So if I have washed my jacket in detergent (don't leave muddy gear on the floor when soneone else in the house is in tidy up mode) has it had it? Or can I get working again with some TLC?
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No, it's had it. Best send it to me to dispose of properly (if it's any good)
:-)
Seriously, this is not a big problem. All you need to do is wash it with no detergent (just use a rinse cycle ) to get any remaining detergent out of it, then re-waterproof it with a wash-in reproofing agent - Nikwax and Grangers both make versions of this, I can't remember what they're called. Then tumble dry it to activate the reproofing and the jacket should be as good as new.
HTH,
Chris
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Think I'll be washing it for some time - it turns into a big blob of foam when it rains.
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 Yep, Chris is right. There shouldn't be any permanent effect just run it through on rinse - clean out the detergent drawer dispenser thingee first, then use either Nikwax TX Direct or Grangers Extreme wash in following the instructions and the DWR finish should be restored.
Watch out for polar bears when you're in big blob of foam mode mind, they might get the wrong idea, what with you being all white, soft and fluffy.
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If you do meet a polar bear and it attacks you and you happen to slay it, don't whatever you do eat its liver. It is allegedly so full of vitamin A that it will kill you for sure.
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When it comes to a face off between a polar bear and 'a giant blob of foam' my money would be on the bear every time, so while your point might be technically correct Sally, it's unlikely to have much practical application.
More significantly, you should never wash a polar bear using a biological-type washing powder, they just don't like it.
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Now THERE's practical application!
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 I thought (read) that polar bears were the only animal with fur that you shouldn't eat the meat of?
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 well any animal with black skin has to be worth avoiding!
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 Apparently, they're all left handed. So thats probably the reason you shouldn't eat them.
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 How do polar bears hide???
Have a look at the picture on the top right of this page:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chrismoyles/webcam/webcam3.html
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 sorry alex, not till I get a clickable link, too much typing
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copying and pasteing too good for you eh?!
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Well I'll be boogered!
Never realised you could do that, Graham.
The cutting and pasting worked a treat and then the message was "this page cannot be displayed"
I'll try again tomorrow
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No I won't, forgot i'm going on a long weekend munro bagging trip
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bragger!
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Haven't gone to the site, but I was told that they hide by covering their black nose up with a paw. Presumably the left paw?
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I would have thought the right - it would leave the left free for defending itself (not that I can think of anything it needs to defend itself from mindyou.... abonable snowman perhaps?)
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 My Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies guide recommends that you curl up and play dead when menaced by a grizzly, but should your assailant turn out to be a black bear, you should do the opposite, and vigorously defend your territory. Bear identification is therefore vital. Hope this helps.
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 Mine recommends being ripped to pieces and spread over a wide area for both types of bear, and by northern pub landladys since it's come up.
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