10 Questions You Should to Know about how to fix a frayed hat brim

How I fixed my brim

You may have read in my "Its all your fault" thread that I got my first hat but wasn't happy with the brim. So today I tried to fix it. I dipped water on a microfiber towel and dabbed it into the brim until the brim was visually damp/darkened. Then I massaged the humped area of the brim until it seemed to be less stiff (no jokes please). Then I rigged up a clothespin to pull the tip of the brim down to where I wanted it to go and let it dry. It seems to have worked. I'm much happier with the look of the brim now. Might try a little more water and a tighter pull overnight to get more of a curve. Also put a thick piece of leather over the brim first before the clothespin so the felt wouldn't show any pinching. Used a bootlace to tie clothespin to a chair for tension.

Hat before with hump:



Brim after fix:



The fix-it rig:

You may have read in my "Its all your fault" thread that I got my first hat but wasn't happy with the brim. So today I tried to fix it. I dipped water on a microfiber towel and dabbed it into the brim until the brim was visually damp/darkened. Then I massaged the humped area of the brim until it seemed to be less stiff (no jokes please). Then I rigged up a clothespin to pull the tip of the brim down to where I wanted it to go and let it dry. It seems to have worked. I'm much happier with the look of the brim now. Might try a little more water and a tighter pull overnight to get more of a curve. Also put a thick piece of leather over the brim first before the clothespin so the felt wouldn't show any pinching. Used a bootlace to tie clothespin to a chair for tension.Hat before with hump:Brim after fix:The fix-it rig:

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This is the hard one,you either go for a superglue type,but waterproof,evo-stik,araldite,etc,use a really small amount and put it on surgically,or a milder pva type that you don't have to be quite so careful with but might not give you the long term bonding.What I would really recommend is buy some felt from your local craft shop,ask their advice on glue aswell,but experiment on your bits of craft felt.You'll get a much better idea of which glue is going to leave the least trace whilst giving the best bond and time spent repairing tears you've put in your craft felt will really pay off when you come to your hat.Oh,and let us all know,who knows when we might have to do it.

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