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Remove the liner? Due to bad advice, I left the liner on the first hat I soaked in naptha. It etched the plastic in the liner. From then on, I removed the liner. The sweat is no big deal. It will wilt and whiten a little but rubbing it out with a leather conditioner will put it back in good...

Duane is a regular here. He owns the Fedora Store. Hiding a moth bite is not really complicated. Just start picking at the hole with a straight pin. You'll pull up small strands of felt. Then blend the strands to cover the hole. Try it on a small hole to start with. Or if you have a beater...

Good looking hat. Some careful plucking in and around those moth bites with a straight pin will blend them into the felt. Even a seasoned eye will have a hard time spotting them. Contact Duane for better instructions.

RBH, You might try denatured alcohol. I used it on a Resistol with some success. Unfortunately, I got alcohol on the label glued to the inside of the crown, and it bled through to the outside of the crown. I sure don't know how to get rid of that. If you try it, be careful.

Yes, the felt hat stiffener will work on straw but, you might try Sharpetoys method. It looks like a winner to me. Spray it on one light coat at a time till you get the hang of it. Better yet, try it on a beater first.

Use Google to find Felt Hat Stiffener. It works.

''But, Bud is now sold out of bands. Anyone have ideas for other sources for decent sweatbands?'' I got mine from Bud before he ran out. A while back, someone mentioned J W Hats. (See Making a Hat sticky) I inquired via email but never got a reply. Maybe if you phoned. The number is...

Click the link at post #44 Young trooper would of taken a thumping from the DI's of my era (63) for not keeping weapon pointed downrange.

For about a hundred bucks, it's hard to beat. 3'' brim is just dandy with me.

Why not buy ten custom jobs from Art instead? A lot cheaper and much more fun.

Here you go, Pee Wee. RibbonReplacement http://dalexs.whitvani.net/hat/hatpage.html

Thank you, Razzman. And a big thank you to all Vets. I hope everyone had a great day. ____________________ was there.

If I determine what a hat is worth to me and bid that amount at the last minute, what is unfair about that? If I put my bid in five or six days before the auction ends, all I am doing is encouraging a shill or a scab to pick at my bid. Why would I want to do that? Why don't I just shoot...

Years ago when I first bought naphtha from this distributor, I would ask for naphtha. They would write naphtha on the invoice. I would pay for it, and then go to a large tank labeled Naphtha and pump it into my container. Such was the simple life. When I bought the mineral spirits, the...

Thanks for the correction. I'll splurge for some real naptha and try it again. Will report back with the results.