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Me too!Yeah, like that would be a first for me.
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I bought this Hardeman hat a couple of months ago, and I already posted it once, but it was very dusty and dirty. It was the main reason I kept asking about hat cleaning in the "Ask a Question" thread.
I immersed it overnight in what they call "gas nafta" in Mexico once, then in "gasolina blanca" twice. Blobs of what I think was grease and dirt sunk to the bottom of the container each time.
However, the yellow stains in the brim binding and ribbon did not clean completely, even when I rubbed them with a tooth brush while inside the gas bath.
My wife gave me a German cleaning product she said was meant to clean away sweat stains, and I brushed the ribbon and binding the same way. The sweat stains were less evident, but remained.
Finally, I took the Hardeman to Ignacio, my new-found hatter in Mexico City, and asked him to replace the ribbon, and resigned myself to keeping the stained binding. I also asked him to reblock the hat to my size.
He just smiled, searched for a plastic bottle with a clear liquid for a minute, counted fifteen drops which he put in some water, dropped the ribbon inside, brushed the binding with the solution, blocked my hat, added a bit of leather to the sweat, put it on the conformer, removed the plastic cover from the liner, and sewed everything back together.
When he gave it back to me, the stains were gone, the liner looked great, almost like new, and the hat fit perfectly.
Here are some pics of what I feel is my new custom vintage Hardeman.
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I immersed it overnight in what they call "gas nafta" in Mexico once, then in "gasolina blanca" twice. Blobs of what I think was grease and dirt sunk to the bottom of the container each time.
However, the yellow stains in the brim binding and ribbon did not clean completely, even when I rubbed them with a tooth brush while inside the gas bath.
My wife gave me a German cleaning product she said was meant to clean away sweat stains, and I brushed the ribbon and binding the same way. The sweat stains were less evident, but remained.
Finally, I took the Hardeman to Ignacio, my new-found hatter in Mexico City, and asked him to replace the ribbon, and resigned myself to keeping the stained binding. I also asked him to reblock the hat to my size.
He just smiled, searched for a plastic bottle with a clear liquid for a minute, counted fifteen drops which he put in some water, dropped the ribbon inside, brushed the binding with the solution, blocked my hat, added a bit of leather to the sweat, put it on the conformer, removed the plastic cover from the liner, and sewed everything back together.
When he gave it back to me, the stains were gone, the liner looked great, almost like new, and the hat fit perfectly.
Here are some pics of what I feel is my new custom vintage Hardeman.
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Maravilloso, Max!I bought this Hardeman hat a couple of months ago, and I already posted it once, but it was very dusty and dirty. It was the main reason I kept asking about hat cleaning in the "Ask a Question" thread.
I immersed it overnight in what they call "gas nafta" in Mexico once, then in "gasolina blanca" twice. Blobs of what I think was grease and dirt sunk to the bottom of the container each time.
However, the yellow stains in the brim binding and ribbon did not clean completely, even when I rubbed them with a tooth brush while inside the gas bath.
My wife gave me a German cleaning product she said was meant to clean away sweat stains, and I brushed the ribbon and binding the same way. The sweat stains were less evident, but remained.
Finally, I took the Hardeman to Ignacio, my new-found hatter in Mexico City, and asked him to replace the ribbon, and resigned myself to keeping the stained binding. I also asked him to reblock the hat to my size.
He just smiled, searched for a plastic bottle with a clear liquid for a minute, counted fifteen drops which he put in some water, dropped the ribbon inside, brushed the binding with the solution, blocked my hat, added a bit of leather to the sweat, put it on the conformer, removed the plastic cover from the liner, and sewed everything back together.
When he gave it back to me, the stains were gone, the liner looked great, almost like new, and the hat fit perfectly.
Here are some pics of what I feel is my new custom vintage Hardeman.
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"Just take it to the beauty parlor". Hahahaha. [emoji2]
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Gracias, Douglas. I really worked on this one. Right now I feel I have to work on spiffing up the hats I have, before acquiring others. Otherwise, I will just have a bunch of old, ill-fitting, half-forgotten hats laying around.
I am very glad I found Ignacio. He and his little shop, "Sombrerería Escandón", have been portrayed in Mexican magazines and on T.V. as the last of a dying breed.
https://local.mx/estilo/compras/sombrereria-escandon/
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Turned out great Max. It is good to have a Hatter you can rely on. I am so happy to have Mike Miller just a short drive south when ever I need something.I bought this Hardeman hat a couple of months ago, and I already posted it once, but it was very dusty and dirty. It was the main reason I kept asking about hat cleaning in the "Ask a Question" thread.
