How do you hang your jacket (specifically a Todd's standard)
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How do you hang your jacket (specifically a Todd's standard)
My roommate got a Todd's standard and is trying to figure out the best way to hang it. He put it over the back of a chair one night which left some dimples which are slowly disappearing but we figure any hanger would probably do the same and leave bumps on the shoulders.
If you're going to hang it, I'd recommend wide wooden or plastic hangers: the kind that you get when you buy a good-quality suit. Basically, you want the hanger to have enough surface area that it can support the weight of the jacket without "pushing" at the leather.
Or, you can just throw it in the corner when you're not wearing it.
Tony
Or, you can just throw it in the corner when you're not wearing it.
Tony
I took a thin plastic hangar, put paper towel rolls over the ends, then wrapped the paper towel rolls with bubble wrap. Sounds silly. Okay, actually it IS silly, but I could then slide the rolls out to make the hangar as long as I wanted. I could also adjust the slope of the hangar's shoulders since the thin hangar rattles around in the large paper towel rolls. Once I was happy with everything, I just taped the rolls to the hangar. I have the jacket supported all the way out to the sleeve seam, and the hangar is extremely puffy so there's no chance of dimpling the leather. Next up is duplicating my chubby hangar in wood.
I agree with and use the suit hangers. I also use the wide wooden ones. My Todd's jacket has not gotten any dimples on the shoulders with either of these hangers.TonyRush wrote:If you're going to hang it, I'd recommend wide wooden or plastic hangers: the kind that you get when you buy a good-quality suit. Basically, you want the hanger to have enough surface area that it can support the weight of the jacket without "pushing" at the leather.
Or, you can just throw it in the corner when you're not wearing it.
Tony
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My US WIngs lambskin Indy came with a very nice hanger. It is the first one I have ever had that was actually wide enough across the "shoulders" to fully support a 2XL jacket without leaving bumps in the top seams. It is also "thicker" so the radius of the top surface is lager and spreads out the load on the jacket better.
Perhaps they sell them seperately.
Perhaps they sell them seperately.
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I'm of the "throw it in a corner" school. I've read of people going at their jackets with sandpaper and rubbing alcohol to make them look aged. I think a little natural wrinkling couldn't hurt.
I've also been rolling up my cowhide horizontally. It has been helping to soften the leather. I think softening the zipper area helps avoid demon roll.
I've also been rolling up my cowhide horizontally. It has been helping to soften the leather. I think softening the zipper area helps avoid demon roll.
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At Wal-Mart I picked up two of these, one for each of my Raiders jackets. I usually hang my jackets on the hangars when in storage (like my very heavy G & B winter cowhide) but I use the loop to hang the jacket overnight when I'm using it, like my cowhide Wested that I use for 3 out of 4 seasons.
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Allow me to finally be the person who refers to another thread:What is "demon roll" and why is it called that?
http://indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?t=28916
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I believe that's for plastic bags, as they don't "breathe." A garment bag should probably be okay, depending on what's it made of. Although personally, I wouldn't put mine in a garment bag, just because I don't think it really needs it. But that's JMO. (Hey! That's the first time I've used that abbreviation!)
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