I have reproofed my 2001 Carradice using Martexin's < http://www.fairfieldtextile.com/fabrics.html> compound. They produce waxed canvas material and this is to retreat from the sunlight breakdown or evaporation of the treatment on the outer surfaces.
I use my Nelson Longflap daily and when it began to absorb moisture easily on the surface I knew it was time. This isn't an effective way to make untreated canvas into waxcloth but rather maintaining such. I did try treating a small square of canvas intended as a tool roll and it absorbed a lot of the stuff and never reached the level of the Caradice bag cloth. Probably a different weave less likely to tighten up as the material was absorbed. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh, PA On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:04:51 AM UTC-5, 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/ > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/6boR1B-Y9RMJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
