Using Reproofing Cream

Here is what I did with my own Oilskin Coat: age 2l years!  It finally got more leaks than Watergate. So I decided to give it a bullet-proof treatment. To maintain a coat after just SEVERAL years, simply soak the coat in water overnight, let it dry, then apply a SPARING coat of reproofing cream that has been boiled in the container, and as a result has the consistency of water. Then apply this to the coat ,using a simple paint brush ,  AS IT IS HANGING OUT IN THE SUN. Then let it dry for at least a week, in a breezy sunny area. At least twice, pass over the coat with a hair dryer, removing excess oil with a terry cloth. You should use about two-thirds of a container of OAKWOOD Reproofing on a full length coat. Then let it hang in a breezy dry area for another couple of weeks -- or until the rains come!  However, with my very old coat, I did a major job. I LOVE this coat. Slept on the ground in several countries in it.( So I'm a romantic as well as cheap! )  I soaked the coat, scrubbed it (no detergent) let it dry completely, and, in sunlight, painted on the OAKWOOD. I used one and one half containers of OAKWOOD. Then I blew it on HIGH with a hair dryer, to get the treatment well into the fabric. Five times I did the hair dryer treatment over one month. removing excess oil each time with a cloth. The result was spectacular. This coat will never leak as long as I live! And now it looks like LEATHER. Way cool! Colin