How to clean a Nylon jacket

[Robin Mott]

I have an Alpha industries jacket that is years old. So old in fact that I remember painting a fence with it. Not such a good idea. Obviously I got fence paint on it. Is there anyone who knows how this can removed or is the jacket finished. Any help would be appreciated?

 

[mulceber]

Leave the paint - it looks authentic. PLENTY of Navy and Air Force flight jackets with paint on them (Navy because ships are constantly being painted, AF because people used them to paint fences with them, just like you),

 

[B-Man2]

I have an Alpha industries jacket that is years old. So old in fact that I remember painting a fence with it. Not such a good idea. Obviously I got fence paint on it. Is there anyone who knows how this can removed or is the jacket finished. Any help would be appreciated?

How much paint is on the jacket ?
Like Mulceber said .. if it’s just a splash or two leave it alone .

 

[Robin Mott]

Thank for your messages. Here are some pics of the jacket in question. In fairly reasonable condition except for the cuffs on one arm. The paint is on the other arm and after looking at it the damage doesn’t look too bad. I thought I would try getting rid of the stain as I was interested in selling this jacket. No sure what price for an item in this condition. Any ideas?

 

[B-Man2]

Thank for your messages. Here are some pics of the jacket in question. In fairly reasonable condition except for the cuffs on one arm. The paint is on the other arm and after looking at it the damage doesn’t look too bad. I thought I would try getting rid of the stain as I was interested in selling this jacket. No sure what price for an item in this condition. Any ideas?

Hi
Im pretty sure that this is a commercial civilian jacket and not a military issued one. If that’s the case be prepared to accept that it’s going to sell for less that a military jacket. Value on this one would be in the $50.00 to 75.00 range in its current condition. This is just my opinion .. others may differ.

 

[Rutger]

I don't know if you expect it to be an original flight jacket with considerable value. It's a polyester copy of the original nomex CWU-45/P. Unless you can find a collector of polyester CWU-45 clones, this jacket will be worth next to nothing. I seriously can't see anything of value in it.
Unless it's winter and you're outside in cold weather for several hours and in dire need of something to keep you warm. Then I'd probably pay you $20 for it.
Sorry, I don't mean to be harsh.
And I may be wrong. But I don't think so

 

[Robin Mott]

Thanks for your for your carefully considered replies. No, I am under no illusion that this is an original flight jacket. I bought it commercially back in day. I was trying to establish if I could bring it back to some form of respectability with the removal of the paint on the arm. You guys on here would know about what works etc. The pics I put up show that one of the cuffs is damaged. Seeing as its worth is minimal, I have ordered some new cuffs and will consider it a ‘mission complete’ if I can get them on to this jacket successfully. Big learning curve coming up here I suspect. Thanks again..

 

[Adama36]

dry cleaning?

 

[Robin Mott]

I spent some interesting evenings and took a lot of advise and finally ended up with this (pic). I guess I could have dyed them to the colour of the jacket. The cuffs were bought as a pair. Instead I’ll just change the other one and it won’t look so bad.. A bit of an improvement from the previous picture in this post. Lots of patience and ‘leaps of faith’ involved here but I have to remember that the jacket was just an exercise and is worthless.