"Peter Clinch" <p.j.clinch@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:6fftk4FbgfpsU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Jim F wrote:
>> Does Gore Tex have a useable life? Is it restorable? I have an REI
>> parka
>> (shell) that has lost its "waterproofness." It's about 8 or nine years
>> old.
>
> There's two sides to it, basic waterproofness and breathability.
>
> Once the first goes, file in your local dumpster. To check it, suspend
> the suspect area over a bucket or basin and pour on water to make a
> pool. If drips come through it leaks, and that's that.
I washed and dried it, then tried this, not on any "suspect area," but in
the middle of the back. It held the water without leaking. I'll try some
DWR too.
Thanks.
Jim
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