Feraud
Bartender
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I wonder why Peters Bros. is saying that? Stiffner will not stay "indefinitely". With handling and use the hat will become softer. My Akubra Federation Deluxe was as hard as a construction site hardhat when I first got it. With normal use is has become soft. What is happening in my case?Kim Steiner said:For what it's worth, I'm having a Stetson 100 renovated by Peters Bros. in Ft. Worth, and when I asked if they could remove the stiffener they said, "No." According to the woman on the phone, the stiffener was put in during the felting process and that it was there to stay (at least as far as they were concerned). I'm sure she was repeating what Joe would have said had he been in the shop at the time. The conventional wisdom, as expressed on these pages, is that stiffener is shellac. Well, as everyone knows, shellac is soluble in denatured alcohol. However, I wish someone would post that they had, indeed, successfully removed stiffener. I'm not going to the first to try, at least with this hat. Kim
I believe the company did not want to accommodate you.
If shellac is used as a stiffner then d.n. will dissolve it.