old shiny rukka raincoats, lose shinyness, get stiff and smell pvc

LongClassicRaincoats · August 15th, 2025, 10:04 am

many of my old shiny rukka raincoats over time lose their shinyness, get stiff and smell alot of pvc smell more and more.

anyone else been thru this? knows why? can i stop it? can i fix the raincoats that has this happen?

Vxr 15 · Post by **Vxr 15** » August 15th, 2025, 10:28 am

There's nothing wrong with the smell of pvc

Tiefdruckgebiet · Post by **Tiefdruckgebiet** » August 15th, 2025, 11:42 am

I have only two of these in blue and red (and a third one in green which I'm not 100% sure it is a Rukka but looks the same, it has been shortened a bit) - no probs at all.

Rainworshipper · Post by **Rainworshipper** » August 15th, 2025, 8:07 pm

It hasn't been kept in direct sunlight has it?

LongClassicRaincoats · August 15th, 2025, 9:04 pm

Rainworshipper wrote: August 15th, 2025, 8:07 pm It hasn't been kept in direct sunlight has it?

its only been used inside my house

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old shiny rukka raincoats, lose shinyness, get stiff and smell pvc

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