Actually, in the case of Barbour and Belstaff, the fabric is heat treated with a wax compound before the garments are made, and the wax penetrates right through the cloth. It's only the re-proofing that is applied externally. As yardage, it's very hard to tell which side is supposed to be the outside. And it's heavy, sticks to the machine bed, and smells...
They are very common with the farming and huntin', shootin' & fishin' crowd all over the UK. We see a lot of them here in Kent. A dog or three and a couple of years in the Land Rover will certainly give it some credibility, but a truely broken in Barbour is probably being worn by the adult grandchild of the bloke who bought it...
You mean like the Pacific NorthWet, where we live in Goretex and similar? And Tevas and wool socks are a common combination? (especially fetching under a sarafan)
Kay, who even has some Goretex underlining stored away in the garage, courtesy of Rose City Textiles.
Rivendale Bikes imports some British foul-weather gear; I bought a waxed-cotton wallet from them -- and duplicated it in bull denim, as I didn't like the feel of the waxed cotton, not to mention that it didn't have *near* enough pockets. Other niche-market mail-order firms might have waxed-cotton items, but I suspect that Rivendale's "tube & tool tote" will be the closest you find to yard goods.
Couldn't find the tote on the web site -- it's a small square of waxed cotton -- you wrap your emergency tools in it, and then spread it out on the dirt during the emergency to set things on. (Put anything
*really* small -- particularly valve caps -- in your pocket.)
The bull denim wallet wore out, so I duplicated it in linen canvas. Still haven't got the pattern just so; I may take the wallet apart and remove one of the bill pockets.
Is it possible that you are thinking of what I would call Polished Chintz? What I see in my mind's eye when I've read your description is a floral that has a shiny surface to it. I love this fabric and am currently making a Roman Blind out of some for a huge window - that's why it's still not finished.
> Certainly, this is not chintz. As far as I can tell, chintz is waxed > for appearance, wheras waxed cotton is for waterproofing. Thanks, Alan and all who contributed. My original query might have thrown some off the track: I meant "oilskin" as an alternative term and not "oilcloth". Regards, JPBill
Polished cotton is no longer made with paraffin, and the finish is more durable. Oilskin, as opposed to oilcloth, makes sense for the fabric that everyone (except dumb me) was discussing.
Not dumb - just slightly different usage. To me 'oilskins' will forever be oiled leather coats, used by 19th C and earlier North Sea Fishermen to keep the north Sea where it belonged: OUTSIDE their jumpers*!
*Which are jerseys rather Gernseys, gansies, Arran sweaters, or pullovers - which are NOT pinafore dresses! :D
And of course, there's little chance of a raincoat catching fire when being used for its intended purpose. Motorcycle jackets might be a different matter.
Now I'm confused. You're not dumb because you had something else in your mind's eye, and especially if it's not a common fabric in the US - we Brits and Ockers see it lots so knew what was being asked about. Am I right in now assuming that you were thinking of Polished Cotton???
Yup, polished cotton is exactly what I was thinking about. And oilcloth in the US (not oilskin) used to be a smelly, outdoor fabric made for tablecloths and outdoor cushions. The back was scrim (gauze), coated with a concoction to fill it out and make it waterproof. It must have had oil in the formulation. It is now made with plastic, and cheap (both in looks and feel).
Polished cotton, on the other hand, is used for home decorating, and no longer waxed, but has a durable finish made from plastic--no longer flammable.
I guess we have a number of words that are used in different ways in the UK and the US. I'm intrigued with oilskin, but since I now live in Missouri, probably won't "need" it for anything, if I could find it. I always love learning about new (to me) things.
So with all this great talk about these wonderful garments, how would you clean cat pee out of them? Barn/drover coat was left in barn and barn cat did his business on it. Coat was found the next day, was able to mop up some of it, but some soaked in... :-(
I don't think throwing it in the wash is the answer.... grin
I'm not familiar with this type of fabric, but my standby remedy for neutralizing anything stinky is baking soda. Maybe you could mix up a solution and spread it on the affected parts of the coat, and let it stand for a while before rinsing off.
It may sound odd, but start by letting the soiled part of the coat soak in plain warm water, changing the water several times - this will dilute the cat pee that has got into the fabric. Then it may be worth trying a pet odour spray to get rid of the remaining aromatics. I know a friend succesfully used a commercial after-pet-cleaner to clean the carpet in his rented flat (apartment) where the previous elderly resident had stored a gazunder.
One of the things I love about this internet and Usenet is the way we get to learn each others' languages. I now know that I have knit jumpers, hung my laundry with clothes pegs, worn a waist pack, eaten chips, and lots of other things. I never set my table with nappies, either. I feel soooo international! ;-)
If you mean the sort of drover's coat made of oilskin as we use in Australia, I'd soak the place that has the cat's pee on it in cold water to which some vinegar (white vinegar) has been added (and only the patch where the cat peed, not the whole coat) and then soak it again after that for a while in clean water to get the vinegar smell out. Cold water (and vinegar) won't affect the oiling but should remove the cat pee (or at the very least the cat pee smell). Our coats have had everything from cow afterbirth, cow pee and cow poop on then and we've never done anything but brush them off when dry. But I think for cat's pee, you'll need to try the cold water wash.
Yep! I now know that when we run the cattle through the race and lock their heads in the head bale, in the US we'd have actually run them up a chute and into a squeeze chute. And when I turn on the pump on the bore, I'd have turned on the pump on the well. It took me at least 3 years to figure out that Americans used to have something called a 'wellbore' which obviously got shortened to a 'well'. I still can't quite figure out though what Americans would call what I'd call a well (which is something that would be about 4 ft or more wide here).
Actually the way American's use two words (knit and fit) causes me to have a mild attack of hysterics given that I am a sometime grammar/language Nazi. I've often read in American books or articles something like "I knit the sweater" or "I fit the skirt" and I wonder what happened to cause the past tense to disappear and when "knitted" and "fitted" got lost.
And there is one American author that I love, but she will insist on using the expression "couple things" without the preposition and I always wonder why her editor doesn't pick it up.
hung my laundry with clothes pegs, worn a waist pack, eaten
LOL. I think I'd refuse any invitation to dine at a house where I knew the table was set with nappies as it'd be most offputting. I would accept an invitation where the table was set with napkins.
And isn't it a great way of learning all those things we wonder about. I often see or hear things on TV shows and you can guess where I go to find out what more info.
"FarmI" wrote in news:471815fd$0$11577$ snipped-for-privacy@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net .au:
dug well. or at least that's how i differentiate my wells. i have the shallow, wide well which is maybe 20 feet deep and 4 feet wide (one can go into it with a ladder), and the bored/drilled well (which my plumber calls artesian, but i thought that was a specific type of drilled well where the water is under pressure) & is 270+ feet deep and 8" in diameter. i just had both pressure tanks & one pump and foot valve replaced. i'm just happy *i* didn't have to go into the well & do the foot valve replacement (and happy my plumbing company gave me a huge discount for knowing what the problems were & what they needed to fix it. i saved them time doing diagnostics, so i got a discount). i'm also having a pitcher pump (hand pump) installed in the basement for use with the dug well when the power goes out. no more taking off the lid & screens in inclement weather to pull water up in a bucket. how civilized we're getting ;) OB sewing: is there anyplace that sells lace like fabric, preferably cotton, to make curtains? i need something to cut the glare in my kitchen window & something just a touch formal for the dining room. needs to be washable as everything picks up pet hair & ick from the forced hot air heat. lee
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