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Thanks for the suggestion. What about them makes them "good ones"? -
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About to be shopping (online) for a leather sweatband. Any helpful tips on what to look for, think about, pay attention to? -
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Good point! To clarify: Use a stiff brush, but be gentle. Using a stiff brush will be more effective than elbow grease with a soft one. -
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Also, pick a brush with nice stiff bristles for this. A stiff boars hair will be way more effective at breaking the fibers apart than a soft horse hair. Then the alternating circlular motion will hopefully twist those newly loosened fibers back together. You can go back to a softer brush for... -
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Hopefully someone will correct me if I'm giving "bad" advice here as a noob. I think you can fix those "cracks" rather easily with a bit of wet brushing. First brush off as much dirt and whatnot as you can. Then spritz with water and brush in circles where it's wet, alternating the direction... -
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Am I the only one annoyed by leather sweatbands?
Rub a stick of beeswax over the leather wherever it will touch your skin. Just tacky enough that you won't suddenly start losing your hat with every gust of wind. Way less aggressive traction, that won't occasionally feel like removing a bandaid. -
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Haha. That looks like a complicated side project. -
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What the heck is a "full oval"? Sounds like it means both long and wide, but wouldn't that just translate to a bigger size? :D -
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Very nice. Any genius ideas for applying the chart to a human head? -
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If a hat lacks a size tag, how would you determine if it is regular, long, wide, extra long oval? And I guess the same question for a head. Any way to measure it instead of trying on a bunch of stiff new hats? -
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That has been my experience, but with the added frustrating twist that "anything I haven't used in a while, I will remember exactly where to find, right up until the moment I need it. At that point it will certainly be lost amongst all the other things I didn't throw away. And as soon as said... -
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Cleaning spots, stains and soiling from felt hats
Interesting. A failed search for the referenced thread brought up a lot of negative comments about Febreeze. I had no idea there were so many people with such a hatred for it. I have an aversion to fragrances only when they are much too strong. E.g. it makes me nauseous standing next to... -
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Cleaning spots, stains and soiling from felt hats
The perfumes are a secondary addition to the primary ingredient that makes Febreeze what it is. Unfortunately, I don't think they offer it with none (and no idea what that chemical smells like on its own). Seems like, with as large a variety of fragrances as they offer now, you could find one... -
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Cleaning spots, stains and soiling from felt hats
Replying to a very old post here, but I think it's worth mentioning: If your only problem is the smell of smoke, you should be able to simply spray the hat with Febreeze, instead of dunking it in solvents. The discovery of the primary active ingredient of Febreeze as a "cleaning" product came... -
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Apparently nobody has opinions on removal of logo protectors? :confused: -
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Just list it as Buy It Now, and be patient. If you had a 7-3/8, you could put it on auction and have almost no risk. Proper value close to guaranteed, with an excellent chance of a bidding war on top of that in your favor. But people with smaller heads like good quality hats, too. If you... -
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If a hat has a fully-intact logo cap with dirt, grime, or some other build-up behind it, what impact would you predict on resale value to cut it out? Would the value go up because you can remove the ugliness? Would it go down because of the modification of original parts? Would it matter... -
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Perhaps, you could buy their largest size, with the largest brim on offer, then strip it down and block from scratch? -
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Used a pretty thin oil in treating my sweatband, and it bled onto the ribbon. Any good ideas for removing or evenly spreading the darkened coloration and the obviously-oily feel without removing the ribbon to wash/replace it?
