Textiles you hate.

[raleighnut]

So true! They do take a day or so to dry when very wet and probably best to coat hanger hang them over a hard bathroom floor so you can mop up the small puddles. I've worn charity shop tweed jackets in heavy rain and while they were drip drying some left slightly brown puddles, indicating the filth in the jacket! It seems wearing them in heavy rain is a much better way of cleaning tweed than dry cleaning. I had a thick tweed, very old coat, bought from the retro clothing shop I work in dry cleaned. It came back not looking, feeling, smelling any different(ly).🤔

Nah you hang em in the hall so they can drip on the flagstones.

Oh and a tip......................never dry-clean a proper Tweed jacket...............strips all the natural oils out

 

[Accy cyclist]

Nah you hang em in the hall so they can drip on the flagstones.

Oh and a tip......................never dry-clean a proper Tweed jacket...............strips all the natural oils out

My coat came out just the same as it went in the dry cleaner. In fact I had my doubts they'd actually cleaned it as it still smelt musty. 🤔 It was cleaned about 4 years ago. I've worn it quite a few times since. It's still warm and like tweed it keeps me warm even when very wet, which means the coat can take a couple of days to fully dry.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I made the mistake of buying a quite expensive Barbour waxed cotton coat. Granted it was their lighter weight version but it didn't last very long as it wore through on the creases and I'd not worn it that much, and wasn't a farmer or outdoor worker or anything. Cold and clammy thing too.

Cotton with a thin, man made fiber lining which isn't warm at all, despite folk thinking the wax is some kind of magic covering that makes the jacket warm and snug.

 

[Accy cyclist]

What happened to cheesecloth? It was popular in the mid 1970's, used mainly for making shirts. I remember it being a bit like linen, but an even looser weave than linen, making it ideal for hot summer days.

 

[Gwylan]

Our younger son, he's in his 40's now, was always very sensitive to clothes.
I was not the best parent, or particularly sympathetic.
A much later diagnosis of something on the spectrum included the symptom of "sensitive skin"
Loose and soft. He always looks faintly scruffy. Trawls charity shops for the right material and cut. Colour is generally way down the list.

 

[presta]

I made the mistake of buying a quite expensive Barbour waxed cotton coat.

The most expensive jacket I ever bought was a Nikwax Paramo cagoule (£130 in 1994). It didn't wear out because I didn't wear it much because it leaked like a sieve.

Has anyone ever tried ventile, is that as waterproof as it's cracked up to be?

 

[Profpointy]

The most expensive jacket I ever bought was a Nikwax Paramo cagoule (£130 in 1994). It didn't wear out because I didn't wear it much because it leaked like a sieve.

Has anyone ever tried ventile, is that as waterproof as it's cracked up to be?

I am a huge fan of Paramo anoraks and find mine pretty waterproof and far less sweaty than goretex never mind the older types. I do reproof it now and again with the special stuff.

Ventile is a semi-waterproof material which I think is quite like the Paramo concept in many ways. I did have a very old one years ago, but I can't really say what it was like when new, but I don't think it's miles off to regard Paramo as a very much improved version of Ventile