Tips and Advice
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How to get the most out of your Garments and equipment with Storm aftercare productsGarments - MachineCleaning and ReproofingFasten zips and veclcro tabs and ensure any loose sinch cords are returned into the fabric of the garments. Place your garments in the washing machine drum. We suggest to limit this to three jackets.Check detergent draw for any large deposits and remove, no need to spend hours removing the scum. Place the cleaner, Green cap, in the detergent compartment and the proofer, Blue Cap, if using, in the conditioner compartment. Set maching off as per garment care instructions. Wait for machine to do it's thing..... Once your machine has compeleted this one machine cycle it's job is done, no need to set it off again! Take your garments out. If you have used our air cure product, just hand your garments our to dry, when dry ready to use. If you use our heat cure product, it is best to tumble your garments dry, or iron with the fabric protected with a tea towel. However you should always follow the garment care labels. Garments - Hand washingCleaning and ReproofingFasten zips and veclcro tabs and ensure any loose sinch cords are returned into the fabric of the garments. Place your garments in the bath, or other suitable container. Fill bath with tepid water to just cover garment but not more than 50litres. Add 75ml - 100ml of cleaner to the water and agitate with garments, rest for a few minutes, then agitate again. After 5 - 10 minutes empty bath and rinse garments. If choosing to follow with a proofing, refill bath again with tepid water, add 75ml - 100ml of proofer and agitate and wait as before. Once you have finished it is worth rinsing down the bath it this was your domestic bath. Follow the dry instructions as for machine instructions above. Garments - Base and MidlayersThe performance of these can be maintained and improved by replacing household detergents in the wash cycle with Storm base and midlayer treatment. Remove any large deposits from the detergent draw and empty 75ml into the detergent compartment, set machine off on a suitable cycle as per the care labels. Dry as per care labelsFootwear CleaningAt the end of your walk use remove all clump dirt with a good bang, loosen any remaining dirt by rinsing with water and a small brush, eg nail brush. Once dirt solids have been removed apply Storm Concentrated cleaner the the surface and work in with the nail brush, rinse off any remaining product and set aside for proofing / conditioning. To aid with membrane purformance and also to help keep boots heathly it is worth cleaning the inside of walking boots every so often, for this use a solution of Storm fabric cleaner and shake around inside the boot, this helps lift any salts and dirt from the linings, if custom footbeds are used, these should be removed before cleaning the inside of your footwear.Check label on proofing product as some can be applied to damp materials whereas other need the material to be dry. In any case allow footwear to dry naturally away from direct heat sources, and if you have cleaned the insides at the same time it is worth stuffing them with newspaper to help dry them, but do replace this newspaper regularly until dry. If you have had a foot infection or just smelly feet it is an idea to treat the inside of your boots with Storm deodoriser. Apply the proofing / condisitoning product as per instructions, removing any excess before finishing. Allow product to dry before using footwear again. Footwear Conditioning / ProofingSmooth leather footwear / traditional walking boots, these are best cared for with a traditional leather cream, through lite application to dry leather with a thin cloth and your fingures, the heat of your fingures will aid the cream being absorbed into the leather. Don't over apply, if solids can be seen on the surface continue to work into the leather or remove excess. Storm leather cream can be left to a matt finsh or polish to a shine.Application of the smooth leather conditioner can be done to damp leather. Work in/wipe off any excess product with a clean cloth and then allow to fully dry naturally. Combination footwear - Fabric/Leather walking, after cleaning, damp or dry footwear can be treated with Storm spray on waterproofer for all footwear, pump bottle. This requires to dry over around 12 hours to get to full strength. For a quicker proofing treatment the Aerosol footwear waterproofer can be applied to dry footwear. Suede and Nubuck leathers - Allow to dry and brush texture of leather with a suitable brush before appling any care product. When dry, footwear can be treated with Storm waterproofer and Conditioner for Suede and Nubuck or Storm Aerosol footwear waterproofer. Tents, Awnings and CoversOne of the first things to remember is that with both modern fabrics and more so with traditional fabrics you will always get condensation and if incorrectly cared for, mildue. Once you have decided that it is time to reproof you home from home think about getting the correct product for the job. For all materials, synthetic or canvas, our Brush on waterproofing or for small tents and covers the 500ml Aerosol proofer is ideal. However with more people turning back the clocks and returning to canvas and heavy cottons the best product for this is our Canvas waterproofer, it just maintains the material a bit better. To clean and reproof your Tent flysheet it is often best to do this with the tent pitched so that you can work methodicallyaround it. Cleaning is important so that no dirt get proofed in. Remove bird dirt and tree sap with a plastic scraper (old credit card it great for this) and then if required use our fabric cleaner neat on this area. Continue the cleaning with a sponge or soft brush with a solution of our fabric cleaning in clean water. Rinse off once you have completed the cleaning, or in sections for large tents. Proofing for all fabrics, allow the flysheet fabric to fully dry then apply in a methodic manner to the fabric with a brush, cleaning any runs with a clean cloth; this also help to ensure an even coverage. Also avoid and windows on the tent/awing. Allow to fully dry once again before packing away. Proofing for Canvas, this can be applies to both damp of dry fabric so can be done before fabric is dry after the cleaning. Again this is applied with a brush for best results and runs removed from the fabric and any windows. Once dry it can be packed away. |