Wool Felt Hat Cleaner

Cleaning your wool felt hat is a simple task provided you have the know-how and right materials.

Wool felt hat cleaner. As a hat owner its important to know how to clean your hat properly. Some hat shops can only do the minimal but at Watsons we have all the proper hatters equipment and knowledge to make that old hat look new again. As in ancient times felting is still used today to produce tents rugs shoes hats luggage and clothing.

Wool felt is one of the oldest man-made textiles and to produce felt raw wool undergoes a wet felting process which involves matting condensing and pressing the fibers. Turn the hatband out and allow the hat to dry completely between wearings. 45 out of 5 stars.

From oily fingers and outdoor grime to barbecue sauce and sudden spills your hat is bound to attract a pesky spot or two. The felt is then dry cleaned and re-blocked to size and shape. In a full renovation the hat is disassembled the hat band sweatband lining and edge binding on the brim if any are removed.

950 USD In Stock. If the sweatband is made of leather and it becomes. How to Machine Wash a Wool Hat If You Dare Set the washing machine to the gentle cycle.

Our hat restorations and hat cleaning. FilzFelt carries German-milled 100 Wool Design Felt in over sixty colors and five thicknesses. But rarely can you get a severely felted garment back to its original shape.

Put the hat inside a garment bag before placing in the washer to protect it from the machines agitation. The enmeshment of fibers is permanent. The wool felt design is clean and bare aside from a gorgeous grosgrain hat band with some looped stitching on the edges.