Barbour Stinks Any Tips ?

[Guest vin]

Hello all.

 

Heres a good one.

 

I've had Barbour coats for over 40 years. . . I do love em !

 

I have a couple in the shed now and the other day I got to thinking. How the feck do you get rid of the smell of death on them ?

Mine smells like a cross between arse crack, belly button scum and an engine with a blown head gasket ! ! ! Plus the usual smell of dead critters.

I can hose the outside down and clean it, then re-wax it so it looks pretty new... But I still stink like an old Rotting Hippy !

 

Anyone got any top tips for making them smell slightly more normal? I accept the usual smell of wax..but the rest of it is offensive to the eyes, never mind the nose !

 

 

atvb

 

Vin

[Chaff 3,590]

Hang it up out side and leave for a few weeks, that's what I would do.

[dytkos 17,784]

Try Febreeze?

 

Cheers, D.

[C.green 3,229]

Ive chucked a couple gooduns away as they got that smell on and nothing i know seems to get rid of it

[low plains drifter 10,331]

Soak it in peteril every night for twenty minutes

[Guest vin]

Hang it up out side and leave for a few weeks, that's what I would do.

 

tried that.... nothing

 

Try Febreeze?

 

Cheers, D.

 

tried that 2 times and still nothing.

 

I even washed the cotton lining with a bit of soapy water and rinsed it off and dried etc etc... still no better.

[peterhunter86 8,627]

Try baking soda with a drop of viniger in warm water and spray it on.

[Guest vin]

If it smells that bad,get as much old wax off as poseible an hand to laundrette, then try an rewax it, wats worst that can happen, ye ruin a smelly jacket???

 

my mate washed his in machine and it ruined it. . ?

[Guest vin]

Try baking soda with a drop of viniger in warm water and spray it on.

 

on the outside or inside? I'd have thought the vinegar would strip off the wax ?

[stumfelter 3,034]

Soak it in peteril every night for twenty minutes

Dats for der hands not der coat.

[low plains drifter 10,331]

I hear the trendys drag their new Barbours behind their 4X4's across a muddy field to give them some instant character, get em on fleabay as vintage specials lol

[comanche 2,942]

Ah, the neglected waxed-jacket hint of stale vomit thing. Sometimes just keeping them somewhere warm for a while improves things.

Try upholstery or carpet cleaner on the lining.Bin bag and a half a tub of Shake and Vac overnight. Repeat with the other half of the tub.

Edited October 25, 2017 by comanche

[Chaff 3,590]

Reckon that's f****d vin, most things OK after sun rain sun rain. Must be in the lining. Might be OK with a peg on your nose mate. Lol

[king 11,972]

Just burn them vin and buy a new 1

[Bosun11 537]

Its the lining Vin. Either hand wash the inside using a decent detergent or send it off to one of those Barbour repair gaffs and have it cleaned or relined. Whatever you do dont wash/damage the outside. Years of re-proofing are priceless in these jackets.

Once done shower before every use and it should be right for years.