How do you care for an oilskin coat?  Just picked one up at a jumble sale.  I like it, but the eHow instructions are intimidating:  boil a pot of water, put in wax, paint it on like you're doing dry wall... is it really so tough?  (And what kind of wax does it need to be?)

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