How To Clean Hats By Hand

The best way to wash a baseball cap.

How to clean hats by hand. Err on the side of cool versus hot. To wash a baseball cap by hand first fill a sink or bucket with warm water. 30 minutes to 1 hour are enough for sweat stains and tough dirt to be dissolved. Submerge the hat into the soap and soak it there for a while. Use tape wrapped around your fingers sticky side out and sweep it across the hat to remove pet hair.

A wool hat can if so indicated by the instructions washed by hand or in the washing machine and then dried on a flat surface. Hand washing is really the best method to retain both the color and shape of the hat. Use unused portions of the cloth to wash individual sweat stains. Make sure the brush is of similar color as it might get transferred on the hat. Felt and wool hats can be cleaned the same way.

Gently rub it on the stain s until gone. Hold the hat in between your hands and gently squeeze your hands together. Fill a clean sink or bucket with warm water. Add 1 tablespoon 15 ml of laundry detergent or dish soap then dip your hat in the water. Cotton beanies may be wrung out while performance fabric hats don t require any such methods.

Place the hat on a clean towel and continue patting it until there is no longer any water dripping out of it. Clean the hat s sweatband in the same way. As it s filling add a tablespoon of laundry detergent or oxiclean. Scrub the stains with the soft brush. Push down on the towel with your palms to press out the extra moisture and ensure that the towel absorbs it.

Place the hat on a clean towel and pat it down until there is no more water dripping. Using a clean cloth dip a corner in the cleaning solution you just mixed up. Do not wring or twist your hat as this could ruin your hat s shape or cause unwanted pilling. Air dry the hat. A cleaned straw cap.