"Jim F" <jim.flomREMOVE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> "Peter Clinch" <p.j.clinch@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> 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.
Of course, having DWRed it, I'm left wondering whether the DWR is keeping
me
dry rather than the Gore Tex. If it works I guess it doesn't make any
difference.
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