athanasius80
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One of my favorites has got noticeable sweat stains on the brim. White sweat salt on brown fabric doesn't look good, so how do I wash it?
Thanks!
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How do you wash a baseball cap?
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There's a plastic frame
called something like "Ball Cap Buddy," and it unsnaps, and a person puts the cap in, closes it, and then puts the whole thing into the washing machine. I don't usually wear ball caps, because it makes me look like Michael Moore, but I do once in a while.....
I got mine at a local variety store for about 5.00.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
called something like "Ball Cap Buddy," and it unsnaps, and a person puts the cap in, closes it, and then puts the whole thing into the washing machine. I don't usually wear ball caps, because it makes me look like Michael Moore, but I do once in a while.....
I got mine at a local variety store for about 5.00.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
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Hi! Christopher, I just happened to have bought one of these Frames {see below} recently and I washer a Baseball Cap in the Top-Rack of my Dishwasher, along with the rest of the Load of Dishes and Glasses. The Cap was still slightly Wet, because I used a Non-Heat Dry, so I hung the Cap and Frame on my Squeege Hook in my Bathtub, for a couple/few Days, until it felt Dry.
What I did was I had found the item in the Postal Mail Catalog and I then went On-Line to the Site, entered the Item Number, then I copied the info onto an E-Mail, because I didn't have any extra Money at the time of finding it in the Catalog. Anyway, fortunately I happened to have saved my E-Mail info, so I could copy it to forward it to you here.
Cap Washer (E6558)
Cap Washer lets you clean caps in washing machine or dishwasher without wrinkling. Sturdy frame holds cap in tiptop shape during entire wash cycle. Just place soiled cap inside frame then toss in your washing machine or dishwasher. It comes out spotless without wrinkling or losing its shape. Perfect for baseball, hunting, golf caps, and visors, even wool caps. 12-1/2" x 8-1/2" x 5".
$7.98
Now: $4.98
Good Luck with getting one of these, hopefully it will still be on the Sale Price.
Peace, Happy Holidays and Kind Regards, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...
Hi! Christopher, I just happened to have bought one of these Frames {see below} recently and I washer a Baseball Cap in the Top-Rack of my Dishwasher, along with the rest of the Load of Dishes and Glasses. The Cap was still slightly Wet, because I used a Non-Heat Dry, so I hung the Cap and Frame on my Squeege Hook in my Bathtub, for a couple/few Days, until it felt Dry.
What I did was I had found the item in the Postal Mail Catalog and I then went On-Line to the Site, entered the Item Number, then I copied the info onto an E-Mail, because I didn't have any extra Money at the time of finding it in the Catalog. Anyway, fortunately I happened to have saved my E-Mail info, so I could copy it to forward it to you here.
Cap Washer (E6558)
Cap Washer lets you clean caps in washing machine or dishwasher without wrinkling. Sturdy frame holds cap in tiptop shape during entire wash cycle. Just place soiled cap inside frame then toss in your washing machine or dishwasher. It comes out spotless without wrinkling or losing its shape. Perfect for baseball, hunting, golf caps, and visors, even wool caps. 12-1/2" x 8-1/2" x 5".
$7.98
Now: $4.98
Good Luck with getting one of these, hopefully it will still be on the Sale Price.
Peace, Happy Holidays and Kind Regards, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...
The frames also say you can put them in the dishwasher, but I think mine gets a bit too hot for most hats.
I've had reasonable results washing one woolen cap in the front loader, warm water. It did shrink a little but it was too big in the first place anyway.
I've had reasonable results washing one woolen cap in the front loader, warm water. It did shrink a little but it was too big in the first place anyway.
All our ball caps seem to be top shelf dishwasher safe. They are damp coming our of the Bosch. I just put them on a folded towel, reshape the cap and let them dry in a sunny window. In the summer they go outside in the sun to dry. I have never used one of those plastic gizmos.
Lisa
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Hand washing is an option.
My last companion used the top-rack of the diswasher. Chlorinated detergent does fade them, so beware!
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Warning - Ball Caps Bad
The ball cap is one of the worst things that ever happened to heads. Seed and Feed companies give them to farmers who started sporting them instead of brimmed hats. Now the level of skin cancer has increased dramatically.
Chris, wear a proper hat and save the ball caps for ball games (and then only on the field). You might start with a classic teardrop fedora and maybe later a Chicago center dent and, if you are in a dapper mood, maybe a homburg. Of course, some proper straws for the summer.
But, please understand that the ball cap is an insidious blight that has spread across the nation. Ball caps and do-rags are marginal excuses for proper head gear.
The ball cap is one of the worst things that ever happened to heads. Seed and Feed companies give them to farmers who started sporting them instead of brimmed hats. Now the level of skin cancer has increased dramatically.
Chris, wear a proper hat and save the ball caps for ball games (and then only on the field). You might start with a classic teardrop fedora and maybe later a Chicago center dent and, if you are in a dapper mood, maybe a homburg. Of course, some proper straws for the summer.
But, please understand that the ball cap is an insidious blight that has spread across the nation. Ball caps and do-rags are marginal excuses for proper head gear.
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Using the dishwasher for baseball caps somehow sounds like doing the dishes while sitting in the bathtub. LOL
On second thought I`d probably give it a try if I had a TL.
In a FL the handwash or wool cycle with no other clothes in the same load works great for that.
On second thought I`d probably give it a try if I had a TL.
In a FL the handwash or wool cycle with no other clothes in the same load works great for that.
All my baseball caps go in my top loader with a regular colored load (warm) on regular or perm. press. