A Better Fit

[DnSchlng]

I know this has been talked about before, but I cant seem to find the thread, does anyone know what I could buy at a store to give my hat a better fit?

 

[Feraud]

You might be looking for a piece of weatherstripping foam. Cut to fit and stick inside the sweatband.
There is no need to use the glue feature provided with the material.

 

[indycop]

Are you wanting to make the hat tighter or looser?

 

[Boris K]

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To make it tighter people have used a variety of materials behind the sweatband including paper towel, felt, leather strips, cardboard, etc.

 

[DnSchlng]

I am trying to make it tighter
PS thanks for the advice

 

[DnSchlng]

I am mainly looking for something I could put in the sweatband of the hat. Something that I could find at a local craft store maybe?

 

[bolthead]

I am mainly looking for something I could put in the sweatband of the hat. Something that I could find at a local craft store maybe?

If you're going to your local craft store, then I'd just pick up a piece of felt. They sell them in square sheets for about 50 cents a sheet, this is what I did....then all I did was cut them into strips as needed and tucked them behind the sweat. Good Luck.

 

[SinatraStyle]

Bolthead gives a very good suggestion. I have also heard of people using tenon cork which is used on musical instruments. If there is a music store nearby that does instrument repairs they may have some scrap.

I trick I have used in the past is to leave the hat in a warm car for a while. However, it doesn't work very well this time of year[huh].

 

[DnSchlng]

Thanks i think i will try the felt idea.

 

[Bud-n-Texas]

Forget the foam and felt, a couple of c notes will do the trick