Hat liner coming out

[GearHead]

The liner on my Stetson is starting to come lose around the sweat band.
What's the proper way to fix this?
Thanks,
Erick

 

[Johnnysan]

I had a similar thing happen on one of mine and used a very small dab of fabric glue to hold it in place. Not sure if this is the purist's answer, but it worked and did no damage to the felt.

 

[Snrbfshn]

New hat, or old?

Was the liner originally sewn, glued or taped?

 

[Magus]

There should be a little piece of material between the sweatband and the hat body. A very few wide stitches from the liner to the this should secure it. Even if it was glued in the past, attaching it this way would make removing the liner later easier (if you ever had to do that).

M

 

[GearHead]

Thanks for the info. I'll try a few stitches to hold in place then.

 

[Pilgrim]

If the liner's lower edges come down behind the sweatband, the liner may stay in place by itself. I have one hat like this - the liner was removed, but after being put back in place it hasn't moved.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

Just tuck it in under the sweatband and it should stay put. If some stitches are necessary, make them few and superficial, you don't want to puncture that hat.

 

[besdor]

Believe it or not , Elmers glue works great . Since no one sews in linnings anymore ,the glue will dry up and the lining falls out . The worst offender in this is Borsalino. we must glue in between 50 and 100 linnings a week from them in the summer .

 

[Fedora]

Believe it or not , Elmers glue works great

It does indeed. But, what a headache for the hatter when and if the hat is reblocked. That glue stays on the felt. When you go to iron the felt hat on the block, the glue reactivates and sticks the hat body to the block. If glue was used on the top of the crown to keep the liner from dropping down, it is really hard to get the body loose from the block. That is the one area that you cannot run the stick up to break it free. Hot glue works no better in this regard. Stitch it. Fedora