NikwaxWAX COTTON PROOF SPRAY-ON Neutral Waterproofer, Ads Water Repellency and Reduces Weight Caused by Water Absorption, Keeping You Warmer and Drier

I found the nikwax wax cotton an excellent product .There isn't hardly anything on YouTube about how to apply it but it's really very simple.Lay the product flat ,spray on then spread evenly, leave a couple of minutes then wipe of any excess,that's it.There's is a chemical smell that I didn't like and it was still hanging around after a week.I decided to give the coat outer a blast with a WARM not HOT hairdryer for about 5 minutes and too my suprise the smell has virtually gone.I also sprayed it with a hose to see how waterproof it is and the water just ran of it.Loads less hassle than rewaxing ,takes about 20 minutes and does the jobI didn't use the techwash to clean before hand just wiped it with cold waterCoat looks like new

Works as it should, quick drying time.

Easy to re proof my Barbour, just hang your coat up in the shower and then give it a good drenching with this and pad it down. I did a couple of coats for a medium size short jacket. Still had about 50% left. I went extra on shoulders and seams and after a few days the smell goes and works well as the water was beading again. Is it as good as proper waxing, no, but it’s good if you don’t want to spend that time and mess doing it. If it’s heaving down I wear goretex rather than wax.

Recently we did the cardinal sin of washing a Barbour Wax Cotton jacket in the washing machine with detergent. I know, shocking! However, we had no choice. The jacket had been put away damp last year, and as a result had got mildew and mould spores on it. It absolutely stank of damp, and nothing we did could get rid of the smell. We rang the Barbour head office to see if their £60.00 cleaning service would sort it, and they said it wouldn’t. Basically, the jacket was ruined. Then, when looking on the Barbour website we noticed that they endorse Nikwax for their jackets?? Apparently, only for re-proofing rather than after you’ve washed all the original wax out through sticking it in a washing machine! Anyway, we thought what have we got to lose, after all if the worse comes to the worse it will be a nice jacket that is no longer waterproof Lol. So, my wife put it on a 40 degrees wash in our washing machine, with non bio washing tablets. She took it out and let it drip dry in the sun (took a couple of days to completely dry). Once dry, it smelled lovely, and all the mould marks had gone, although it was now plain green and had lost its waxed look. Now enter Nikwax…….I laid the Jacket flat and absolutely drenched it in Nikwax, rubbing it into the seems with a sponge. It was then hung out to dry, which took a couple of days. I then did the same process again. When the jacket was fully dry after the 2nd coat we could see that the jacket had some of its wax look back. To finish off, we then applied the real ‘Wax Jacket’ wax which now means the Jacket smells like a Wax Barbour Jacket, Looks like a Wax Barbour Jacket and is waterproof like it should be too. Superb! The good news, is we didn’t have to buy a new Barbour jacket, which made me wonder if this is why Barbour say they can’t be washed???

Had a wax jacket for years now and never done a thing to it so this year as a new years gift to it I’ve decided to re wax it. It’s not an expensive Barbour but a cheaper Edinburgh woollen mills jacket which has been of excellent quality and value at less than half the price. Saw this wax after searching Amazon thought give it a go, just spread the coat out on a flat surface and sprayed away got a shock when it covered the coat in a white frothy foam but once I used an old t shirt to rub it in the white disappeared and gave a very waxy surface to the jacket so I absolutely covered every inch of it and rubbed it in well, the jacket now feels like a really good quality waxy coat again. I did pour a cup of water on it afterwards just have to test things can’t help it and it ran off the jacket well and did not soak in. Overall I’m very pleased with the product so far but only time will tell on its actual durability and I’m not going to go out in a storm to find out I will use the coat all through winter whilst walking daily and if I get caught in a storm then so be it. So if this stuff is as good as it seems then I have a brand new wax jacket for less than £10. Can’t beat it a definite buy

I got this instead of using the Fjallraven greenland wax on my g1000 backpack. It is just as effective and is loads easier to apply with the spray bottle. It takes around 10 minutes from start to finish. The only problem is the smell is very strong and unpleasant so I would definitely recommend applying outside and leaving your stuff outside to air afterwards.