Western Hat Refurbishment

[Mr. 'H']

Could someone please recommend a place I could get a Western hat shipped to, for an inexpensive cleaning/refurb?

Not a rebuild, just a good solid cleaning and freshening up on a silverbelly dusty NOS hat.

Thanks.

 

[Naphtali]

My friend, Jimmy (not Jim or James) Harrison of Double H Custom Hats in Darby, Montana, was able to get "gas station" off one of my Borsalinos and reblock it.

http://www.doublehhats.com

jimmy@doublehhats.com

1-877-HAT MAKR

I'm Lance and you may use my name as reference.

Hope this helps.

 

[Mr. 'H']

Thanks.

 

[John in Covina]

If it is just dusty a good brushing with a hat brush may set it right. There are cleaning supplies you may use on your own, Sprays and 2 different sponges that get used too.

 

[John in Covina]

If you read the "sticky" near the top of the hat section that is titled "Felt Hat Basics" you get some insights as to what you can do at home. You can brush the dust off, i have even used a vacuum cleaner that wasn't at hurricane force setting.

 

[feltfan]

For something like that you could get it done at any Western clothing store like Cavenders or Boot City, probably much cheaper than sending it to a custom hatter.

How are the Western clothing stores in Dublin these days?

I guess for a lot of the guys here the answer would be
to clean it yourself with naptha. I still haven't talked myself
into keeping that stuff around...

 

[John in Covina]

I think the guys that do it at home use Coleman fuel or what is called white gas. It's the fuel used in the pump to pressurize camping lanterns with the "mantles" as burners. It's a higher grade than the paint store variety so I think it's a better cleaner too.

I used some to get a small grease stain out of a grey Stetson Souvreign fedora that came from accidentally bumping the BBQ while taking out the ash bin on the bottom. I used a blotting method first so not to smear the stain. THe odor was gone by the next day.

 

[Mr. 'H']

I think the guys that do it at home use Coleman fuel or what is called white gas. It's the fuel used in the pump to pressurize camping lanterns with the "mantles" as burners. It's a higher grade than the paint store variety so I think it's a better cleaner too.

I used some to get a small grease stain out of a grey Stetson Souvreign fedora that came from accidentally bumping the BBQ while taking out the ash bin on the bottom. I used a blotting method first so not to smear the stain. THe odor was gone by the next day.

Would you believe that you can't get the stuff here? I have searched for it and it just is not available.

It makes ecomonical sence to get the ebay vendor to ship it to a hat guy as there is free domestic shipping and he can forward it to me.

I've got PMs on this and the info has been really great. Thanks to all who offered contructive advice .

 

[Mr. 'H']

For something like that you could get it done at any Western clothing store like Cavenders or Boot City, probably much cheaper than sending it to a custom hatter.

How are the Western clothing stores in Dublin these days?

lol
I nearly fell of my seat FF. :eusa_clap

 

[John in Covina]

Would you believe that you can't get the stuff here? I have searched for it and it just is not available. It makes ecomonical sence to get the ebay vendor to ship it to a hat guy as there is free domestic shipping and he can forward it to me. I've got PMs on this and the info has been really great. Thanks to all who offered contructive advice .

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I think that it is also the same fuel that gets used in the camping stoves like Svea.

Are all of the camping stoves and lanterns the type that use "bottled" propane or butane only over there?
Check with the camping supply stores.

 

[Stan]

Benzine

Hi,

I think it's still referred to by it's older name of 'Benzine' in Europe.

The name was changed in the US because Benzine was quite often confused with Benzene - note the single letter difference so that makes sense.

Benzine (Naptha) is a petroleum distillate. It's a combination of several hydrocarbon fractions, gasolene being only one of the components. It makes a good fuel as well as a cleaner. It's not dyed, as are most petroleum fuels, so it's the best choice for a petroleum cleaner for our hats (hence the alternate name 'white gas').

Benzene is a coal tar byproduct and an organic solvent used heavily in chemistry. Chemically, it's quite different from Benzine. Oh, and the vapors of Benzene are poisonous, unlike those from Benzine, so when past confusion occured the result could easily be tragic.

When Benzine was remaned Naptha, Benzene was renamed Benzol, thus effectively avoiding confusion between the two.

Later!

Stan