Barbour Dry Fly Restoration.

[Scott]

We are treated to quite a few tackle restoration reports on here, not something I'm very good at but I did a restoration job myself today, on a Barbour Dry Fly coat. It'd spent a year or two under the stairs and had unfortunately gathered some mould and a bit of a pong (I live in a very old cottage and fight a losing battle against damp).

So I stuck it in the wash removing mould and previous wax. Then it was a full re-wax with Barbour's own wax then a hair drier finish. Quite happy with the outcome, returned to its former glory...

[Robbi]

Ooooh that's a lovely jacket

[Paul D]

You've made a nice job of that Scott, is it very old? Never seen one before.

[Harry H]

We are treated to quite a few tackle restoration reports on here, not something I'm very good at but I did a restoration job myself today, on a Barbour Dry Fly coat. It'd spent a year or two under the stairs and had unfortunately gathered some mould and a bit of a pong (I live in a very old cottage and fight a losing battle against damp).

So I stuck it in the wash removing mould and previous wax. Then it was a full re-wax with Barbour's own wax then a hair drier finish. Quite happy with the outcome, returned to its former glory...

Now there's a job I need to do,may I ask about the hair dryer finish. Is it to help the wax into the weave?

[Nigel Rainton]

A very nice jacket, I've never seen one either :-)

[Scott]

You've made a nice job of that Scott, is it very old? Never seen one before.

I think this particular model came out about ten years ago. I think the 'Spey' was reissued and updated at the same time as it looked exactly the same but a shorter wading jacket.

The Spey and the Dry Fly came out again about 5 years ago but they were made from thin nylon, horrible.

[Scott]

We are treated to quite a few tackle restoration reports on here, not something I'm very good at but I did a restoration job myself today, on a Barbour Dry Fly coat. It'd spent a year or two under the stairs and had unfortunately gathered some mould and a bit of a pong (I live in a very old cottage and fight a losing battle against damp).

So I stuck it in the wash removing mould and previous wax. Then it was a full re-wax with Barbour's own wax then a hair drier finish. Quite happy with the outcome, returned to its former glory...

Now there's a job I need to do,may I ask about the hair dryer finish. Is it to help the wax into the weave?

Indeed Harry. After the wax has been rubbed on with a cloth the jacket is very greasy and wet looking. The hair drier melts the wax into the weave, the jacket becomes drier and takes on an even finish. Took me a good 3 hours to complete. Used a little over half a tin of Barbour's own wax, so a fairly cheap job at £10 a tin....

[Paul D]

That's the method I use apart from I ask the boss to wear it while I go round with the hairdryer. A bit of a messy job but worthwhile doing.

[Jeremy Croxall]

I've often been tempted to wash my Barbour in the machine, the instruction say not to though. Has anyone else machine washed their Barbour successfully?
Jeremy.

[Scott]

I've often been tempted to wash my Barbour in the machine, the instruction say not to though. Has anyone else machine washed their Barbour successfully?
Jeremy.

Well that's exactly what I did here, it came out feeling very rough and dry (after it had dried) and was quite patchy. After this waxing it seems as new. I had nothing to lose, it was either the washing machine or the bin, glad I went with it...