Fitting:
Filson coats and jackets are generously sized. Your suit size should be your correct size. If you intend to layer heavily underneath your Filson coat, we recommend that you order one size larger than your suit size.
Care Instructions:
Wipe or brush away surface soil or buildup with a damp cloth or scrub brush. If necessary, use cold water to loosen up any caked mud or dirt. DO NOT professionally dry clean or machine wash Oil Finish garments.
Why is my new Filson Cover Cloth jacket a different shade of green than my older jacket?
Each dye lot accepts dyes to a different degree, depending on fiber variations, harvest time, and processing. Filson feels that the difference you are seeing is an acceptable color range for our Cover Cloth.My new Oil Finish Cover Cloth garment feels very wet to the touch. Should I worry about the Oil Finish coming off and staining my clothes?
Oil Finish Cover Cloth often does feel more wet to the touch than Oil Finish Tin Cloth, especially when brand new. Being a lighter weight fabric than Tin Cloth, Cover Cloth cannot absorb as much Oil Finish during the treatment process. This leaves some of the Oil Finish sitting on the surface, giving it a wet feel.
Over time, Cover Cloth will lose the wet feel, as some of the Oil Finish evaporates. If the Oil Finish stains your clothes, you can easily remove it by machine washing or dry cleaning.
Which one of the Filson Oil Finish fabrics is the most water repellent?
Of the three, Oil Finish Cover Cloth and Oil Finish Shelter Cloth are the most water repellent, because they are both more tightly woven than Oil Finish Tin Cloth. The tight weave contributes to the water repellency.
How breathable Oil Finish Cover Cloth is breathable. How does it compare to Gore-Tex®?
Rubber and plastic raingear do not breathe at all, which means as you work or play in the rain, your body heat stays trapped inside the garment, eventually building up condensation that leaves you soggy and uncomfortable.
Filson describes their Oil Finish Cover Cloth as breathable, when compared to rubber or plastic raingear, because it offers superior water repellency, but at the same time will allow air to push through. However, Oil Finish Cover Cloth is generally not as breathable as high-tech synthetic fabrics, such as those that use Gore-Tex breathable membranes.
My Cover Cloth garment smells pretty bad from being stuffed in a damp corner of my basement over the summer. Is there anything that I can do to get rid of the smell?
Filson's first step is to air out the garment by hanging it up for a day or two in some fresh air. If that doesn't work, you're probably stuck with the smell. Neither machine washing nor dry cleaning is going to give you a completely satisfactory result, so Filson's advises against those methods.
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