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    Question Gimp Suit

    Yea, Might be getting a Leather jacket next month sometime and I was wondering, what is the best way to maintain the look of the leather (like a red and white racing jacket) and more importantly how to keep it waterproof?
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    It'll never be waterproof. I can get mine to shower proof, but the water just pisses in through the stitching.

    I gently sponge insect spooge off, hang the jacket up in the sun and then liberally coat with dubbin and/or snowseal while the leather is warm to aid absorption. I find it restores the nice leather shine and keeps it supple.

    Be careful to check what type of thread has been used to stitch the thing together as "biker rumour" has it that dubbin can rot the stitching. I personally think that's a load of old bollocks, and it is morelikely that the combination of vomit and rotting food and insects is what causes some people's jackets to fall apart.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim2
    It'll never be waterproof. I can get mine to shower proof, but the water just pisses in through the stitching.

    I gently sponge insect spooge off, hang the jacket up in the sun and then liberally coat with dubbin and/or snowseal while the leather is warm to aid absorption. I find it restores the nice leather shine and keeps it supple.

    Be careful to check what type of thread has been used to stitch the thing together as "biker rumour" has it that dubbin can rot the stitching. I personally think that's a load of old bollocks, and it is morelikely that the combination of vomit and rotting food and insects is what causes some people's jackets to fall apart.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim2
    I personally think that's a load of old bollocks, and it is morelikely that the combination of vomit and rotting food and insects is what causes some people's jackets to fall apart.
    I concur...

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    Quote Originally Posted by White trash
    Ummmmm,Jim, you forgot, don't crash in it....
    You really are pushing your skinny girlie-armed, sensitive to hangovers luck today aren't you, weedy man.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim2
    You really are pushing your skinny girlie-armed, sensitive to hangovers luck today aren't you, weedy man.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Indiana_Jones
    Yea, Might be getting a Leather jacket next month sometime and I was wondering, what is the best way to maintain the look of the leather (like a red and white racing jacket) and more importantly how to keep it waterproof?
    Thanks

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    To keep jacket clean and waterproof.
    1) obtain wire or wooden hanger type device.
    2 ) hang jacket on it
    3) place in closet with dehumidifier.
    Easy really
    Otherwise yer shit outa luck --they always leak in the rain
    Ya could try carying a showerproof jacket in the ol bum bag--bung it over the leather when it rains--that helps.
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    Wearing a yellow para-rubber raincoat will water proof it just fine but fucks up the bigbadbikerbastard image.

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    I have a red-white-black two piece suit and I put it into a supermarket bag then tied the handles to close it and put it in the tumble drier to warm it up. Worked a treat. Applying Snowshield when the leather's warm seems to aid its absorption, but yes, it'll never be waterproof. I use a thin oversuit for the real wetness, the leathers are for look-good and piece-of-mind but they will only keep the water out for a limited time. Freshly treated I got from Taumaranui to Taupo in sporadic heavy rain OK and onto Tauranga in drizzle and showers and they were damp right through but not sopping when I arrived.
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    Leather is not naturally waterproof - that is why cows are covered in hairs. It is the layered oily hairs that keep the water getting through the cows hide.

    Now there's a thought......

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    I found the best technique to staying dry is to not get wet

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    nikwax!

    used this in cold wet, crappy europe and it works, it will still eventually let water in round the stitching, but does a beautiful job of protecting and feeding your leathers
    www.nikwax.co.uk

    if you need any advice on which to use check this link

    http://www.soundrider.com/archive/products/nikwax.htm

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    Quote Originally Posted by alarumba
    I found the best technique to staying dry is to not get wet
    No wonder you are a games champion you never get out enough

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bonez
    No wonder you are a games champion you never get out enough
    Yeah, the CBR is not really up to riding when the idle adjuster has been accedentaly screwed off by your dad and you have taken all the fairings and tank off to try and screw it back

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    Thanks for all the advice and random shouting so far
    So even if it does get wet, it won't bugger it or what not?

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