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pacolizarraga
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Hello, nice hat, I have a similar hat, how did you clean the water mark in the top?
pacolizarraga
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Hello, nice hat, how did you clean the water mark in the hat?
There are several threads covering the subject of cleaning hats. If it's just water it shouldn't leave a stain. Have a look here:
https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/basics-of-cleaning.51442/
help ;with hat spot cleaning
Here is my dilemma. Found a hat at an estate sale it is a Barclay.... Of course I never heard of it but seems like a very nice hat. It says inside Kettle Felted (whatever that is) Hat is in great shape but a small spot under the brim.... So I tried to clean it with Bickmore Hat...
Observations on DIY hat cleaning.
I have used white gas, in a bucket, on over a dozen occasions with results ranging from tragic ---------------> = from this----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- to this! to tip-top! I have used...
Cleaning a hat
What substance or process would one use to clean a hat. Primarily to get salt/sweat stains out? It will be reblocked. I've been experimenting with that already, but I don't know how to really clean the hat.
Clean that hat.
I have about 4 hats that sit on my hatrack. Being a creature of habit, I generally wear the same one for long periods of time. Tonight I noticed one of my hats is a bit dusty. If I rub a damp finger along that hat the dust will come off. Is there a better way? How do you clean a dusty...
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pacolizarraga
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Excellent, thank you very muchThere are several thread covering the subject of cleaning hats. If it's just water it shouldn't leave a stain. Have a look here:
https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/basics-of-cleaning.51442/
help ;with hat spot cleaning
Here is my dilemma. Found a hat at an estate sale it is a Barclay.... Of course I never heard of it but seems like a very nice hat. It says inside Kettle Felted (whatever that is) Hat is in great shape but a small spot under the brim.... So I tried to clean it with Bickmore Hat...www.thefedoralounge.com
andObservations on DIY hat cleaning.
I have used white gas, in a bucket, on over a dozen occasions with results ranging from tragic ---------------> = from this----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- to this! to tip-top! I have used...www.thefedoralounge.com
Cleaning a hat
What substance or process would one use to clean a hat. Primarily to get salt/sweat stains out? It will be reblocked. I've been experimenting with that already, but I don't know how to really clean the hat.www.thefedoralounge.com
Clean that hat.
I have about 4 hats that sit on my hatrack. Being a creature of habit, I generally wear the same one for long periods of time. Tonight I noticed one of my hats is a bit dusty. If I rub a damp finger along that hat the dust will come off. Is there a better way? How do you clean a dusty...www.thefedoralounge.com
DaveProc
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Buy a hat brush and give all your hats an occasional brushing. Amazon sells them, they are cheap to buy and well worth it.There are several thread covering the subject of cleaning hats. If it's just water it shouldn't leave a stain. Have a look here:
https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/basics-of-cleaning.51442/
help ;with hat spot cleaning
Here is my dilemma. Found a hat at an estate sale it is a Barclay.... Of course I never heard of it but seems like a very nice hat. It says inside Kettle Felted (whatever that is) Hat is in great shape but a small spot under the brim.... So I tried to clean it with Bickmore Hat...andObservations on DIY hat cleaning.
I have used white gas, in a bucket, on over a dozen occasions with results ranging from tragic ---------------> = from this----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- to this! to tip-top! I have used...
Cleaning a hat
What substance or process would one use to clean a hat. Primarily to get salt/sweat stains out? It will be reblocked. I've been experimenting with that already, but I don't know how to really clean the hat.Clean that hat.
I have about 4 hats that sit on my hatrack. Being a creature of habit, I generally wear the same one for long periods of time. Tonight I noticed one of my hats is a bit dusty. If I rub a damp finger along that hat the dust will come off. Is there a better way? How do you clean a dusty...
pacolizarraga
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Well, there isn't much to go on if these are the only available pictures. We can just say it's a homburg hat sold by Armando Gusto of Bologna and there seems to be quite a bit of staining on the hat. And that's it really.
pacolizarraga
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I am working to clean it, I will post more pictures once this is clean, I am brushing and steam the stain areas. I hope I could clean it.
pacolizarraga
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That's a lot better. It's a Gulaela in the colour opale. Gulaela is the most common homburg model by Borsalino and opale is one of their many grey colours. The liner could be chosen by the retailer and therefore the "qualitá superlativa" doesn't really mean anything. It dates from the mid to late fifties. A very beautiful hat. I hope it cleans up well.
pacolizarraga
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Thank you very much for your answer, I was able to clean the hat and it looks very good, I got it for $ 40 USD, I think it worth the price I paid.
It certainly is!
