if it wasn't for your chain waxing video, this could quite possibly be the best video i've ever seen on youtube! thanks!

Someone give this man the Nobel Peace Prize !!! absolutely love his videos so much value !!!

Coooool, you have the best DIY cycling tricks on UKposts, thanks

I´ve been looking through the internet for about 3 hours for something to make my motorcycle gear waterproof, and this is the best video I´ve found. Best recipe, best review, awesome, you sir, won my subscription. Keep on!

What is great is you can vary the application by amount and area of the garment to maximize breathability. For example, arm pits get little rain but needs to breathe .

white spirit: in german it is: Spezial Waschbenzin (Bei obi und Bauhaus z.B.) 1 Liter um die 5-6eur

If that works, I'll suggest you for the Bycicle - Nobel - Prize.

WOW. Great tips as always. Thank you so much...

My GF and I just planned a water-proofing date night. Thanks for your fantastic content!

Thank you yet again for your selflessness and patience with such detailed descriptions that are easy to follow. Right up there with the game changers of you tube videos.

This is probably best hack I've viewed. I will sure be riding in the rain more frequently! Thanks you for sharing this money savings tip.

Great idea and as always a funny and thorough vid. 10 out of 10!

Wizard of Oz! This is brilliant! Thank you so much.

One of the best, valuable videos on UKposts! Thank you for your work! Good Luck!

great stuff Diy stuff, very informative and detailed. great work.

Definitely going to try this. A couple of things though, to do scarves and head wraps, insert a balloon and inflate before application. For larger garments, pour the mixture in a squirt bottle.

It reminds me of the old japara oilskins and parkas when i was a kid,though they were a bit stiff until they had been worn a few times.Great video many thanks.

Brilliant! Thanks.

Thanks for the great video. I'll give it a shot this week end.

Great stuff, I love your work.

Awsome method. I think it is the best for the paniers also. Great videos as usual. Thanks.

This is wonderful tip! Defenitely need to try

Great job. Great video. Thank u so much 😊

Great idea

THANK YOU MASTER!!!! cheers from Chile :)

AMAZING. Love it. Going to do this for my jeans for while riding in the rain

This is amazing . Loves your vids

I'm a big fan of silicone I use it for all kinds of stuff! Never thought to dilute it like this and use it as such, brilliant idea!

Nice one Steve. I am going to try this. I thought you may try applying it using a spray bottle as someone else has also suggested. Keep up the great work mate.

Awesome idea

oh man!!! i cant belive you did demo under the cold water shower. I allways enjoy your videos. The things I learn with Mr. Macgyver, starting with waxing my chains and now, this one. Cheers from Portugal

As per usual informative and entertaining!

Great video, thank you for your work.

I guess you could do this to tent fly sheets. Top tip and great timing!

Thank you very much for this video. Very Helpful. You are a very authentic person.

This is gold! Thanks for this :)

I just bought a ton of winter cycling kit (jerseys, a jacket, and shoe covers) and I can’t wait to try your waterproofing slurry on them!

Thats amazing, thanks for the Video, im gona get my winter gloves treated now. 👍🏾

Thank you sooo much, I’m a mountain bike rider and am definitely going to do this with socks gloves and thighs of trousers! 😂 probably even one of my hoodies Thank you !

truly amazing and useful to the top.

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!

Great tip dear OZ

Man, you are a LEGEND! Thanks heaps!!

I'm going to try this on sheer curtains to see if I can use them outdoors around my patio thnx so much

Thanks. This really worked

This is so usefull tutorial. Thanks a lot.

Great for Buenos Aires' constant wet season!

going to use this on my garage /garden trousers and old trainers --saving wet legs and feet when pressure washing..simple but clever ideas --also the chain wax is simple genius... I hitched Aus as a kid and was made very welcome by many. The generosity obviously remains in you blokes,,

The UKpostsr Rekagy sent me here, and boy am I pleased she did. Bloody Awesome video!! I'm a rigger and I'm always working outside, do I'm going to do this with my leather gloves, and if it works like the video shows, it'll be a Godsend - especially in winter 😂 . Thank you so much.

I used Gorilla Clear grip to seal the needle hole filled seams, in some cordura over-mitts followed by three progressively thicker coats of silicone and mineral spirits (with dry time inbetween coats). The back hand side of the mits was a breathable material which I treated with a waterproofing Nikwax (retreatment will be necessary over time with the Nikwax). So far so good with hands staying dry.

Fkn love yah mate, awesome vid. thank u ! New subscriber

That’s the same stuff I used on my cars soft top convertible , it will last 1 year ! Also prevents staining like Scotch bright fabric protector! Comes in a aerosol-spray !

Also don't underestimate how good a thin layer of wool is. Whilst it still does absorb moisture, it remains warm!

Bless brother...great tips

Great and thank you

AMAZING ONE🍻

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Cool hack! I'm gonna try it, especially with the gloves.

Road winter gloves, MTB gloves and saddle bag DONE !! Looking to do my soft shell jacket and my canvas swag and tent. I can see this being my most used tip since the chain waxing.

Thanks!

Gave this a try on my "showerproof" bags. Some with waterproof fabric but not seams. Some just a synthetic canvas so... they all got a dose of silicone. My initial mix was too concentrated and didn't dissolve well but patience prevailed. With the bags sitting on the line most of the day I left them there when it rained in the afternoon and yep! No water crept in, even with zippers stopping ingress. Lovely stuff Oz Cycle.

