Grangers Waterproof Fabsil GOLD Silicone Concentrate, 1 lt
Grangers Waterproof Fabsil GOLD Silicone Concentrate, 1 lt UK,Black
| Weight: | 210 g |
| Brand: | Fabsil |
| Model: | GRFAB51 |
| Manufacture: | Grangers |
Grangers Waterproof Fabsil GOLD Silicone Concentrate, 1 lt UK,Black
| Weight: | 210 g |
| Brand: | Fabsil |
| Model: | GRFAB51 |
| Manufacture: | Grangers |
Waterproof anything
I’ve used this product for a while now with good results on tents and camping gear, reproofed coats, car convertible roofs and even treated my hiking boots and rucksack. Applied well it doesn’t mark or stain just leaves a new looking sheen to treated items.
I used this to waterproof a backpack and its cover, the rain beads right off and everything has stayed dry since.
My only recommendation would be (and I will be doing this myself this year), do the treatment in the summer. I did my first coat on the items I wished to protect during the winter and it takes a long time to dry, I will definitely be applying this again when we get a nice hot sunny day!
Great product and has made such a difference to my fishing Bivvy. No more condensation and felt generally warmer inside on what was a frosty night in mid April.
I wiped the bivvy down first and the painted on the fabsil with a paintbrush
Used on a Saab convertible & it stopped the water seepage around the edges of the roof. Better than the other brand in a white bottle that I tried previously & easier to spread. Used two coats.
Soft top work perfectly
Had used another product, which was 500ml and didn’t work very well so I redid it with this, and there was plenty left and had perfect results. Don’t be shy with it and also dont do it on a hot sunny day.
The best waterproofer I have yet found
I tried several kits which include a detergent or cleaner for a soft top and a proofer and I’ve seen the videos and the photographs of water being poured on the roof afterwards and it running off like water off and ducks back. Sadly when it does actually rain as opposed to the watering can version this does not happen your roof ends up sodden. However with this product water does really run off your roof like water offer ducks back so I shall continue to use it and recommend it.
We’re installing a pergola in our back garden, and some of the reviews suggested painting the metal frame and the soft fabric with Fabsil, so that’s what we’ve done.
It goes on like soapy water, so it is very easy to apply and you can pour it over fabric, if you’d rather do it that way. I used up what we’d poured out by pouring it over our garden bench cover, so as a bonus our bench cover is also protected.
It didn’t take us very long to do it and a little goes a long way, so we had plenty for our pergola with this. I chose the stronger version as it was on a really good deal and it seemed daft not to.
Excellent product which is easily applied with a brush and lasts. My photo shows where I missed and area of the roof and this wetted completely during rainfall, whereas the treated roof beaded the water just as it should. It has as a secondary benefit, during run off from many rainfalls, coated the windscreen so this is like having a water repellant screen. Water flies off with the wipers like never before, so much so, I’m putting a capfull of this fabsil in with the screen wash on my hard roofed car to try to replicate the benefit.
I followed some instructions from a website in preparing the soft top for waterproofing which were roughly wash with very mild detergent and soft brush, rinse well, brushing as you rinse. inspect it thoroughly. I found 3 spots where bird poo had really soaked in. I suspect it was seagulls as with the high fish content that stuff is like glue. I used a stiffer nylon brush and mild detergent to remove this and rinsed well. Leave to dry. I was lucky in that I had a couple of dry days to do this. Once totally dry, hoover the soft top using a soft upholstery brush to remove residual dust and debris. You should now be ready to apply Fabsil. I decanted it to a pot and held this above the areas I was painting to avoid drips onto the paintwork. Have an absorbent cloth or tissue to hand in case of run-off. Depending on the level of retained waterproofing in the soft top it will take different times to absorb. Mine was quite bad (no beading when water was on the surface). My first coat dried in almost as quickly as I applied it. I left it at least an hour between coats or until touch dry. I applied 4 coats in all (small soft top). They took progressively longer to soak in and dry but even the last coat looked visibly dry after 15-20 minutes). The application of Fabsil has made the top look better (slightly darker) and rain / dew just bead on the surface and run off when I pull away or can easily be dried with a garage towel. Don’t rub when drying just lay the towel across the surface. It may need an extra coat every 3-6 months to keep up the waterproofing, I did mine about 3 months ago and it’s still holding up well through some particularly wet days. I also think as the material has absorbed the waterproofing it has tightened up. A few little rattles I was getting before application have disappeared now. When I purchased the car I was in two minds as to whether to replace the top, but what it actually needed was a good cleaning and re-waterproofing and it’s looking pretty much as good as new.
