{"id":1665,"date":"2007-04-27T11:56:52","date_gmt":"2007-04-27T05:56:52","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-04-28T15:39:17","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T09:39:17","slug":"nikwax-txdirect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/nikwax-txdirect\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikwax TX.Direct Spray-On Waterproofing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This stuff is Gore-Tex in a can! You can make any nylon garment waterproof and still breathable by spraying it with TX.Direct. You don&#8217;t need to spray the underarms (unless you need ultimate dryness), so breathability is enhanced. I&#8217;ve been using this stuff for years. I initially used it just on Gore-Tex (it really helps bring old Gore-Tex back to life). Then I gave it a shot on a nylon jacket and it worked just like Gore-Tex. Why spend hundreds on a waterproof jacket when you can spend much less, use this spray and get the jacket of your choice? (one can treats about 4 jackets). I also use TX.Direct on my boots that have nylon uppers, and spray my Woolrich felt hat, which works great &#8212; water just beads up on it; can&#8217;t even tell it&#8217;s there. The spray is somewhat smelly, so it&#8217;s best to spray it on outside or in the basement, and it does need to be re-applied after washing. Nikwax also makes a wash-in product  you put in with your laundry. I don&#8217;t like excessively washing my technical gear, though, as it seems to wear out faster. I save the wash-in stuff only for when I do need to wash things, and freshen up my waterproofing when needed with the spray-on. I also don&#8217;t really like the idea of having those chemicals directly against my skin, so I prefer the spray-on generally because you&#8217;re only applying it to the exterior of the garment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revives old (&#038; creates new) rain gear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"0","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}