Super Thank you

First of all. It's great to see cycling videos of people of the southern hemisphere. Here in Argentina the winter is coming and I 100% understand you (even with the latitude). This idea is great, but I wanna know if can I use it too apply on Mt jeans, not all the jeans, only near the foot, to displace the water from the rain.

I'm really digging this channel

fantastic video does doing this process make you sweat more is my only concern thanks very informative .

Wow, great idea. I have always purchased waterproof aerosol spray, which is very toxic and expensive. Whenever I spray my tent, for example, I get a terrible headache that lasts the whole day. I had to start wearing a respirator. This looks like a much less toxic process.

Awesome pal

Brilliant

This Man is the Shannon lush of cycling great videos.

Thanks for the video. I now have cheap waterproof gloves and gaiters all ready for a Uk winter. Now, any chance you could show me how to make a cheap waterproof and breathable jacket and trousers? No? Oh well, at least I’ve saved enough with your video tips to buy the expensive ones. Mate, bloody great videos.

Thanks. I'm going to try this on undershirts, to make them sweatproof on the chest and back.

Thank you so much for this thorough and detailed process. I have gone back a few times to c clarify some questions i had and you had already covered it. I used oderless spirits here in the U.S.and it worked well on gloves, jackets and scarves. Then my grandmother asked me to waterproof her fabric raincoat. It uses quite a lot of a large jar, but it came out beautully. I will say that after 24 hours in the sealed ar, the solution sealed over more than I expected. I stirred it up as well as i could, and removed some chunks with a fork, and I was back in business. I'll be using this D.I.Y. forever now, thanks again!

cool stuff

That's awesome

The Bill Nyle of cycling. Love it

thanks, mate!

Well done‼️👍🏽 Great for Umbrellas, Swim Wear, Sneakers, Car Seats,

Great trick to waterproofing anything Thanks works great 👍

Exciting video. How does the coating fair in the washing machine? Can things be washed at 40 degC? How many washes before the coating no longer works? Have you tried treating a car?

I've tried it. Works perfect. Thank you so much!!!!

great video my first attempt failed this time I upped the silicone ratio and lathered it on thickly, rain forecast for this weekends commute so will report back with results.

Great frugal tip! Love the demonstrations and getting the utmost value out of even the cheapie garments. I'm curious though... how does the weather proofing go with regular washing? If a garment is regular wear (commuting or at least a few uses a week), I try to minimise machine & detergent washes by quick rinsing and air drying; but it's always at the back of my mind of how machine washes affect garment longevity.

Thank you

Love your waterproofing DIY... just curious if the fabric is breathable anymore? Would your skin feel very sweaty as the moisture on your skin is unable to escape?

well, a GREAT video/trick :-) thank ya ;-)

Omg i have that exact over shoe and I was super disappointed with it's "waterproofness" lol. Definitely gonna give this a try

A nice DIY video. I don’t know about the long term chemical exposure question, but I would suggest that getting silicone caulk that is safe for aquaria fabrication might be useful since it tends to be biologically inert which should render it safe for your application. Additionally, it’s probably a good idea to where some sort of eye protection during compounding and application. It doesn’t look like huge health hazard but it’s a possibility. Other than that it seems like useful method for a host of applications. In a couple of “rain rides” I was amazed at the weight of water I was carrying in my riding kit. And the cooling was compounded by evaporation. As long as I was climbing things were okay. The descents were popicling however.

Greetings from Nashville, TN. Before I ask my question, I'd just like to compliment you on having by far THE BEST cycling channel on UKposts. Your information and hacks are remarkable: so useful, grounded in rigorous research, and thorough, so that the technologically mistake prone, like myself, glide to success. Awesome info! Now my question is: Have you used your waterproofing formula on the typical polyester/spandex winter fleece cycling jerseys and pants that one typically buys from China on AliExpress? If so, did it work? Thank you again for all your efforts. Wishing you continued success and great rides.

Made me chuckle.... the nice thing about winter riding in Canada is that it is almost never wet. The water doesn't get close to the melted state except sometimes for short periods to create a slippery smooth layer of ice hidden under our later falling snow. You don't get wet , except from sweat, and you don't have to wait for the trails to dry up in order to not wreck the trails. Your advice is applicable to our autumn.

I wonder if this could work for upholstery and car interiors wow the possibilities seem endless...

Rode for two hours in the rain this morning. I enjoyed it even though some of me got wet. Less breathability after applying your mixture might be a concern even if you use another layer for absorption. One thing to test is how often you might need to reapply after washing and drying the garments several times.

Going to try this on one of my winter long-sleeve jerseys. I'll let you know how it goes. Melbourne has a few more wet days to test it than Radelaide.

I really don't understand why you don't have more subscribers. Every time I see one of your videos and think I might not be interested in the topic I watch it and learn something so useful I end up thinking I cant believe I almost didn't watch that.

As usual a wonderfull and imformative video, thank you, I’ll sure give this a go👍👍👍

dude I love you

Underrated video ypthis deserves over 10 mil views for who wear gloves in certain places

Thanks for making this! I’m gonna waterproof my backpack :)

I keep on finding 9 dislikes in these useful DIY tips that are most useful. They are eye openers. Businessmen should not feel threatened but should support these methods by providing more cost effective silicon and ethanol. They cost less but allow more people to waterproof their items. Even necessarily just for the sake of preparedness and safety. But safety always pays back.

Great video, I will try it today, Could I please ask you where I can buy a whipperman chain in Australia, I can't seem to find one, thanks a lot

Great video mate! What about silicone spray (the stuff to dry lub. stuff with) does it do the same trick?