I immersed it overnight in what they call "gas nafta" in Mexico once, then in "gasolina blanca" twice. Blobs of what I think was grease and dirt sunk to the bottom of the container each time.
However, the yellow stains in the brim binding and ribbon did not clean completely, even when I rubbed them with a tooth brush while inside the gas bath.
My wife gave me a German cleaning product she said was meant to clean away sweat stains, and I brushed the ribbon and binding the same way. The sweat stains were less evident, but remained.
Finally, I took the Hardeman to Ignacio, my new-found hatter in Mexico City, and asked him to replace the ribbon, and resigned myself to keeping the stained binding. I also asked him to reblock the hat to my size.
He just smiled, searched for a plastic bottle with a clear liquid for a minute, counted fifteen drops which he put in some water, dropped the ribbon inside, brushed the binding with the solution, blocked my hat, added a bit of leather to the sweat, put it on the conformer, removed the plastic cover from the liner, and sewed everything back together.
When he gave it back to me, the stains were gone, the liner looked great, almost like new, and the hat fit perfectly.
Here are some pics of what I feel is my new custom vintage Hardeman.
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Good to see it made the journey across the pond, Brent. I think it looks good on you. These shorter brims need a wee bit of getting used to.Barbisio that came my way via a trade with Stefan @steur
It has dense thin felt and while it’s a bit smaller of brim than I normally prefer it’s a nice addition to my collection and my first Barbisio. Thank you Stefan!
I gave it a simple center dent crease and found the felt malleable and willing to take any shape.
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The hat culture exchange program is in full swing. Good to see they arrived safely. Hope the small running bowler will work out. The Lodenfrey is a special shape. Habig did that on their own hats too, because I have one of theirs shaped just like it. I keep it like that because I have plenty of black fedoras and homburgs so I don't need to give it another shape (and it looks quite cool actually).
I'll put my felt nose to work the coming week. See what's in the stores for the coming season.
It looks great, Max. I really like that felt. The question of course is: what was that liquid?I bought this Hardeman hat a couple of months ago, and I already posted it once, but it was very dusty and dirty. It was the main reason I kept asking about hat cleaning in the "Ask a Question" thread.
I immersed it overnight in what they call "gas nafta" in Mexico once, then in "gasolina blanca" twice. Blobs of what I think was grease and dirt sunk to the bottom of the container each time.
However, the yellow stains in the brim binding and ribbon did not clean completely, even when I rubbed them with a tooth brush while inside the gas bath.
My wife gave me a German cleaning product she said was meant to clean away sweat stains, and I brushed the ribbon and binding the same way. The sweat stains were less evident, but remained.
Finally, I took the Hardeman to Ignacio, my new-found hatter in Mexico City, and asked him to replace the ribbon, and resigned myself to keeping the stained binding. I also asked him to reblock the hat to my size.
He just smiled, searched for a plastic bottle with a clear liquid for a minute, counted fifteen drops which he put in some water, dropped the ribbon inside, brushed the binding with the solution, blocked my hat, added a bit of leather to the sweat, put it on the conformer, removed the plastic cover from the liner, and sewed everything back together.
When he gave it back to me, the stains were gone, the liner looked great, almost like new, and the hat fit perfectly.
Here are some pics of what I feel is my new custom vintage Hardeman.
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drmaxtejeda
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drmaxtejeda
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He says it is very important to put only about 15 drops per 250 ml, or it will "burn" the ribbon, but I imagine one could experiment on the concentration with discarded ribbon pieces
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Last one for tonight:
Phoenix Hat Co. in pecan beaver.
The indoor lighting really brings out the green in the felt. In actuality, the color is brown with green undertones...pecan
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Now this hat totally rocks on you sir!
The color and size /shape looks great and suits you very well!
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I knew that club tie would come in handy! Must give that a try sometime; these ribbon stains are a pain in the.. errrm... neck to get out. Thanks, Max!
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Hey, this might be my first contribution to Lounge knowledge.
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And it's a very good one! I've had a few ribbons replaced because the stains just would not come out.
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The homburg will get attention for sure, overall as its something anyone hardly seen around being worn but i do agree that it does commands presence of attention and that is a good thing i guess. If you can rock that hat then the a bowler or derby is a cinch to wear all around.
Need to try a few more derby’s or bowlers as they are hard to come by here in my area.
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