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I wear tincloth (oilskin) pants for heavy rain gear. There is nothing superior. I've experimented with different waxes and treatments because the name-brand Filson wax is very expensive. But nothing I've tried even comes close to the quality of the Filson wax. Has anyone here come up with a homemade oilskin treatment that lasts?

I wear tincloth (oilskin) pants for heavy rain gear. There is nothing superior. I've experimented with different waxes and treatments because the name-brand Filson wax is very expensive. But nothing I've tried even comes close to the quality of the Filson wax. Has anyone here come up with a homemade oilskin treatment that lasts?

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I've fiddled with that a bit but it took days for the linseed oil to set up.

[–] • 2 pts

A mix of UNBOILED linseed oil, beeswax and pine tar was an original mix if I remember right. Toilet bowl wax rings are good source for wax. Soaking a roll of cloth in it makes good patches for black powder rifles.

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What ratio were you using? I'm thinking this should probably be just a dash of linseed to soften the paraffin, maybe les

[–] • 1 pt

I was probably heavy on the oil and I put it on pretty hot.

[–] • 3 pts

If you have some of the fancy wax, you might want to melt it down in a small pot and see the consistency when it's hot, and attempt to melt down paraffin and add linseed until you reach the same look.

The only other alternative I can think of is to smear yourself with feces while naked and do your work in the rain that way.