NikwaxNikwax TX.Direct Spray-On Waterproofing 300 ml

I’ve had my favorite orange Marmot rain jacket for many years. Rain was beginning to soak into the fabric, especially on the shoulders. Otherwise the well-loved jacket was in pretty good shape. I washed it in the front loader Maytag washing machine with unscented HE Tide detergent. (I didn’t use the NixWax cleaning product…I did quite a bit of research that indicated unscented plain Tide “Clear” (hypoallergenic”) would work well and it’s our regular detergent. I actually let the jacket dry a few days to make sure the fabric was intact and not de-laminating after the washing but the fabric seemed fine. I wet the jacket down with a spray bottle of plain water and soaked it really well. Laid it on a tarp on the driveway. Sprayed the entire bottle of NixWax Spray on it, sort of sloshed it around in the residual amounts still on the tarp, hung it to dry in the shade for a few days. It’s really like new. The fabric is soft and pliable and feels “new”. I put it in the shower and wet it down to make sure it was water repellant and sure enough the water beads up nicely. I’m really pleased with the product and I think it will give me a couple of more years useful life.

Restored waterproofing to the seat of my snow pants.

Made a noticeable difference in my older north face jacket when I took it skiing. It is recommended for gore Tex per the bottle (sadly my jacket isn’t gore Tex) but it seemed to improve water resistance regardless. Does leave a HINT of an egg smell but that faded quickly once I got it out in the elements.

This saved my jacket! It stopped being waterproof and now it’s fixed!!

I use it on one jacket and one pant.After I spray the pant, there is not enough left for jacket. And it is not that magic based on my observation, it is not as waterproof as before

Works great! Easy to use and simple instructions. Actually works well. Spray is easy to use and made my coat and dog poncho water resistance. Needs to use a fair amount for it to work but it is worth it.

I didn't want to buy a raincoat and I had a windbreaker that I like a lot. Used the whole container for a fingertip length coat. It rained all day yesterday in Amsterdam and I was dry. Excellent product. Easy to use, but spray and dry outside as it is smelly when applying. No smell after it dries.

Works ok on leather boots, not so well on coats