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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

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T Jones

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Barbisio nutria felt (in french, rat-gondin), sold in Bulgaria.

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That's a nice one.
 

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White gas refers to refined fuel for camp stoves here... very close relative, IIRC, to actual naptha (if not actually the same thing)... and what we all use for cleaning our hats. Coleman is the most known brand, but I've used Crown brand fuel as well.

White gas is so refined that after it dries for about 3 hours the smell goes away completely.

I wonder if your hatter uses a diluted sodium perchlorate bath, which is an ingredient in OxiClean... something I have used in a much too strong mixture to try to spot clean a hat, and it left a white bleached out spot.

The white gas/naptha bath method we use is just by dunking the whole hat in the gas. In my experience, laundry soap and oxiclean soaking can be ok with felt, but it has to be rinsed well and tends to remove colors from the satin liner... I only did this with a beater hat and would recommend removing the liner and sweat in that case. Your hatter sounds like he knows what he's doing, so just ask him.

With the gas, reblocking isn't needed but would be with a water based soak like the guess I made about sodium perchlorate, oxiclean, etc.
I already found where to buy the Nafta. How long does the hat have to be submerged? I can submerge the whole thing, sweat, liner, everything, correct?

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For my bike ride today I wore this old newsboy
DSCN4879 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
DSCN4877 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Now I'm relaxing and watching Key Largo under this Borsalino
DSCN4889 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
I believe the model is Torino
DSCN4886 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
DSCN4885 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Have a good evening,
Michael
Great hat to lounge around in. Love that cap.

Hopefully one of my last days in straw: PHD Fino Fino

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Way to ease back into Fall and felts. Great weave on that Fino Fino.

Waiting to listen to some acoustic blues/jazz this evening. Wearing a vtg. Stetson Playboy this evening.

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Best, Eric -
Such a well put together outfit. Love those shoes.

Hückel Weilheim "Extra" possibly mid 1950s.

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Hückel Weilheim Advertising Pocket Mirror Match Holder.

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Super hat Steve.

Gloomy rainy day. One of my co-workers mentioned my porkpie looks British... ok?
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Well, if cool is British, then OK with that.
 

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I already found where to buy the Nafta. How long does the hat have to be submerged? I can submerge the whole thing, sweat, liner, everything, correct?

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Naptha, right?

Yes, the whole thing. I only soak for about 30 minutes, others soak for much longer. I usually see the dirt, grease, etc, clean up really fast and bad stains are usually gone by then or aren't going away...
 

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Naptha, right?

Yes, the whole thing. I only soak for about 30 minutes, others soak for much longer. I usually see the dirt, grease, etc, clean up really fast and bad stains are usually gone by then or aren't going away...
Last question, (finally), Doug. I recall I read somewhere that people filter the naphta (nafta is Spanish, sorry) with paper coffee filters and reuse it after it's dirty, correct? How many hats will a bucket full of Naphta usually clean before it is necessary to filter it?

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Last question, (finally), Doug. I recall I read somewhere that people filter the naphta (nafta is Spanish, sorry) with paper coffee filters and reuse it after it's dirty, correct? How many hats will a bucket full of Naphta usually clean before it is necessary to filter it?

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I use coffee filters, although it is slow going. How often depends on how dirty the gas gets after cleaning. The last hat hardly did a thing, but one hat was as if it had a pint of black dirt and coal dust in the felt.
 
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Keep that beauty away from drunk hands. All of these hats are just right.


That one turned out great. A Bradford? Kind of an interesting brand.
Thanks, Mike.

Stetson Excellent Whippet made for the Japanese market in Phantom Gray.

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Great colour combination, Mike (and lovely shape for that matter). Nice colour contrast.

Barbisio nutria felt (in french, rat-gondin), sold in Bulgaria.

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Hard to beat a good Barbisio. And this Barbisio is very very good. Just look at that liner. Breathtaking.
 
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For my bike ride today I wore this old newsboy
DSCN4879 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
DSCN4877 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Now I'm relaxing and watching Key Largo under this Borsalino
DSCN4889 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
I believe the model is Torino
DSCN4886 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
DSCN4885 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Have a good evening,
Michael
I can say one thing about that Borsalino: we don't see it enough! That's a great hat, Michael. Have we seen that one up close and personal in the Borsalino Brotherhood?
 
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