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I've always used Nikwax waterproofing products. PFC free and amazing for tents and shells.
by sirsinsalot 4y ago
I've always used Nikwax waterproofing products. PFC free and amazing for tents and shells.
- secondcoming 4y agoUnless your tent/garment also has taped/sealed seams then it'll never be waterproof; this is why some garments are marketed as being only 'water repellant'.
- justinator 4y agoNikwax doesn't waterprood anything. It makes water on the surface of materials bead and not wet out so fast. The fabric needs still to be, "waterproof".
- hammock 4y agoYou are getting dinged on semantics but I’m here to +1 you for Nikwax. Its major competitors, like Gear-X and whatever else all use PFCs, and do not indicate this on the label. While the entire Nikwax portfolio is PFC-free And yea, when people put sno-seal or whatever else on their winter boots they typically call it “waterproofing” even if it’s not technically the same meaning of that word as what you would say about a rain jacket
- loeg 4y agoI use Nikwax too, but it's not even remotely as effective as shakedry.
- SkyPuncher 4y agoI love Nikwax. Use it on my ski stuff. People are ripping on your for the technical difference between 99% waterproof and 100% waterproof. It really doesn't matter in practice since your body is going to sweat _and_ some of that will never, possibly leave the garment you're wearing. Nikwax is amazing for crossing the threshold of "I'm freezing cold because I keep getting new water on my skin" and "I'm slightly damp, but warm".
- adultSwim 4y agoI swear by Snoseal. Beewax + cloth or leather has worked well for a very long time.