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  1. on the topic of ETA Stotz fabric care, I have written an email directly to eta in switzerland a year back. My good ol' weary S-J11 needed some care, water repellent properties went south after all those years, during I have been rough on the jacket I must admit. (actually I found the invoice today, almost exactly six years back on the 16th of april 2010, when firmament was the-glade still)

    I thoroughly explained my issues and asked for care instructions how to re-condition my eta stotz jacket, the reply I got was:

    es gibt 2 Möglichkeiten:

    - Sie verwenden Nik Wax cotton proof as wash–in Imprägnierung

    - Sie verwenden Nik Wax spray on Imprägnierung

    - Sie lassen die Jacke bei einem Trockenreiniger gleichzeitig imprägnieren

    Freundliche Grüsse,

    Daniel Odermatt

    Division Manager

    Stotz & Co. AG

    Walchestrasse 15

    CH - 8021 Zürich

    Phone: +41 44 366 51 15

    Mobile: +41 79 427 58 83

    [email protected]

    www.etaproof.ch

    which roughly translates (if you haven't already figured it out yourself) two, actually three options to the owner as follows:

    - use nik wax cotton proof wash-in

    - use nik wax spray on repellent (the version for cotton fabrics I suppose)

    - professional dry cleaning plus proofing/coating method

    Imho ToKo and Granger's (which arcteryx recommends for its products) will do the trick also, but since Eta Stotz is a cotton based ventile product there is no DWR treatment, this has been mentioned often before, so tech wash ins/ spray ons (for the gore tex likes) aren't recommended.

    I washed mine by hand with fairly hot water and without chemicals, hung and when almost dry, sprayed on the mentioned cotton proofing. There was a spot which I cleaned seperatly with natural soap successfully.

    The jacket felt a bit stiff (not as tough as an unironed jeans though) when completely dry, which I actually found to be nice. It felt like the jacket "veils" on you when wearing a couple of times after. The washing/treatment helped to gain the jacket's original capabilities / proper qualities.

    hope this helps a bit.

    Btw, if anyone has some experiences on recoloring the limonta material on my 3rdarm, pls lemme know. bagjack couldn't help so far.

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