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Raincoats are a\u00a0fascinating piece of apparel not only for the kids but also for the adults. We all love to wear them. We all wait eagerly for the monsoons to come to take out our set of raincoats. But amidst all this have you ever thought about who invented the rainwear? Doesn\u2019t it intrigue you to know about the first person who thought of producing waterproof clothing?<\/p>\n

Well, worry not today all these questions will be answered!<\/h4>\n

We all owe it to the\u00a0British chemist Charles Macintosh.\u00a0 He is the man because of whom we are able to go out in the rains and enjoy the beautiful gift of Mother Nature without getting dirty and wet. So, the story began with Macintosh\u00a0finding a way to incorporate the water-repellent properties of polymer materials in clothing.<\/p>\n

At that time, Macintosh was experimenting with a waste product of\u00a0black coal gasification out of which he extracted ammonium that was required to\u00a0manufacture a violet-red dye. The by-product of this experiment was\u00a0coal tar naphtha, a solvent which did not mix with water. Seeing this, Macintosh got an idea of coating this product on thin layers of cotton\u00a0fabric. As a result, a rubbery fabric which was\u00a0impermeable to water was produced.<\/p>\n

Now, the biggest hindrance in his way was the problem of stickiness of this product. He overcame this problem quickly by coating a\u00a0textile web. He further took\u00a0advantage of the sticky layer to laminate it to another textile web. And\u00a0finally, he was able to produce a\u00a0water-repellent, the\u00a0double-layer material which was\u00a0no longer sticky and was easy to handle.<\/p>\n

In later years,\u00a0Thomas Hancock (1786 \u2013 1865) the founder of British rubber industry\u00a0took Charles Macintosh\u2019\u00a0invention\u00a0and improved it via the vulcanization process. In\u00a0this\u00a0experiment, the\u00a0problem with\u00a0rubberisation, such as the intensive odor, stiffness and poor\u00a0washability in hot water, were all gone.<\/p>\n

With years passing by, we see several other improvisations done by companies for the betterment of quality and comfort. But this is how where it all started from, interesting right!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Raincoats are a\u00a0fascinating piece of apparel not only for the kids but also for the adults. We all love to wear them. We all wait eagerly for the monsoons to come to take out our set of raincoats. But amidst all this have you ever thought about who invented the rainwear? 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