Philbo,
if you are going to wear your kilt at work,you might want to consider going to the local sporting goods store for a can of silicone waterproofer. I use it on all my camping and military gear, and it works fantastic, nothing short of hot tar sticks to fabric treated with it. I will warn you that after spraying, it takes a couple days to dry and the odor to fade, but after that, spilt beer will flow off it like it was a teflon coated kilt. Keep those heavy tip's comin' in.

Also, I'd like to add that you who do/can wear a kilt to work are lucky. The industry I work in is regulated by the EPA as well as several other state agencies, and it is mandated by law what I wear to work, which is pants and a long sleve shirt(minimum). Now I do blow-off the long sleves in the summer here, but the pants are on to stay. A few years ago we had one of our famous 115 degree west Texas summers, so a lot of the companies started letting their technicians wear shorts,,,, big mistake, for every one of them the EPA field inspector caught, the company was fined 5,000$.

Oh well, I'll let my jeans get ragged and worn from work, I'll leave the kilt to the fun stuff.

John