BarbourBarbour Thornproof Dressing, No Color, One Size

Works great, but it’s a process to do it right. I had a Barbour coat that went thru the washer/dryer (very bad idea) that was bone dry. This can had more than enough wax for multiple coats that left it very saturated. A few process tips:Plan to spend 2 to 3 hours on the project. Follow the instructions to warm up the wax in a pan of water on low heat on your stove. You need to leave it in the water with the stove on the entire time so it does not harden back up. Wait for the wax to completely melt (it will be totally clear) which takes about 30 minutes. Use a small rag or sponge to apply, working in small sections. Wear plastic gloves, you are going to get wax all over your hands. You definitely want to use a hair dryer or heat gun to finish the application. It totally melts the wax onto the jacket and allows it to soak in. Two or three light coats, using the heat gun in between each, is better than one thick coat. I found it easier to apply the wax while on a flat surface and then apply the heat to it while on a hanger. None of this is hard but it’s a bit messy and it takes a while to do it right!

Works great on my Barbour jacket. Read the instructions. It's a delicate product and needs caution. If you do it right, your garment will look amazing for a year. Then, repeat.

Fairly easy to use, helped restore Barbour coat that I learned *must* be cleaned using this (or sent back to them for pro cleaning, not). Even though not at all worn or dry looking, coat had collected mold after only few months in closet, similar to some leather shoes, so I first wiped down with damp sponge, let dry then applied this with soft cloth, just smearing it into the fabric like you would mink oil on leather. After airing eventually lost the mold smell and brought coat back to almost good as new finish. I did not blow dry, just air dried in warm room.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS after 3 months since initial review: I have now re-waxed my 3rd Barbour jacket after learning a lot from the first 2 from my initial review below and added the photo before & after. I feel like 3rd time around is my best work so far, and what I have learned is:1. Less is MORE - the minimal amount of wax you can apply to cover the jacket barely, has the best result. See the photo. TOO MUCH wax makes it shine like a wet otter's back and becomes disgusting to wear and touch as your hands gets all oiled up.2. Can't do this without that electric hot plate! This time I maintained my temperature much higher boiling the can of wax, the spread of the wax was much superior to the past allowing just enough coverage and no more.3. I figured out why Barbour is so snobby with a tiny little can of wax. The larger the can, the more heat it would require to melt the can of wax and maintain liquidity. I still hate the air pocket at the bottom of the can, especially as the can become empty and used up - it is prone to tip even more.4. The very last step of running a low heat hair dryer SLOWLY over every part of the jacket is the key to a perfect Barbour wax jacket finish like the way it looks when you buy it brand new from the store.Here are some of my tips after my first re-waxing of 2 Barbour jackets:- the shape of the can sucks. you need a relatively small sauce pan and fill it with hot almost boiling water about an inch below the height of the can. There is a depression on the bottom of the can which holds air bubble and you can easily tip the can over if your sauce pan is too large and allow it to tip successfully.- use a portable hot plate / electric stove top and make sure the sauce pan water is constantly so hot it keeps the can of wax melted. I can't imagine not having this, and have to use the wax when it solidifies which brings it to the next point.- there are different heating points in the wax from very hot to almost solidified (turns white chunks). The wax is most efficient to spread out on the jacket from the hottest point which almost for sure requires you to have an electric hot plate like cooking the can of wax constantly. This is important because from the moment you lift your sponge out of the can on to the jacket, tells you how many seconds you got before it applies poorly and begins solidifying.- how to tell if you were applying your wax at a heating point of the wax right not hot enough and right before when it solidifies? (over-waxing your jacket)? After you are done, there is a very wet look and shine to it that lasts for a long time. That's because there's too much wax. Though eventually it will go away with drying.- you will want to cut up your sponge into a manageable width to be able to dip into the small can repeatedly. I at first had a full size sponge, my hands got so tired squeezing the sponge to get it to fit into the can so I can dip into the wax.- have a small hand brush with very soft bristles ready. Your sponge or towel will degrade quickly from rubbing the jacket, and will start shedding particles of sponge or lint. You want to get rid of these fairly quickly so they don't get embedded into the wax dried up.- having a 2nd piece of sponge that is dry does help spread the wax on the jacket as it is more abrasive and can move the wax better than the wet one used for dipping onto the can.- I blow dried the jacket afterwards on low heat with a hair dryer, notably moving slower over the seams as there are more wax there I applied.- In the end, this was my very first time in my life having started acquiring Barbour wax jackets (both brand new and used off of eBay). The used one I got off ebay was at such a dried up waxless state, it looked just like a regular cotton jacket and almost a washed out navy light blue color but the blue was not uniform anymore (light brown in places where wax is gone, etc). After applying the re-wax, it totally turned it into a black looking jacket. Just something for you to remember after applying a re-wax, you will get a totally different looking jacket for a long time. Good luck :)

It is truly a labor of love if you own a Barbour jacket. It's a messy process, there's no other way to describe it. Put the can in warm water to get it in a more liquid state then smear it on with a cloth or sponge. The trick is to go over it with a hairdryer after and wipe off the excess wax. Always comes out great and the jacket looks like new