.

(I've never worked out where Lincolnshire is and whether it's even a place or a figment of a sausage maker's imagination. Like Shropshire which doesn't even have sausages AFAIA.)

 

[WouldBe]

And red trousers. Don't forget the red trousers.

(I've never worked out where Lincolnshire is and whether it's even a place or a figment of a sausage maker's imagination. Like Shropshire which doesn't even have sausages AFAIA.)

It's that bit that's not quite Yorkshire and not quite Norfolk.

 

[A380]

… eventually looking like it’s been in a war and smelling like a scrum half’s jock strap?…

Feature not a bug.

 

[A380]

I’ve had three in my life. They are ace for when it’s wet and cold and you are standing around not moving much. They aren’t so good if you are getting a sweat up (thank you Gortex) .

I have owned three re waxed two. They look like they have been rewaxed. One I lost, one I got too fat for and one is hanging up in the cupboard.

They do make you look a bit like a country Tory though.

 

[sealion]

You can buy a liquid solution that will coat a garment in wax when put through a washing machine. Can't remember what it was called but such a thing does exist.