Campdraft brim

[CurlyW]

I'm wondering what's the best way, if any, to flatten the brim a bit on my CD. it curls up quite a bit due to the edging on it. I didn't want to snap it down, but was hoping to just flatten it out in the front or all around depending on how it looks.

thanks

 

[RJR]

I'm wondering what's the best way, if any, to flatten the brim a bit on my CD. it curls up quite a bit due to the edging on it. I didn't want to snap it down, but was hoping to just flatten it out in the front or all around depending on how it looks.

thanks

Steamer or if you don't have one,a steam iron with cloth between the iron and the felt.Go slow and do a little at a time until you have it where you want it.

 

[moontheloon]

iron is the way to go if you want to flatten it

put the iron on the steam setting and make sure there is a cloth between the hat and iron obviously

make sure the cloth does not fold or ripple because those ripples often end up marking the brim and are very hard to get out

as a warning ... you will most likely take all the life out of the brim and it will never have a flange again unless you have it re flanged

be gentle if you decide to do this because you can easily just end up with a matted down lifeless brim if too aggressive

 

[CurlyW]

i'm not sure what you mean by flange, but now you're scaring me. maybe i'll just wet it down real good and put something on it that's not too heavy. what do ya think.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Flanging is part of the manufacturing process. It's when that curl is put into the brim, done by pressing it into a curve-shaped piece of metal called a flange with major steam. (The curl doesn't come from the edge binding, the felt is "trained" to curl by flanging.)

You can try just wetting it and pressing it down, but I doubt you will really get the curl out without steaming/ironing it as described above.

What do you find so objectionable about the brim curl, anyway? I never cared for the look of a completely flat brim myself.

 

[DOGMAN]

This is a wood flange

 

[DOGMAN]

Here is a pic without a hat in it

 

[Doctor Strange]

Oops, I forgot that they were made of wood. Thanks for the visual aids!

 

[CurlyW]

wow, pretty interesting. I don't want all of the curl out, just don't wanting curling up too much in the front really

 

[DOGMAN]

Oops, I forgot that they were made of wood. Thanks for the visual aids!

Your welcome.

 

[bluesforchallah]

I don't want all of the curl out, just don't wanting curling up too much in the front really

MY CD has taken on a natural swoop in the front. I don't know if that's because my head is a long oval shoved into a regular oval hat.

 

[Bob Roberts]

MY CD has taken on a natural swoop in the front. I don't know if that's because my head is a long oval shoved into a regular oval hat.

I often train my brims to do that. I looks especially appealing when I wear my brims snapped up.

 

[tommyK]

Many of the old flanges have a flatter front and a more cupped back. Note the top flange below.

If you want a more shallow flange I suggest going up a size or two, say from a 2 3/4 to a 2 7/8 or even a three inch flange. This will give you a flatter brim without completely eliminating the curl.

 

[RJR]

Many of the old flanges have a flatter front and a more cupped back. Note the top flange below.

If you want a more shallow flange I suggest going up a size or two, say from a 2 3/4 to a 2 7/8 or even a three inch flange. This will give you a flatter brim without completely eliminating the curl.

Good suggestion.

 

[shrek]

I Like the looks of the Hat on you sir.

 

[LuvMyMan]

Here is a pic without a hat in it

Frontier Out House Lid....(My Husband refers to those)...haha BUT they do add the curl into the brim...

 

[Michael R.]

I bought 3 Flanges (7 3/8 , '2' 2 3/4" , and a 2 7/8")and a Flange Stand (got another flange not my size (7 1/8 2 1/2" with it) , but on my Campdraft I asked a Pro that wears Hats of every Brim configuration . I didn't like the gangster look , but wanted less Norton in the front . He said steam the bottom of the front , then lightly tug and hold for a bit . It worked out the way I wanted . You can do more or less , wider , or more narrow (depends on how many fingers you use). Mine is still up , but not as much (like Chris has his but a bit wider). Doesn't look like James Cagney , See , or Norton on The Honeymooners .

 

[Cane Rod Maker]

Although the brim flange does indeed begin and dictate the "cupping" , if you are edge binding, and you did not pre-shrink your ribbon, and if your closed loop was a touch on the small side; once baste stitched in place, what was minor cupping can become extream. And it becomes very obvious at the end, in the last few inches of basting. That is where I say, no, scrap this piece, let me make another. Especially if a person wants a flatter brim, with less curl. And obviously using a flange with minimum curl is a factor to start. Even relaxing the flanging with steam afterward, and before binding. But like I said, mimimul curl on a flange, and a tight closed loop basted onto it , will make that flanged brim seriously altered/cupped, if some attention isn't paid in the process; to create that look from the start, this is from a custom point of view.

 

[andrew_AU]

I wear a size 60 (7 1/2). What size flange should I get?

 

[Frunobulax]

I wear a size 60 (7 1/2). What size flange should I get?

7 1/2