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Chair lift grease.

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Such a wonderful thing when it drips down all over your new 600 goretex jacket. I believe palmolive and a good wash has done the trick, but it was kind of shocking. What the hell is this I thought.....oooooohhhhhh noooooooo
 
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My dad used to work for a company in the 80's called "Bruce" that makes hardwood floors, and he used to work under a machine that leaked hydraulic fluid like crazy...

He gave me a trick earlier this year that is fucking AMAZING. Anytime you have something that has grease, or oil, or anything just nasty... spray it down with WD-40, rinse it a few times, and run it through the wash, basically by itself or else it will release that grease all over your other clothes.

I have been working on cars for about 10 years now, and he just now told me this trick... I could have easily saved 100's of dollars in clothes.
 
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I believe palmolive and a good wash has done the trick
Great, I'll keep that in mind if God forbid it ever happens again.
DO NOT DO THAT OFTEN

I work as a part time snowboard gear sales associate, and have been doing this for three years, so please take my word for it. We deal with many major brands from Airblaster to Holden to Nike to North Face as well as High end brands like Arc'teryx and Icebreaker, so I'm VERY familiar with this stuff.

It's a good thing that it was only a spot wash and nothing major.
Gore tex jackets have a DWR (Durable Water Repellent) finish on the jacket that forces water to bead up and run off the jacket. This is extremely important in keeping your jacket breathable. Otherwise the water on your jacket will saturate and it will feel like you're wearing rubber.
The DWR This finish is removed by anything harsher than specific tech washes (like Grangers, Nikwax).

NEVER wash a goretex jacket - or any jacket that you want to last long, in your average laundry detergent. These detergents have one primary goal - remove anything embedded/laying on the surface of the garment. This includes the DWR so you DON'T want to use this. One spot clean is enough, but you don't want to do it any more than that.

Just keep this in mind for future reference. Always use a tech wash if you want your jacket to last as long as it's supposed to!

Cheers to your kick ass jacket! :eek:ccasion14:
 
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