You've spent the cash, so you definitely know felt cowboy hats are costly. That fact only should make you want to take proper care of it. If you take proper care of it, the hat will not only last you for a longer period of time but it will look every bit as nice as it did when you purchased it!
Yes you can have it repaired, but preventing troubles is invariably better. Your objective should be to keep the hat from becoming bent or dirty. Cleaning your hands before picking it up is a good beginning. It is not simple to clean a felt cowboy hat, so keep it clean to begin with. The material can really get damaged from too much cleaning.
Another point is that you should pick up the hat by the brim, not the crown. The hat will lose its form the more you push and pull up the crown. In addition, the less you handle it, the cleaner your crown will remain.
All cowboy hats need to be stored in the box they came in. A hat stand is the second best thing if you do not have the original box. And to help the brim maintain it's form, always place the hat down upside down.
Don't let the hat get too close to strong heat sources. This will cause the hat not to fit because the inner sweat band will shrink.
Do not let the hat get wet. If by chance it does get wet, then dry it out very carefully! You may need to reshape the brim. Do not use a blower. Instead, let the hat dry out naturally. Turn the sweat band inside out. Then rest the hat on the sweat band. After the hat dries out, reshape the sweat band and the rest of the hat into its original form.
A felt cowboy hat will endure a little rain, occasionally. But it will really be better if you use a hat cover for those wet days.
Whether you buy felt, straw, or leather cowboy hats, it's a great idea to protect your investment by taking special care of it.
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