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Equipment & Gear => All Other Gear => Topic started by: vandeman17 on June 21, 2011, 08:16:55 PM

Title: waterproofing gear
Post by: vandeman17 on June 21, 2011, 08:16:55 PM: What do you guys use to waterproof your gear? I have some jackets that are losing their waterproof properties and have seen and read about a bunch of different fixes but would rather hear first hand what people use. I am looking to spray, soak or whatever two jackets and an older pair of boots.
Title: Re: waterproofing gear
Post by: ICEMAN on June 21, 2011, 08:25:14 PM: I opened up the seam once to check out a jacket that began leaking and found the goretex liner all cracked and torn in many places....No fixing that one...
Title: Re: waterproofing gear
Post by: FC on June 22, 2011, 12:42:06 AM: I use sno-seal on all of my boots, seems to work pretty well. I tried camp-dry one time on a bunch of my gear last year and everything smelled so bad from the stuff that I ended up washing it all multiple times to get the stench most of the way out. If your clothing is a liner type like gore-tex and it's leaking, its time for new gear.
Title: Re: waterproofing gear
Post by: Bean Counter on June 22, 2011, 01:31:59 AM: There once was a certain newbie to hunting ( 8) ) who was so :bash: that he sprayed his boots with Camp-Dry right before the season and he could smell them all day when hunting for the first few days... I'm sure the bucks appreciated that :'(
:bdid:
Title: Re: waterproofing gear
Post by: RadSav on June 22, 2011, 02:07:06 AM: Obenauf's is the only thing I will use anymore.

https://www.obenaufs.com/ (https://www.obenaufs.com/)

Warning: Don't leave LP treated boots unattended in camp. Bears like that stuff. Might wake up like we did with a pile of bear crap where your boots used to be. Hiking out of Alpine Lakes Wilderness in sock feet - NOT FUN!
Title: Re: waterproofing gear
Post by: Bean Counter on June 22, 2011, 10:49:11 AM: Thanks RadSav :tup:
Title: Re: waterproofing gear
Post by: FC on June 22, 2011, 02:00:14 PM: Quote from: Bean Counter on June 22, 2011, 01:31:59 AM
There once was a certain newbie to hunting ( 8) ) who was so :bash: that he sprayed his boots with Camp-Dry right before the season and he could smell them all day when hunting for the first few days... I'm sure the bucks appreciated that :'(
:bdid:

Actually it was about a month before bear season in my case. I ended up not wearing any of the stuff I sprayed because it stunk so bad!
Title: Re: waterproofing gear
Post by: Bean Counter on June 22, 2011, 02:32:03 PM: Mine were the only boots I owned... It was them or the tenny runners. that was college days--and long behind me now :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: waterproofing gear
Post by: FC on June 22, 2011, 02:33:33 PM: Quote from: Bean Counter on June 22, 2011, 02:32:03 PM
Mine were the only boots I owned... It was them or the tenny runners. that was college days--and long behind me now :IBCOOL:

rofl the smell of that stuff makes my gorge rise, I can't imagine how game animals feel about it!