Washing hats

anyone ever use the dishwasher to wash hats that have sweat stains on them? If not how do you clean them?

I always use the dishwasher

I've used the dishwasher, but it always misshapes them. I just let them get dirty

use a cap washer frame

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I wash them in washing machine. then stuff dry bath towel inside to let air dry

Sit them on a big plastic cup to dry ,and it won’t lose its shape.

I would take his advice this guy wears three hats at one time!

Hats????? Caps !!!!!!

I find the dishwasher still messes with the shape. I clean them by hand with a wet towel and maybe a little soap if they are real bad.

Maybe we should revisit the Shampoo thread and then these hats might not need washing???

I like where you're going with this let's say you just wore the hat when he took a shower and shampooed the hat instead of your head I wonder how that would turn out

The dishwasher works, but it is a huge overkill. Simply plunge it into a sink of soapy water and then rinse it off. If it is really soiled, rub in some dish soap into the nasty spots and plunge it again.

The longer you let it soak, the more your rim is going to break down and it will mess up the shape and fit.

If fishing on a hot day, dunk it into the lake and let it dry on your head. Two birds with one stone there. Cool head and clean hat.

ever heard of dishwasher crab legs?

You ARE from Mississippi!

This^^^^^^^

you should hear the story about how he caught the crabs.

I use this also. Works good and holds it's shape when drying.

I've used the dishwasher, now I just soak them in a pot of scalding hot water, rinse, repeat a few times till the water is clean, then go set out on the outside condenser and let the fan dry it out, and keep that dome shape nice and tight and not wrinkly.

The lake is also another good one...

Mind blown and will be testing this tonight.

I fill a clean bucket with water, pour in some oxy clean, put hat in, stir em with a stick and let them soak, then take em out and rinse them good with the hose. Hang them up outside in the sun to dry.

Can’t believe no one knows about this, had one when I was a kid

Washing machine, then use for outdoor work.

Empty coffee can for frame, dish washer. Looks like new!

any of you bidet folks use it to wash and dry your hats? Seems as if it can clean your azz so well, a cap would be easy

I am proud of my heritage, plus I've known at least 3 Bubba's and that was not a nickname.

Were you that kid on TV? Beaver I believe was his name. Good show.

Thank you for not titling this thread “Warshing hats”. Cant stand it when people say “warshing machine” or “warshing winders” or “warshing windas”.

Still got and use 4 of them

yep......

Only way to wash a hat. Put it in the top rack of dishwasher. I let my neighbor borrow mine and he put it in the clothes washer. He said it did not work well. I assumed he knew to use in the dishwasher.

Sink with woolite

I'll just find a new hat

I’ve tried most methods. Dishwasher for low profile instructed caps works fine. Trucker hat, not so well for keeping shape.

First thing you should do when you get a new hat is spray it down with a water proofing spray. Give the sweat band a good soaking, until you see it dripping. Let it dry. This will keep the head band from soaking up your sweat and staining the hat. When and if you have to wash it use Dawn liquid soap and a stiff brush. Rinse it good and put it in a hat form like the one above and put the hat in the sun to dry. Use the water proofing spray again... Dan

Soaking in the sink or a bucket with detergent or woolite. Rinse well then hang to dry.

I have a box of close to hundred if you like golf. Titleist, Calloway, etc.. Come get some. My son use to work for a golf club manufacturer.

Just reading “warshing winders” sent a chill down my spine.

Yep,

Wish the regular sized adjustable hats fit my stupid jug head. Jealous of y'all that can buy one size fits all hats, let alone wear three at one time.

I could sit in your hat. That doesn’t mean you have a big brain though.

Us Brits/northern Europeans tend to have about 2% neanderthal DNA--larger head circumferences with frontal bossing.

I tried that once. I think most folks have tried it.

Toss a dirty hat in the garbage and get a new one.

At $3.99 for a BPS cap, no washing.

or give it away as a prize package!

Rules about caps.
You must never fish in a cap you bought. Must wear a gimmie cap.
Always store you caps top down, this keeps the luck from running out.
Each cap has a finite amount of luck. If you find yourself not catching enough fish, time to switch caps
Washing a cap removes any residual luck.

Your mileage may vary

Mo

OK... I've got lots of hats that I'll never wear.. usually buy two of every one I like so that I never have to wash.. Prize package to the one who posts a picture of the nastiest hat by tomorrow at noon central time.

I wash hats every 2 months. Never use a dish washer. Not only will it keep your plates from smelling like hobo's taint but the soap is not designed to be lifting.

•Fill bath tub up with >6" hottest water you can get it to.
•Drop in a cup of laundry detergent while it's filling.
•Place hats, use some additional carpet cleaner spot spray on the really dirty boys. Let sit for an hr, then flip hats over.
•Use 5" long detail brush to brush away the sods that get lifted by the detergent under water.
•Rinse under faucet, then air dry.

Kid you not, it will shock you how many of your brown hats were once white.

Dayuuuum! Who has a detail brush laying around? I do have a regular scrubbing brush.

I've got one packed in box that would win for sure if I could just find that box

I ordered one of those gizmos from Amazon last night

Substitute "detail brush" with "wife's toothbrush."

PP hats don't need no washing #teamwolfs

...or those who have a boat with trailor for sell?

Gramher policee ar n phorce.

Update, I screwed this all up. It was too confusing and I got out of the proper rotation and threw the hat away.

How about Warshington, DC?