Dirt on AB, anyone?

eaglecrow · Post by **eaglecrow** » Sat May 07, 2005 8:33 am

I'm a proud member of a AB since a few weeks. I really like the hat but I think it's a bit too dark for my predistressed cowhide. So I'm thinking of putting some dry dirt on it.
I guess it might look great but on the other hand I'm affraid doing this to a brand new (and not that cheap) hat

I couldn't find a picture of a AB with dirt on it yet.

Did anyone of you tried it out?

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Sat May 07, 2005 10:26 am

I think someone did. Hey, if you get your hat dirty and you don't like it, just get ot cleaned and reblocked by Steve.

Just go find a nice, dusty place to play around in for a while. That should help. Honestly, you'll find that your AB will attract dust. Just don't brush or dust off your hat and it will start to match your jacket a bit more.

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Hemingway Jones · Post by **Hemingway Jones** » Sat May 07, 2005 10:27 am

And, of course, there is always "Fuller's Earth." Fake dirt is cleaner than real dirt, or something.

eaglecrow · Post by **eaglecrow** » Sat May 07, 2005 1:11 pm

I just talked with pagey about it and I think I have to try it anyway (can't sleep otherwise)

Using fake dirt is like using artificcial leather for making whips

IndyFlyer · Post by **IndyFlyer** » Sat May 07, 2005 1:26 pm

Talk to Fedora himself as well. He has made distressed hats to order for some folks and thus may have techniques and experience that could help.

Renderking Fisk · Post by **Renderking Fisk** » Sat May 07, 2005 2:07 pm

Before doing that, wear the fedora out in the sun, a lot... and see what happens. It might do so naturally.

For me, personally... I love the color of mine. I'm debating about painting some of my trim around the house that color.

Bufflehead Jones · Post by **Bufflehead Jones** » Sat May 07, 2005 2:16 pm

Ren, so your house is going to be fedora grey with beaver brown trim?

Hemingway Jones · Post by **Hemingway Jones** » Sat May 07, 2005 2:30 pm

I can't imagine rubbing dirt in your hat is very good for the felt. I think, to do this to your everyday hat is a bit much. For a costume, it is great; desirable, in fact, but on your everyday hat; it may look really dirty to the uninitiated. I would imagine that restaurants may seat you in the back.

A distressed jacket is different: it's scratched and faded; it's not covered in mud.

Of course, that's just my opinion and I could be wrong.

Strider · Post by **Strider** » Sat May 07, 2005 4:53 pm

Hemingway Jones wrote:I can't imagine rubbing dirt in your hat is very good for the felt. I think, to do this to your everyday hat is a bit much. For a costume, it is great; desirable, in fact, but on your everyday hat; it may look really dirty to the uninitiated. I would imagine that restaurants may seat you in the back.

A distressed jacket is different: it's scratched and faded; it's not covered in mud.

Of course, that's just my opinion and I could be wrong.

Oh, I dunno ... I mean, I wouldn't mind dirt on my every day hat, but that's just me. Were I going to a nice restaurant, or something, then I'd wear a different hat. I do agree with you though on the dirt issue, I don't think rubbing dirt into a hat is good for it. Fuller's Earth would probably be the best bet for something like this.

Regards,

Indiana Wayne · Post by **Indiana Wayne** » Sat May 07, 2005 4:54 pm

If you put dirt on your AB, and if you don't like it, then take a paper towel and get it wet and squeeze all of the water out so it is damp and wipe your AB with it and all of the dirt will come out. That's what I did when I put I little bit of dirt on mine.

Indiana Texas-girl · Post by **Indiana Texas-girl** » Sat May 07, 2005 7:55 pm

Wayne, I'd think that'd turn the dirt to mud. I'd think you'd be better off giving it a good beating with a rollup newspaper or something.

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Sun May 08, 2005 4:33 am

BreinederIndy wrote:I'm a proud member of a AB since a few weeks...

No pics of your hat?

eaglecrow · Post by **eaglecrow** » Sun May 08, 2005 5:14 am

I will post some "undirty" pics of me with my hat soon

Renderking Fisk · Post by **Renderking Fisk** » Sun May 08, 2005 8:03 am

Bufflehead Jones wrote:Ren, so your house is going to be fedora grey with beaver brown trim?

The color of the house on the outside is light brown with red shutters. (We live in an open field here, just drive around the town and look for the house with empty bottles of Johnny Walker lined up on porch....)

We have door and window trim that's painted white and we were going to go with a natural color. I love the color of the Adventurbilt that I was thinking of using that color in some of the rooms.

Indiana Wayne · Post by **Indiana Wayne** » Sun May 08, 2005 12:29 pm

Indiana Texas-girl wrote:Wayne, I'd think that'd turn the dirt to mud. I'd think you'd be better off giving it a good beating with a rollup newspaper or something.

