[RBW] Re: Give Your Canvas Bag a Wax Finish for Added Water Resistance

Waxing is most useful on clothes, where the movement and rubbing on the layers beneath otherwise could transfer a lot of water through the fabric. On a good tightly woven cotton bag that is hanging quite still, the fabric only gets a bit moist on the inside. If something, waxing a bag should slo

[RBW] Re: Give Your Canvas Bag a Wax Finish for Added Water Resistance

One thing for certain, wax is a mix of dissolved paraffins, and the lighter components, which make it flow, also have higher vapor pressure and slowly evaporate. So the wax itself will lose its mass and continuity over time, and needs to be replenished. Not tomorrow or even next year, but some

Re: [RBW] Re: Give Your Canvas Bag a Wax Finish for Added Water Resistance

You think that video was annoying we had a theft in long island of "Artisnal Bongs", freaking everything is going that way. On Jan 22, 2013 5:16 PM, "Ron Mc" wrote: > fair enough > I just like it cuz it's easy to use, and works. > > On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 4:13:31 PM UTC-6, jinxed wrote: >>

[RBW] Re: Give Your Canvas Bag a Wax Finish for Added Water Resistance

fair enough I just like it cuz it's easy to use, and works. On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 4:13:31 PM UTC-6, jinxed wrote: > > I'll second the otterwax. Good stuffgreat stuff actually. I've redone > my Barbour jacket with both the Barbour dressing, and the Otterwax...the > latter being WAY e

[RBW] Re: Give Your Canvas Bag a Wax Finish for Added Water Resistance

I'll second the otterwax. Good stuffgreat stuff actually. I've redone my Barbour jacket with both the Barbour dressing, and the Otterwax...the latter being WAY easier and lasted longer. I will however rant a bit. I followed the link to their site which I haven't been to for a while. I watch

[RBW] Re: Give Your Canvas Bag a Wax Finish for Added Water Resistance

I have reproofed my 2001 Carradice using Martexin's < http://www.fairfieldtextile.com/fabrics.html> compound. They produce waxed canvas material and this is to retreat from the sunlight breakdown or evaporation of the treatment on the outer surfaces. I use my Nelson Longflap daily and when it b

[RBW] Re: Give Your Canvas Bag a Wax Finish for Added Water Resistance

I think in this day of high tech fabrics, we have forgotten that the swelling action of cotton does give certain fabrics waterproof results. The only bags which I've actually waxed used waxed fabric to begin with. And only because I've done this with Barbour and Filson clothing over the ye

[RBW] Re: Give Your Canvas Bag a Wax Finish for Added Water Resistance

oops, that's a never mind - Carradice sells a bag wax - the product I saw for Bertoud is their saddle wax On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:43:00 AM UTC-6, Ron Mc wrote: > > Carradice and Giles Bertoud both sell wax to use on their bags. > tp://janheine.wordpress.com/

[RBW] Re: Give Your Canvas Bag a Wax Finish for Added Water Resistance

Carradice and Giles Bertoud both sell wax to use on their bags. On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:04:51 AM UTC-6, Jan Heine wrote: > > I am not sure why one would want to add wax to a good bag. At least > the old Carradice bags and the current Gilles Berthoud bags are > totally waterproof as they

[RBW] Re: Give Your Canvas Bag a Wax Finish for Added Water Resistance

I am not sure why one would want to add wax to a good bag. At least the old Carradice bags and the current Gilles Berthoud bags are totally waterproof as they come from the makers. I used my first Berthoud bag almost daily from early 2000 until mid-2011. (Then I got a new bike that took a bigger ba

[RBW] Re: Give Your Canvas Bag a Wax Finish for Added Water Resistance

melting a pound of GulfWax in a double boiler may be one approach, but a bar of Otter Wax and a blow drier is a whole lot easier. http://www.otterwax.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web