LOCATION: Westminster, London.
this jacket its a Barbour wax jacket and they are a bit of a British classic you see loads
of people here in London wearing them they are really I think Barbour really make clothing
for outdoor and country pursuits but there pretty popular all over the world they make
a great overcoat they are pretty versatile however they are made of they are made of
cotton which isn't waterproof and to make them waterproof they are then waxed being
made of natural products they decay slightly so you have to service them but if you look
after them they last years I mean this one is over ten years old they will last decades
you can send them back to Barbour and they if you damage them and they will patch them
up they start to look I think they look a little bit better when they are older they
get a bit of character but anyway I need to take care of this one I could have sent it
back to Barbour but I'd left it a little late so I'am going to have to do it myself so I'am
going to head to the Barbour shop and get a pot of wax wax this jacket and then we will
be good for the Autumn Winter season and the rain that's the rains coming the cold is already
here its getting a little bit chilly definitely coat weather not quite hat and gloves hat
gloves and scarf yet but yeah as you can see from the clouds rains never too far away but
I'am going to head down here to Westminster tube and we will get a tube to Monument head
up to Leadenhall market where there is a Barbour store and I'll get some wax for my wax jacket
WESTMINSTER Mind the gap between the train and the platform the next station is Monument
change for the central Northern and Waterloo and city lines and DLR from bank Mind the
gap between the train and the platform OK welcome to Monument in the City of London
I'am going to head up the road to Leadenhall market and get some wax to re-wax this Barbour
wax jacket but I thought before we run up there I'll show you where the area the station
gets its namesake the monument to the great fire of London check it out the entrance is
on the other side and you can actually climb all the way to the top and you get phenomenal
views across the city of London but that is a story for another day lets head up to Leadenhall
market and hopefully the Barbour store within the market will have some wax to re-wax my
jacket lets go OK welcome to Leadenhall market Leadenhall market used to be a market it was
primarily a meat market for many years and my great grandfather was actually a butcher
here and today its filled with restaurants and bars you can still see the meat hooks
here or not the meat hooks but the rails that the meat hooks would have hang from back when
all these stores were selling meat and butchers I'll get a closer look here so yeah all these
hooks where for meat hooks and meat would have hung through here it would have been
a very different smell it smells amazing today today the city is dominated by financial services
so most of the stores in here are mid to high end stores catering to the fine folk that
work in the city and most of which work in financial services and obviously restaurants
and bars its pretty busy today its just gone lunchtime and people getting their shoes shined
shoes shined right this is where I need to go the Barbour store and lets see if they've
got some wax for my wax jacket but yeah if your in town Leadenhall market is a great
spot to come for lunch diner or after work drinks OK success I got the wax to wax the
jacket and you can actually send these send your jackets back to Barbour and they'll repair
wax or service them if you damage them or just want a service however I've left it a
bit late I don't want to be without it for the first few weeks of Autumn Winter so I'll
do it myself I think this part of Leadenhall market Harry Potter fans will be familiar
with because they used it as the location to film one of one of the movies in right
I'am going to head back to Monument get the tube home wax my jacket and then we will be
ready for the Autumn Winter season so I'll see you guys in a moment that's the headline
you want to read just as your walking into the tube OK I just got back from the Barbour
store with the wax to re-wax this jacket now I was hoping to do this in daylight but as
you can see its got dark already I had a few things to take care of on the way back and
its getting dark pretty early here now its Autumn its one of the things I'am going to
miss about summer the long days but anyway I want to do this now so we can leave the
jacket to dry over night and then hopefully I can wear it tomorrow so lets read the instructions
how to re-proof your wax products you'll require a pan of hot water and a soft cloth or sponge
choose a warm room or outside on a hot day so really I should be doing this in summer
stand the tin in hot water to soften the dressing work the dressing well into the garment using
the cloth or sponge pay attention to seams creases and dry patches that's actually where
this jacket is beginning to leak a little around the seams rub in well don't just paint
on for a factory finish blow evenly with a hair dryer and then finally hang the garment
over night in a warm place OK I've got together all the gear all the gear and no idea I've
got a pan on the hob boiling away so we can melt the wax lets open this and see what it
looks like right lets get that submerged to about level with the top of the wax and melt
that OK I've also got a sponge to apply the wax just a cleaning sponge so I'll just use
the sponge side not the abrasive pad side a soft cloth to remove excess AKA an old tea
towel don't tell my mum high mum if your watching a heat proof mat to put the saucepan on so
I don't burn the table again and a hair dryer I knew that would come in handy for a factory
finish so once the wax is melted I'll start applying it to the jacket I'll bring you in
a little closer and we can time lapse this
OK now I'am going to pop it on a hanger and leave it somewhere warm to dry overnight OK
morning as you can see the sun is just coming up outside I left the jacket hanging somewhere
warm overnight and it looks OK the seams have got a good covering of wax so I'am pretty
confident its going to be waterproof once again I didn't get a completely even covering
so the back has got a little more than the arms so visually cosmetically up close I can
notice that but I don't think anyone else will I guess if you really want a factory
finish you can send it back to Barbour and they will make it as close to looking like
new as possible if your going to do it yourself I definitely recommend using the hair dryer
because its quite difficult to apply the wax evenly what the hair dryer does is remelt
the wax once its on the jacket allows you to rub it in and distribute it a little more
evenly but all in all I'am happy with that I used around half of the pot of wax so out
of that one pot I'am going to get two re-waxings I'll do the next one next Winter or ideally
I guess you want to do it in Summer when it is warm rather than in Winter when it is cold
and dark so now I'am waterproof once again we can head outside I'am wearing old cloths
today to go out in this for the first time because I'am pretty confident where I did
this myself there is going to be a little bit of excess wax in places and I'am going
to get some of that on my cloths but I'll let you know I thought it would smell more
it does smell little waxy but not too bad The End