Making Fabric Water Repellent?

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You can not always find water repellent fabric for craft projects or you may want to treat a piece of clothing. Perhaps the fabric or garment you have chosen can be treated and made water repellent. This is a page about making fabric water repellent.

Questions

Here are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community.

Question: Making Fabric Water Repellent?

Marie

June 15, 2009

How do you make fabric water repellent? I want to make the cotton/poly fabric of an outdoor canopy I made water repellent. Scotchgard is somewhat expensive for a spray can. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

By Marie

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Question: Water Repellent Recipe for Polyester Fabric?

January 7, 2012

Does anyone have an easy recipe for making polyester fabric water repellent?

By Santosh

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