Felt Hat Stiffer Question
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Felt Hat Stiffer Question
I bought a bottle of Scout Felt Hat Stiffener to try and tighten up the center pinch on my PB Custom. It has relaxed some over the past year due to wearing and from stretching the hat slightly on the hat retainer. On the bottle it says to spray the inside of the crown with the stiffner. This means I would have to remove the liner unless someone can tell me whether it can be sprayed directly on the outside over the pinched portion of the hat. I was expecting this to be the case until I read the bottle.
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Homburg
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Here's some
http://www.cowboyshop.com/store/product ... ucts_id=91
To anyone wanting to use stiffener, be sure to try the steam method first. Wool and felt hats ALREADY have stiffener in it, and adding more should be a last resort. If you get too much on your hat, it will get gooey in the rain (all hat stiffener is water soluble) and when is dries it will retain whatever shape you left it in, and dries HARD.
Also, if you use it sparingly in order to minimize spotting, good old spray starch works pretty well. I noticed in my Borsalino that the pinch WOULD NOT get stiff no matter how much I steamed it, so I sprayed some starch on it, worked it in with my fingers, and let it dry. Came out great!
http://www.cowboyshop.com/store/product ... ucts_id=91
To anyone wanting to use stiffener, be sure to try the steam method first. Wool and felt hats ALREADY have stiffener in it, and adding more should be a last resort. If you get too much on your hat, it will get gooey in the rain (all hat stiffener is water soluble) and when is dries it will retain whatever shape you left it in, and dries HARD.
Also, if you use it sparingly in order to minimize spotting, good old spray starch works pretty well. I noticed in my Borsalino that the pinch WOULD NOT get stiff no matter how much I steamed it, so I sprayed some starch on it, worked it in with my fingers, and let it dry. Came out great!
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Ken;
I reshaped and trimmed my hat last night and used hair spray after having cold sprayed it with water. (By advice of Lock & Co.)
It worked great! Though it still needs a bit of a reblock, but will do for now.
The spray belonged to my girlfriend though, so I may have to take it out on adventure to "even out" the slight smell of spring flowers with adventure reek.
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I reshaped and trimmed my hat last night and used hair spray after having cold sprayed it with water. (By advice of Lock & Co.)
It worked great! Though it still needs a bit of a reblock, but will do for now.
The spray belonged to my girlfriend though, so I may have to take it out on adventure to "even out" the slight smell of spring flowers with adventure reek.
Regards,
Swindiana
Last edited by Swindiana on Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:18 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Just be careful on how much you use, as it will build up over time, and set up like concrete. It's only thinned laquer with fragrence. I know. I've ruined my share of old Stetsons in years past with the use of hair spray before I heard of the real stiffner. I've never had buildup problems using standard felt stiffner, which can be washed out using wool-lite when being reblocked. No so with hairspray. Regards. Michaelson
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I'd have to measure it to be certain, but given the fact that the Federation brim is 70 x 73mm and I took off about half a cenitmetre in total making it 65 x 68mm, I'd say it's about 2.56 x 2.67inches.rick5150 wrote: How wide is that brim? It looks as if it is 2 1/4" or less.
Not sure though, I'll report in tomorrow.
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Thanks a bunch, Neo!
I just couldn't get used to the wideness of it on me and I really had to angle the sides up to make me feel comfortable. Now I slap it on my head like nothin' with less 'sea gulling' going on.
Anyhow, popped over and gave it a measure.
62 x 65mm. Must have been som shrinkage going on. A total of 8mm all around taken off then, if the measurments from Hats Direct are correct.
That's it.
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Swindiana
I just couldn't get used to the wideness of it on me and I really had to angle the sides up to make me feel comfortable. Now I slap it on my head like nothin' with less 'sea gulling' going on.
Anyhow, popped over and gave it a measure.
62 x 65mm. Must have been som shrinkage going on. A total of 8mm all around taken off then, if the measurments from Hats Direct are correct.
That's it.
Regards,
Swindiana