How To Clean Hats In The Sink

Do not wring or twist the hat as doing so may distort your hat s shape or cause pilling.

How to clean hats in the sink. Place the hat on a clean towel and continue patting it until there is no longer any water dripping out of it. Be careful around threaded stitching. Then let the laundry soak in the sink for three to four minutes. When your bathroom sink does not drain well quite often it s because your pop up stopper is plugged with debris. Rinse with clean water drain the sink making sure to rinse out any remaining soap and refill it with cool rinse water.

Dish soap can do in a pinch but detergent or a dedicated stain fighting treatment like oxiclean is stronger and works harder at getting the stains out of the hat s fibers. This video will show you how to remove and. This method is similar to cleaning shoes and will just require a brush and some laundry detergent. Place the hat on a clean towel and pat it down until there is no more water dripping. For tough stains leave the hat in the cleaning solution for a few minutes.

As it s filling add a tablespoon of laundry detergent or oxiclean. Today tanner will be showing you how to clean any hat. Hang it out to dry in a sunny place. If you re too rough the stitching can move. Err on the side of cool versus hot.

Fill a clean sink or bucket with warm water. Hold it between your hands and gently squeeze to remove the excess moisture. Hold the hat in between your hands and gently squeeze your hands together. Using the toothbrush or other scrubbing tool and the shampoo rub the shampoo into the spots where sweat stains or dirt are. After washing bring out the wool hat and rinse with cool water.

Stick to swishing and squeezing motions since scrubbing twisting or rubbing could stretch or damage the fabric.