Waxed Pants for Bushcraft & Camping
🎞️ · 25.06.2023 · 18:14:50 ··· Sonntag ⭐ 0 🎬 0
📺 Kusk Bushcraft
🎬 · 25.06.2023 · 18:14:50 ··· Sonntag
😎 · 03.07.2024 · 15:40:29 ··· MiTTwoch
This is the process I use to make waxed pants for the outdoors. Starting with a $7 pair of pants, I walk you step by step through the waxing process before upgrading the pants with some leather knee patches. The process is quite simple and results in a tough, functional pair of pants that will last for a few years with heavy use.
A few things to be noted:
100% cotton is the most ideal material for this project. It will have the least amount of stretch (compared to blends with synthetic material) which will result in better waterproofing abilities.
If you are going to be wearing these pants in the winter, make sure you get a size or two larger so that you can fit insulating layers underneath.
The wax is composed of 7 parts paraffin wax and 1 part beeswax. They are measured out by weight then melted together in a pot over low heat. I mix the melted waxes together very thoroughly then pour the melted wax into paper muffin wrappers. After the wax is allowed to completely cool and harden I end up with the wax pucks you see me using in this video.
Using parchment paper between the pants and the boiling pot/clothing iron when melting the wax will prevent the transfer of wax onto the pot/clothing iron.
Thin layers of wax melt in easier but require more layers of wax to fully saturate the material. Heavier layers of wax take longer to melt in but will saturate the material with 2 or 3 coatings. I opt for heavier layers of wax and leave my hot pot of water on each section for longer. Melting the wax is the slowest part of the waxing process.
Other methods to melt the wax include using a clothing iron, heat gun, blow dryer, or campfire. I decided to use a hot pot of water as a makeshift clothing iron since it is the easiest to replicate without any special tools.
If you have any questions or comments please let me know. Thank you to everyone who watches. God bless!
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