How To Repair A Cowboy Hat

Immerse the brim in the water for 30 to 60 seconds.

How to repair a cowboy hat. Place the hat on a stretcher to dry. Make a bow out of the ribbon and sew it by hand to the seam of your sweatband. Our hat restorations and hat.

Some people prefer a full-head hat stretcher and some choose to use the less-expensive type that just stretches the sweat band. We clean and fix hats for insurance claims museums other retailers groups like the Shriners members of SASS and equally important everyday folks. Put it under the sweat band starting in the back keeping the sticky side facing the hat and the paper facing the sweatband.

Let the immersed section of the hat soak until the fibers are softened. One of the most basic rules is making sure that the hat is on your head correctly with the front to the front. After the brim should return to its original shape and your problem will be solved.

Start by cutting a piece of weather stripping about 4 inches long. You can glue a piece of backing on the inside of the hat and using clear glue repair it. Put the bow to the back.

When cleaning your hat dust it off with a hat brush a sponge or a clean damp cloth when the hat is dry not wet. Heat combined with humidity can be especially bad for your felt cowboy hat. Some brands of hat stretchers are the HAT JACK Hat Stretcher and the Hallett Drop-in Hat.

Now take your hands and reshape the hat. Reply Was this helpful. We are an approved renovator for Stetson Resistol Charlie 1-Horse and Dobbs.