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The Resistol Roundup

Lotsahats

One Too Many
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1,370
I went for a hike west of Valley Forge, PA, today, and it was 60 degrees. Awfully late in the year for this weather is the truth.
 

Tinben

New in Town
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18
Location
Tn
Closet find. My wifes dad passed away a few months ago. He was somewhat of a country gentleman. He was a guitar finger picker and liked Chet Adkins. Here is the hat he sometimes wore. It had a feathery band on it but I had to take it off because it was very dirty. And of course I reshaped the crown so it was not so tall on the head.
Resistol Self Conforming
Long Oval 7 3/8
Round Up Collection from Balloff's Inc. Knoxville, Tn.

Sorry for horrific pics. I just wanted to add to forum.
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captain kirk

New in Town
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6
can anyone tell me if resistol runs a little smaller than stated size,my stetson is a size 7 but actually fits more like a 6 7/8. does resistol run about the same way or does it vary? any help would be appreciated.
 

T Jones

I'll Lock Up
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6,786
Location
Central Ohio
Looks good, Terry! Tall for sure, but you wear it well. Also glad to see you found good use for the 6-ply.

Excellent brim work too! Love the way, the brim so perfectly mirrors your happy smile :D
Ole! Glad to see you back! :D Hope you stick around awhile. You were missed. Thanks to you I found a couple of good uses for the 6 ply you sent me.
 
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19,408
Location
Funkytown, USA
Well, Fruno's Hat Rescue Center took in another one a couple of weeks ago. I found this Resistol thin ribbon that doesn't say San Antonio in it at a shop in Cincinnati a couple of weeks back. Everything about the hat was fantastic to my eye except for some very bad verdigris staining of the felt.

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I poked around on the Lounge for some pointers on neutralizing the stain, and also threw out a request for help. Nobody answered, so last weekend, I dove in. Cleaned the verdigris off sweat band and removed the brass ferrule. I tried scrubbing the stain a bit, but was getting nowhere, so I put it into a naphtha bath for about 12 hours. When I took it out, the verdigris stain remained, but was somewhat diminished. So I hit it with some white vinegar (which I should have done first), and that seemed to start doing the trick. Of course, while that removed a good deal of the stain, it left a watermark, so I rinsed it off one more time in the naphtha bath and let it dry. What I wound up with was a quite serviceable 1950s Resistol San Antonio (that doesn't say San Antonio). The color is more taupe than silverbelly.
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This is my second Resistol, and I'd had my eye out for a SA for a while, so refurbing this so it's good enough to be seen in public was very satisfying.
 

rclark

Call Me a Cab
Messages
2,272
Location
Central Texas
Well, Fruno's Hat Rescue Center took in another one a couple of weeks ago. I found this Resistol thin ribbon that doesn't say San Antonio in it at a shop in Cincinnati a couple of weeks back. Everything about the hat was fantastic to my eye except for some very bad verdigris staining of the felt.

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I poked around on the Lounge for some pointers on neutralizing the stain, and also threw out a request for help. Nobody answered, so last weekend, I dove in. Cleaned the verdigris off sweat band and removed the brass ferrule. I tried scrubbing the stain a bit, but was getting nowhere, so I put it into a naphtha bath for about 12 hours. When I took it out, the verdigris stain remained, but was somewhat diminished. So I hit it with some white vinegar (which I should have done first), and that seemed to start doing the trick. Of course, while that removed a good deal of the stain, it left a watermark, so I rinsed it off one more time in the naphtha bath and let it dry. What I wound up with was a quite serviceable 1950s Resistol San Antonio (that doesn't say San Antonio). The color is more taupe than silverbelly.
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This is my second Resistol, and I'd had my eye out for a SA for a while, so refurbing this so it's good enough to be seen in public was very satisfying.
Man that is a VERY cool hat. Congrats on a great find and an even better cleaning job!
 

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