It depends on how much dirt you put on it, I just put a dusting of dirt and it came off fine, but I would not do it if I had a lot of dirt on it.

Richard~Buxton · Post by **Richard~Buxton** » Sun May 08, 2005 7:36 pm

Well, one things for sure when I get my AB, I won't be throwing any dirt on it. Just like my Jacket I want mine to age and distress naturally.

It will get dirty, when it's supposed to get dirty, when I'm Leaping from tree to tree! As they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia! With my best girly by my side!

The Pine!

The Larch!The Giant Redwood tree!
The Sequoia!
The Little Whopping Rule Tree!
We'd sing! Sing! Sing! Oh, Ups, And that's all she wrote..

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:19 am

BreinederIndy wrote:I will post some "undirty" pics of me with my hat soon

What type of AB is yours? Raven bar-like, "streets of cairo" or what else?

eaglecrow · Post by **eaglecrow** » Mon May 09, 2005 1:29 pm

I asked Steve for a Raven bar look

Post by **Michaelson** » Mon May 09, 2005 1:37 pm

Indiana Wayne wrote:
Indiana Texas-girl wrote:Wayne, I'd think that'd turn the dirt to mud. I'd think you'd be better off giving it a good beating with a rollup newspaper or something.
It depends on how much dirt you put on it, I just put a dusting of dirt and it came off fine, but I would not do it if I had a lot of dirt on it.

A lot of dirt, or just a little dust....makes no difference. When it gets wet, it turns to mud. Regards. Michaelson

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:23 pm

BreinederIndy wrote:I asked Steve for a Raven bar look

I'm gonna buy one like yours then... i really cant wait for your pics now

eaglecrow · Post by **eaglecrow** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:30 pm

Ok, here they are:

eaglecrow · Post by **eaglecrow** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:32 pm

First I thought that the collour is a bit too dark. Well, I guess it is too dark for a pre distressed, but I'm thinking of geting another one anyway

Zach R. · Post by **Zach R.** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:37 pm

Thats some great looking Indy gear you've got there.

Is that some sort of Easter Egg on your jacket?

I like that military uniform on the dummy behind you as well (Austrian I presume?).

Hemingway Jones · Post by **Hemingway Jones** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:39 pm

Is that a Canadian Mountee uniform behind you? Great gear pics. I love the coat and the hat is an AB! Though I wish we could see it a little better.

eaglecrow · Post by **eaglecrow** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:40 pm

Thank you, it took a while to get the stuff together (although the picture didn't show all.

It's not a military uniform, nether austrian

It's a canadian R.C.M.P. red serge

eaglecrow · Post by **eaglecrow** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:41 pm

Hemingway Jones wrote:Is that a Canadian Mountee uniform behind you?

Yap

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:47 pm

BreinederIndy wrote:Ok, here they are:

Your hat is A DREAM.... i will buy it very soon.
Thanks for the pics

Zach R. · Post by **Zach R.** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:50 pm

BreinederIndy wrote:Thank you, it took a while to get the stuff together (although the picture didn't show all.

It's not a military uniform, nether austrian

It's a canadian R.C.M.P. red serge

Whoops. Oh well, I got one part right: it was a uniform.

eaglecrow · Post by **eaglecrow** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:53 pm

That's close enough

Richard~Buxton · Post by **Richard~Buxton** » Mon May 09, 2005 4:06 pm

Nice Gear you got, the Fedora looks great on your, Do you have any pics of it, in the light.?

Indiana Wayne · Post by **Indiana Wayne** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:22 am

Michaelson wrote:
Indiana Wayne wrote:
Indiana Texas-girl wrote:Wayne, I'd think that'd turn the dirt to mud. I'd think you'd be better off giving it a good beating with a rollup newspaper or something.
It depends on how much dirt you put on it, I just put a dusting of dirt and it came off fine, but I would not do it if I had a lot of dirt on it.
A lot of dirt, or just a little dust....makes no difference. When it gets wet, it turns to mud. Regards. Michaelson

OK, I am wrong, but when I meant damp, I meant barely any water on the paper towel. Also if it worked with me, it might work with you.

Post by **Michaelson** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:29 am

Back up there, son. No one said you were wrong.

My point was that any amount of dust will turn to mud (this is a direct quote from just about all hat makers), and that's why they recommend an occasional wiping of a felt hat with a damp (not wet) cotton dish rag, as if the hat ever gets damp from mist (fog), or worse case scenario, rain, you'll have a muddy mess to contend with, lightly applied or not.

Just so folks who don't realize what the consequences can be, now they know.

Carry on....

Regards. Michaelson

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