Why do barbour jackets smell

Spritz your Barbour jacket with one or two mists of the diluted vodka solution. Treat any remaining unpleasant smells by placing the jacket and hanger inside a large garbage bag so the hanger is sticking out of the top.

Do Barbour jackets smell? Made to complement casual wear or dressier outfits, whether you own a leather, suede or nylon puffer-style Barbour jacket, smells are easily absorbed into the material.

Ranging from food odors to cigarette smoke smell, any lingering odor in your Barbour jacket makes it smell dirty. What happens if you wash a wax jacket? There actually are simple It's best to refrain from washing any type of waxed fabric in the washing machine.

The washing cycle even at low temperature would strip away the wax from the cotton. If you try to re-apply the wax after, the cotton would simply absorb it and stain any layers worn under the jacket. Why does my Barbour jacket smell? Barbour jackets are musty. Partly this odor is due to the proofing itself — the wax sealed into the jacket that keeps it waterproof. Partly this is due to the fact that the jackets can't be washed without ruining said proofing. Are Barbour wax jackets worth the money?

If you want a casual companion for your jeans, chinos, corduroys, sweaters, and cardigans, the Barbour waxed jacket is definitely worth it. Apart from that, there are also not many other companies to produce a lot of waxed jackets and not many of them have the same commitment to quality and durability as Barbour has. How do you clean and re wax a Barbour jacket? Soften the wax. Wax your jacket. Dry your jacket. Re-wax your jacket once a year.

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It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Thread starter sam o'reilly Start date Sep 14, Just took delivery of a very nice Barbour 'Border' jacket in excellent condition. Unfortunately it has a rather pungent odour. I've heard spraying it with vodka helps. I've applied wax to one before but never tried to remove it. Hopefully it may just need a good airing outdoors; in the meantime, if you guys have any tips I'm all ears.

Put it in the sun until too hot to comfortably touch. Rudy Vey Contributor. Airing it outside would get rid of most of the stink. How was it stored?? I can't seem to think this is the wax smell you've talked about.

Do you have any ideas on how to diminish or even eliminate the stench? I personally do not mind but I do find my friends distancing themselves from me whenever I choose to wear it.

Could Barbour help with the odor? Also could you further the information on the Barbour facility to me because I'd like to extend the arm length and might as well get it rewaxed? That's the jacket I'm wearing in the upper left photo. Use a sponge and some ice water to wipe down the jacket a couple of times and allow drying in the sun while unzipped and draped over a patio chair.

The ice water hardens the wax and allows the sponge to pick up the dirt. Leaving the jacket to dry in the sun will allow it to be aired out, especially if draped unzipped with the inside also catching some air. By using multiple sponges during the cleaning you could also peel away some of the old contaminated wax which would also help.

My guess it that you would have better luck with this approach in summer when the warmer temperatures would allow the existing wax to become more pliable; and you may find you have to go through this cleaning and airing out process several times.

In the Army we used to do this cleaning and airing out with our tents, and it was always a pain. Worst comes to worst, you could simply wash the jacket in a washing machine with clothing detergent, but that would more than likely strip off all the wax.