[pct-l] Ultra ever dry

[nojenn53 at aol.com]

I am not Mr Money bags by any means, but I would certainly pay $150 to treat my Wild Oasis tent to not have to carry a water logged tent every rainy day of my AT hike this summer.  I would also consider spending the cash for my pack and sleeping quilt....although I probably need to know more about it before spraying my down Nunatak quilt.

Speaking of down filled products.  Has anyone had experience (good or bad) washing your down sleeping bags/quilts and/or down jackets?  

Nunatak says it can be done, but they have a very time consuming drying process.  I had hoped I could get away with using DownTek for the wash, and drying it on very low setting with light tennis ball to fluff up the down.

Any help would be appreciated.

Steve Jennette

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On Feb 11, 2013, at 2:08 PM, Dennis Phelan <dennis.phelan at gmail.com> wrote:

> the intenet says this material is a two part application.  one quart of
> each part costs a total of $149.00 and only covers 3.5 to 4.5 sq ft.  It
> only comes in white at this time.  I think I will wait awhile.
> 
> Dennis
> 
> 
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Dan Jacobs <youroldpaldan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Eric Lee <saintgimp at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Lots of waterproofing treatments look good on the first use.  Most of
>> them
>>> look significantly less good after a bit of time and wear.  I'd be
>> curious
>>> to see what the "half life" of this treatment turns out to be.
>>> 
>>> Eric
>> 
>> Half life totally depends on what happens during and after treatment.
>> I've got some DWR treated fabrics that still shed water like duck
>> feathers, but they haven't seen much action. Different folks will have
>> different results with anything.
>> 
>> Clearly, the price is too much for most at this time. As the price
>> comes down and research and improvements occur, this may be the next
>> much better DWR. It seemed to fit into what folks are interested in.
>> It would be nice to have a tent that could be shaken dry of water,
>> frost, or even ice and packed away nearly dry as a bone (which I know
>> aren't normally dry, unless they've been thoroughly dried beforehand,
>> which is a weird use of language, eh? ;-).
>> 
>> Dan Jacobs
>> Washougal
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