Ever worn an oilcloth duster? If you rub in the right amount, no, it shouldn't leave behind any sticky mess, just a light sheen.

I'd like to get a chocolately brown canvas duc kilt and give it a good rubdown with some Drizabone duster treatment. You'd have an oilskin kilt... And I for one think it would look pretty darn good. In time, you would get a nice patina going, and you would get that aged shimmery sheen that an oilskin duster gets with your kilt.

As for washing a kilt like that, no sticking it in the washing machine. Oilskin is like cast iron. Once you build up the patina, nothing should stick to it. Just turn a garden hose on your favourite duster or oilskin kilt. The pleats also wouldn't stick or clump together. The faintly oily patina would make them slick as a greased nickle, which would in theory make everything fall right in to place with less bunching. They couldn't wad up because of the nearly complete lack of friction.

I don't know if this is a drawback or not, but impregnating 8 yards of cloth with Drizabone stuff would probably make the kilt very, very heavy.

The hard part is, getting the cloth impregnated. Getting that stuff in to every nook and cranny is going to be a challenge. I am thinking I am going to have to smear in a whole blob in between stacks of fabric and then press it down with something heavy to made it bleed through the various layers, wipe up the excess, and spread that around to other places.

The good news is, this stuff would act like PV in time. Once the patina sets in, nothing should ever stick to it. Any spills should just roll off. Eventually, with enough rubs, even things like paint would have a hard time sticking to it.