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Search results for query: hot water treatment

  1. Monte.C

    For sale: Aero Bootlegger, 42 Brown FQHH

    Wow. The temptation is strong with this one. I'm tempted to buy it and give it the hot water treatment across the back/shoulders/sleeves. It's SO close to my numbers. I have an SB Klondike in the works and the styles are so similar. This one is gorgeous. Looks great on you. Go to the gym. LOL!
  2. navetsea

    Field Jackets on Derek Does.

    thanks, yeah the hot water treatment always works in this side of internet, works on leather, denim, and cotton canvas alike :D long live hot water treatment!
  3. navetsea

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    ...faster, this morning I woke up to 80% dry jacket and i wear it to do my morning walk and grocery shopping, here is pre and post hot water treatment pic Nice wrinkling and puckering all around and also getting rid of vertical press line along the sleeve, only a cheap replica but I'm...
  4. handymike

    Five Star Leather Jackets

    ...waxes. Not sure if it might leave your jacket a bit stiff afterwards (depending on how yours is tanned), but I give it a slathering of vaseline afterwards. Works really well for shaping collars too. We call it the HWT (hot water treatment). You can also do it with cold water, and should for goat.
  5. milandro

    Raffia Crochet summer hats & maintenance suggestions

    I am just back from a trip to southern Italy where temperatures were (still, this late in October, I went swimming and it was really warm weather and water, never before in my life, and I was born there!) that hot that the only summer hat that I owned which I deemed suitable for the weather was...
  7. T

    caring for natural leather

    My leather is 95% practical riding gear. ATGATT (All The Gear All The Time, except maybe when it's just too blistering hot). I have picked up Fox Creek Motorcycle Classic I (1 ea) and the Fox Creek Motorcycle Classic II (3 ea). My Go-To leather treatment for jackets and pants/chaps that might...
  8. El Marro

    Leather jackets that don’t quite fit

    Way ahead of you my friend. I gave this one the extreme hot water treatment followed by hot dryer for two hours. It did shrink about half a size and the football buttons disintegrated. I had the buttons replaced with some nice corozo ones but the jacket still isn’t quite right For me.
  9. RossRYoung

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Great look, hat got extra points
  10. g.durand

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Aero Premier Highwayman in Black Badalassi Steer. I recently gave this one the hot water treatment. I'm not necessarily recommending it. There will be shrinkage, but I've done it successfully with several Aero jackets.
  11. Feliksas

    Aero Roughout Jerky Horsehide Type III, Size 42: "The Roughneck Brawler"

    Howdy all, So, two jackets and a waistcoat in, I decided to trade in my size 38 unfinished Type III and waistcoat towards a roughout size 42 type Type III. The goal of the build was to eliminate points of failure in my other jacket builds, and to permit me to wear the Roughneck Type III in the...
  13. S

    Leather under a microscope

    The comparison to a charred vs. well cooked hot dog was intended as a relatable analogy. Might be a bit American-centric. I'll do my best on the fifth grader level... I have zero experience with that age level, so hopefully I get close. If you're cooking something, you're using heat to...
  14. handymike

    Fit check on my first leather jacket

    Don’t condition it for a couple years! If you want, get the collar wet with hot water and then wear it / shape it until mostly dry. Do a search on Hot Water Treatment or HWT.
  15. Guppy

    Aero Roughout Jerky Horsehide Type III, Size 42: "The Roughneck Brawler"

    I like this. Rough out leather beats suede for this style of jacket in my opinion. Waxing the outside is a good plan. If Aero would do handwarmers on their Type III, I would order this, with a natural ecru shearling lining.
  16. barnabus

    Aero Roughout Jerky Horsehide Type III, Size 42: "The Roughneck Brawler"

    Rock n roll!
  17. IrishStu

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    A gorgeous jacket and fits you well.
  19. I

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    So many crazy good Highwaymen this last year.
  20. Marc mndt

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    That's one spectacular looking jacket.
  21. mayserwegener

    DECATISING

    As far as what I have read from pre WWII German sources Decatizing was especially important for Wool Soft Felt Hats. C.G. Wilke Guben were the first to use this process on Wool Soft Felt Hats in the mid 19th Century. This is explanation is from "Der Filzhut (The Felt Hat), seine Geschichte und...
  22. belfastboy

    DECATISING

    Thank you so much for this post. I appreciate the time and attention you have put into it. A great help to me!!
  23. Short Balding Guy

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Yesterday I got home from some traveling and enjoyed the evening wearing a PHD fedora. Today's walkabout I enjoyed under the brim of a Dobbs Cross Country. Morning cold brew coffee I enjoyed while wearing a VS Weston (inspired by the Stetson Weston (a Whippet with different brim...

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