Carradice and Giles Bertoud both sell wax to use on their bags.  

On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:04:51 AM UTC-6, Jan Heine wrote:
>
> I am not sure why one would want to add wax to a good bag. At least 
> the old Carradice bags and the current Gilles Berthoud bags are 
> totally waterproof as they come from the makers. I used my first 
> Berthoud bag almost daily from early 2000 until mid-2011. (Then I got 
> a new bike that took a bigger bag.) The old bag still is waterproof. I 
> posted about it here 
>
>
> http://janheine.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/unimprovable-gilles-berthoud-handlebar-bag/
>  
>
> Perhaps the added wax could be useful for other cotton bags that 
> aren't waterproof? 
>
> Disclosure: Our sister company, Compass Bicycles Ltd., sells Berthoud 
> bags. 
>
> Jan Heine 
> Editor 
> Bicycle Quarterly 
> www.bikequarterly.com 
>
> Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com/ 
>

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