Cigarband
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Hat Brush or Tape...That is the Question
To quote from Joseph Freeman,
"Forget the hat brush, I recently bought a nice short brimmed rabbit fur brown hat in a gallery mall in Brazil. I already have many fedoras and black hats; I drilled the guy about caring for the hat. He says forget the brush, use tape.
He pulls out a three inch wide boxing tape, the clear kind, and pulls out a six inch strip (doesn't rip it off) and folds it backwards on the roll, so the entire roll has facing up tape. He then begins to roll the tape over the hat, and it picks up all the dust and impurities.
I was amazed, I've always use horsehair brushes, and it definitely wears down the had after a while. The guy says the the tape methods will not wear it down. He pointed to the hat he was wearing and said he's been using this one for five years, and it look great!"
What say you, fellow Loungers?
To quote from Joseph Freeman,
"Forget the hat brush, I recently bought a nice short brimmed rabbit fur brown hat in a gallery mall in Brazil. I already have many fedoras and black hats; I drilled the guy about caring for the hat. He says forget the brush, use tape.
He pulls out a three inch wide boxing tape, the clear kind, and pulls out a six inch strip (doesn't rip it off) and folds it backwards on the roll, so the entire roll has facing up tape. He then begins to roll the tape over the hat, and it picks up all the dust and impurities.
I was amazed, I've always use horsehair brushes, and it definitely wears down the had after a while. The guy says the the tape methods will not wear it down. He pointed to the hat he was wearing and said he's been using this one for five years, and it look great!"
What say you, fellow Loungers?