Removing DWR

A toxic solvent

lel

elaborate please

White spirit, the vapours of which are toxic and which I would term more dangerous that the DWR chemicals environmentally

The safest thing to do is to not attempt to wash it out.

There has to be a way. There must be some way to procure a PFC contaminated garment and run it through a process to remove the PFC’s. Even if that involves the person to wear some kind of hazmat suit when handling it, having a chemical waste disposal protocol (that is as responsible as possible) and some type of abrasion/solvent to remove the coating, and additional filtration to absorb remaining PFC’s

It cant be as hard as everyone makes it out to be. I could build and equip a shed on my property to be a cleaning facility for accepting other user’s gear and helping clean it for them. This is something that could help a lot of people IMO

I guess the money and effort would be better spent designing alternatives for people to use rahter than retrofitting old gear

I guess the money and effort would be better spent designing alternatives for people to use rahter than retrofitting old gear

I guess the money and effort would be better spent designing alternatives for people to use rahter than retrofitting old gear.

How could one remove DWR from Shell panst and jackets …?

Just wearing them in the rain for a few minutes does the trick for me.  :-)

Michael,

I respect your enthusiasm but I think you’re going about this in the wrong way.

I’ve been in the exact same situation with an old Salomon jacket of mine. The fit was simply amazing (even Arcteryx jackets don’t even come close for me) and it conformed to my body like it was custom tailored…I simply couldn’t find anything like it.

I ended up ripping out the seams and using those pieces of fabric as a template/pattern to sew a new jacket and it worked out remarkably well (still not perfect but I admit it might be influenced by bias or sentimental reasons).

If you’re unable to sew this yourself you could always ask a seamstress to do it for you…it shouldn’t be a terribly difficult project since the pieces are already there but it may be expensive.

There has to be a way. There must be some way to procure a PFC contaminated garment and run it through a process to remove the PFC’s. Even if that involves the person to wear some kind of hazmat suit when handling it, having a chemical waste disposal protocol (that is as responsible as possible) and some type of abrasion/solvent to remove the coating, and additional filtration to absorb remaining PFC’s

It cant be as hard as everyone makes it out to be. I could build and equip a shed on my property to be a cleaning facility for accepting other user’s gear and helping clean it for them. This is something that could help a lot of people IMO

No, actually, run it through a few wash cycles and that should do it.  My point is that if you are concerned for health reasons and still want to wear the garment the best thing to do is to leave it alone and just wear it.  My point about not washing it was of concern for the environment.  Wash it, and you’ll pollute the environment.  Use a solvent, and you’ll pollute the environment unless you have the capability to contain and transport to a facility that knows how to deal with it.  Toss it into the trash, you pollute the environment.  For what it’s worth, it’s a damned if you damned if you don’t affair.