How To Stretch A Fitted Hat At Home
Also make sure your clamp is small enough to fit into your hat mine just barely made the cut.
How to stretch a fitted hat at home. If you have one knee that can bend you can stretch your hat and have it fitting again in no time. If you have a beanie thats a bit snug youre in luck because knitted hats are typically the easiest to stretch. Or ANY Fitted Hat.
This encourages the material to stretch and helps your hat to mimic the shape of the balloon more accurately. One minor modification I made was to heat the 4 pipe with a heat gun and flatten it out slightly. Grab the bill with both hands.
Set your fitted hat on your knee as if it were your head pointing the brim towards you. Turn on the hairdryer to its highest setting. Some people prefer a full-head hat stretcher and some choose to use the less-expensive type that just stretches the sweat band.
Tug the hat to continue stretching it over the balloon. Using water to loosen a hats material is the main technique for any type of hat. When the turnbuckle adjuster is turned the anchor does not turn.
Hold the hat and blow-dry the exterior and interior until the material is mostly dry. Keep pulling on the edges of the hat to stretch it so that more of the balloons surface is covered by the material. Hat Jacks expand the hat through sheer force.
Fill a spray bottle with water. Continue to stretch the hat stopping after every rotation. Thanks so much for posting this idea.