Interesting & Colourful PVC Rainwear Designs

[Pvc Vinyl Enthusiast]

Looking at some vintage PVC rainwear pictures for inspiration (see enclosed links), I have the mind to approach factories to see if I could have some adult-sized hooded full-length raincoats made, based on the colour block style and junior raincoats, of the 1980s and 90s.

Would probably cost me a pretty sum, but I do plan on selling some.

I aim to replicate the exact same 1980s/90s PVC formulation, with the same plasticizers, to produce a soft, crackly/rustly, smooth and ultra-shiny PVC fabric, for utilisation in the raincoats.

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[maidjenny]

That had memorys of why i started to love ladies in macs and me as well. I am 75 and still get excited.

[Tiefdruckgebiet]

Fabrics like those used in former decades shouldn't work bc today certain chemical ingredients are banned and manufacturers cannot use them anymore. Depending on the formula you can get more stiff ore more soft coatings but never the identical material like in the 1970s and earlier.

But that isn't a dramatic disadvantage - manufacturers like the Swedish Farmerrain show us how today's fabrics can be. What we really lack is a manufacturer offering 100% custom designed coats or capes. With "custom designed" I don't mean only choosing colour schemes etc, I think of a 100% custom style... like creating a classic Klepper rillo as a completely new coat but made with today's fabrics. Yes, the original ones will never come back, but with a carefully chosen material it could be a really great thing.

[Pvc Vinyl Enthusiast]

Fabrics like those used in former decades shouldn't work bc today certain chemical ingredients are banned and manufacturers cannot use them anymore. Depending on the formula you can get more stiff ore more soft coatings but never the identical material like in the 1970s and earlier.

But that isn't a dramatic disadvantage - manufacturers like the Swedish Farmerrain show us how today's fabrics can be. What we really lack is a manufacturer offering 100% custom designed coats or capes. With "custom designed" I don't mean only choosing colour schemes etc, I think of a 100% custom style... like creating a classic Klepper rillo as a completely new coat but made with today's fabrics. Yes, the original ones will never come back, but with a carefully chosen material it could be a really great thing.

Actually, phthalate-based plasticizers are not banned. Rather, they are Restricted from certain applications, particularly babies and young children applications (e.g. toys, childcare articles) and food applicatio0ns (e.g. food packaging). Young children implies children under 14.

There are two main classes of phthalates: there's Low Molecular Weight phthalates and High Molecular Weight phthalates. High Molecular Weight phthalates such as DINP and DIDP, are far less restricted than low molecular weight phthalates such as DEHP, although for adult applications, such as PVC rainwear for adults, it is perfectly permissible for me to select DEHP as the plasticizer, if I wished. Or, a blend of DEHP and DINP. Although, DINP would probably give the same results as DEHP.

The real-life risks of phthalates are blown out of proportion. The scaremongering media is partly to blame. Plasticizers, including phthalate-type plasticizers, are incorporated into the PVC polymeric matrix, and, therefore, the migration and exudation (leaching) from the PVC is negligible under normal conditions. You could suck and lick PVC non-stop 24/7, yet the amount of phthalate detectable in the blood would be negligible. If the PVC is in constant contact with any form of oil, then the rate of plasticizer leaching is increased, but using oils with PVC is a bad idea anyway, as it significantly shortens the lifespan of the PVC (oils can displace the plasticizer, leading to embrittlement).

If the real-life risks of low molecular weight phthalates were as dire as the media makes them out to be, then DEHP would not be allowed for PVC blood transfusion bags, which come into direct contact with blood.

There are non-phthalate plasticizers I could use (should I proceed with my rainwear idea), such as DINCH, but they do not give the same result as low molecular weight or high molecular weight phthalates do. DINP has superior PVC compatability over non-phthalate plasticizers such as DINCH. So, I'll opt for DINP, but there is no legislation against the use of DEHP in adult PVC rainwear, so I could use DEHP or a blend or DEHP and DINP, if I wanted.

[merv]

Fabrics like those used in former decades shouldn't work bc today certain chemical ingredients are banned and manufacturers cannot use them anymore. Depending on the formula you can get more stiff ore more soft coatings but never the identical material like in the 1970s and earlier.

But that isn't a dramatic disadvantage - manufacturers like the Swedish Farmerrain show us how today's fabrics can be. What we really lack is a manufacturer offering 100% custom designed coats or capes. With "custom designed" I don't mean only choosing colour schemes etc, I think of a 100% custom style... like creating a classic Klepper rillo as a completely new coat but made with today's fabrics. Yes, the original ones will never come back, but with a carefully chosen material it could be a really great thing.

I think you would find that the cost would be prohibitive for all but the most wealthy. How many of your other clothes do you get custom made. Bespoke taiiloring/couture, call it what you will, does not come cheap.

[Tiefdruckgebiet]

Of course custom-tailoring is expensive, but at least you'd have a chance to get it at all. E.g. I have custom-tailored puffer coats in a style you won't find at any of the established brands and each was about 1/3 of the current price of a Moncler Hanoverian coat.