In early December I bought a 2015 Golf 2.0 Diesel Cabrio. It had been for sale in Scotland for a couple of months which were mainly very wet. When I took delivery locally it was also very wet and the roof fabric, whilst not leaking was holding a signicant amount of water and needed some attention. Reading up on how best to do this I came across an Amazon review by contributor ‘Camelspanker’ on 21 June 2018. recommending using Fabsil Gold. I followed his method using Johnsons Baby bath liquid in 5 litres of warm water, I also added a short measure of Milton to this as a means of sterilising/neutralising any mold etc spores. The hood had dried off in my garage before I started and using a soft brush it was easy to work up a good lather which I left in place for a while before thoroughly rinsing with clean water from a hose. Any small spots of green algae can be easily also taken off with a toothbrush and dilute milton, rinse again and when all dried off the Fabsil Gold can be applied. I was fortunate as february was not too cold and pretty dry. I applied the Fabsil Gold outside starting with shaking the can and pouring the contents into a flat bottomed plastic container as required. I used a new 2 inch synthetic bristle brush and painted the fabsil on generously in sections, keeping a wet edge available to work on from. It was pretty straightforward but make sure you have wipes available for stray splashes on windows or bodywork. If left to dry they can be stubborn to remove. I used about 3/4 of a litre of the Fabsil, also when applying make sure you give the seams and fabric ‘gutters’ a good coating too. and after two days I gave it a good watering from the hosepipe spray nozzle and was delighted to see excellent beading on top/sides of the fabric and no obvious absorption. By all accounts this treatment should last a good 6 to 12 months and hopefully in my case will help the hood last a few more years before needing replacement. This product certainly seems better than ordinary Fabsil and given the benefit, seems well worth the price, it also seems to have refreshed the hood appearance.
When some garden furniture cushions succumbed to mildew, the polyester covers were taken off and I tried various methods of removing the bad staining. White vinegar was useless and in the end I resorted to using a highly concentrated solution of partly dissolved washing powder (not liquid – that didn’t work either), dunking the covers in this and leaving them to soak overnight. This did the trick brilliantly, but also removed all the water-proofing from the covers. There were 5 substantial seat cushion covers and 3 smaller back cushion covers to be treated.
It required the whole 1 litre tin of Fabsil Gold to do the waterproofing. It was not a pleasant process brushing the product onto each surface of the cover, even though I’d created a couple of rigs in the garage to support the covers while they were being treated. The fumes were pretty strong as well, so not good for a job that took me several hours.
It’s also been 2 days since the treatment was applied and the covers are still giving off fumes – I’ve been hanging them on the washing line each day to try and de-fumigate them. HOWEVER, the actual waterproofing is fantastic, so no complaints and full marks for that.
If I needed to do it again, I’d buy a 2.5 litre tin of the Fabsil Plus (about the same price as 1 litre of the Gold), put it in a large bowl and just dunk each cover in turn into this less concentrated solution so they’re fully wet all over. I’d then suspend each wet cover above the bowl to let it drain before hanging out to dry. To my mind, this would be so much easier.
Follow-up comment. Within 5 days of applying the waterproofing liquid and having allowed the covers to air, there’s no longer any fumes being given off and no residual smell. An excellent final outcome.
Fabsil Gold in the litre tin, with the microscopic writing, magnifying glass required. Fortunately the info one actually needs is just a few icons; clean and dry the surface, brush on the Fabsil generously, wipe off any surplus and let it dry fully.
We have a couple of very nice tough-dense-fabric covered suitcases that have lasted for years and done hundreds of thousands of miles, but recently and unusually the contents became soaked in one case and damp in the other after being caught in the rain, when standing in a seemingly endless queue. Two new “waterproof” Goretex (really?) jackets also let us get wet, not happy.
Everything looked clean and unmarked, certainly not greasy or grubby, and it would be a major effort to wash and dry it all. So I took a chance outside on a sunny afternoon, with a new paintbrush, an old aerosol-top-cover as a paint-can, and two hours later after painting/soaking two cases, two jackets, and four pairs of boots, I still had some left for touch-up on zips and seams next day after the first proofing dried, ie also no longer ponging.
Two weeks and some very wet weather later, the cases just shrugged off torrential rainwater in beads and remain dry going between car and hotel, and the jackets and boots have performed better than when new.
I’ve used original Fabsil over many years, but this was my first try with the Gold concentrate. Success.