DIY "Tin Coat"
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- I used a wax recipe I found on RUclips to make my own "Tin Coat".
I credit the guy who posted a very informative video depicting his recipe and technique to make "Tin Pants". Be sure to watch his video as well.
AWESOME coat, i want to do this myself and i have a couple of questions.
1) How do you find wearing clothes under it works? By that I mean, if you were to wear a shirt under this jacket, do you find the wax/tincloth finish rubs off on the shirt?
2)how does it hold up in colder temps? I've heard the wax can crack.
3) have you had to rewax or touch up the finish at all?
Looking forward to hearing your results! Cheers :)
The more you wear the coat (or pants) the more they begin to feel like leather. Cracking wax is not a problem.
I haven't had to rewax yet.
Regarding the smell, you're going to smell like looked oil for awhile. I guess you'll just have to learn to like it😂😂
What a great idea!
I believe the guy is The Lone Woodman, do you think if you used less, tung oil finish, it would be less scented? I’m ordering my supplies to make my own today. I always like to see someone else successfully attempt to replicate what I’ve seen. Good Job.
Good luck!
Ive made tin pants and jackets and shirts using the lone woodsmans recipe
Looks good 👍
I heard you add some oil like mineral oil or tung oil to the melted wax and it'll make the cooled wax on the coat softer. I'm researching to try it out myself so don't take me as gospel.
According to the "Tin Pants" guy's recipe, you add boiled linseed oil and mineral spirits to the mix.
@@floydsmith2296 interestingly both tung and BLO are often used to seal wood knife handles. I bet they both have the properties you're looking for but I have BLO in the garage. Nice.
What model/brand of jacket is that?
Duluth Main Wardens jacket....I think. I bought it several years ago. THEY said it was waxed already...when I received it I took it to the store with intentions of returning it. I told the girl, "That ain't wax". I think they just sprayed with NikWax or something. Anyway. I washed it a few times and you see the rest.
What is the benefit of this over gore tex?
That's a good question. I will look into it
Fjallraven has an entire corporation of outdoor adventure clothing based on the premise the natural fiber clothing is better and we don't need to pollute the world with Gortex. That said, yeah, Gortex is an amazing fabric....amazingly expensive too!
I'm not going to argue one over the other. I made this coat. I love the way it feels and looks. I'm happy.
Go walk through briars or thorns in Gore-Tex, or just look at an open flame with the traditional stuff and it melts..
That's the difference.
How has it held up ?
Going strong! No complaints.
@@floydsmith2296 very cool thanks. Just curious is there anything you’d do differently. I’m getting ready to do a jacket of mine. So I’ve been looking at all the different ways. I really like the beeswax and linseed oil. I think that’s the one. Any advice would be very appreciated.
@@richardhenry1969 I can't think of anything is do differently. If you watched Lonewoodman 's video, that guy researched and "super scienced" his formula so much that I think it came be improved on. Fjallraven and Barbour have proprietary blends of wax which are cheaper. I'll let you be the judge of you think they are better.
Good Luck! Let us know how yours turns out
@ScalpingYour TP I was looking to buy 12 oz waxed canvas from SailRite. Guess what? They sell a version of their own wax. As well as cleaaners and other items. Check it out! www.sailrite.com/search?keywords=Waxed%20canvas