wiring mens hat brims

[Tonio]

You should find a copy of Henry L. Ermatinger's book "Scientific Hat Finishing and Renovating" on the web. It's a "must" among Loungers, and it's free - "in public domain"

I really like history and old books. Just happened to be browsing through this the other day.
https://archive.org/details/scientifichatfin00erma

 

[jimmytbk]

Thanks so much Tonio, had a quick flick through it links awesome, will get stuck into it tonight!!

 

[TheDane]

Thanks so much Tonio, had a quick flick through it links awesome, will get stuck into it tonight!!

You're more than welcome

 

[LuvMyMan]

You're more than welcome

The old book on hat refinishing is a great find. BUT in some ways (at least here in the USA) today you would have to be a certified and licensed chemist to procure and own and use most if not all the different chemical compounds mentioned for the use of cleaning a hat. The only one element of a chemical that could be used without needing some special certification or license would be the use of "gasoline" as made mention in that book. However that term gasoline, is that just ordinary gasoline for an automobile, or "camp gas/Naptha"???

 

[TheDane]

That sounds really strange to me. My copy is tugged away at the moment, so I can't check it out right now. I've got plenty of books on other subjects where the mentioned substances would be impossible to obtain today - but that's not at all as I remember Ermatinger's book ... on the contrary

Furthermore it's my impression, that EU-restrictions on chemistry generally are a lot stricter than the American.

I don't remember the specifics around the mentioning of "gasoline", but I strongly believe he meant the stuff, you call "naphtha". Actually "naphtha" does not make a lot of sense either, as that is a generic term covering hundreds of very different substances. Among them are: Hexane, paraffin, petroleum ether, white gas, cleaning benzine and many many others

Though here on TFL "naphtha" usually means "camping gas", "lighter fluid" or "cleaning benzine" ... which is more or less one and the same substance.

 

[DOGMAN]

Wikipedia...Coleman fuel is a mixture of cyclohexane,nonane,octane,heptane and pentane.

 

[TheDane]

Wikipedia...Coleman fuel is a mixture of cyclohexane,nonane,octane,heptane and pentane.

Thanks, now I actually don't believe Zippo fluid and Coleman fuel are quite so alike. Anyway, as long as they both cleanup the hat without problems ... then who cares?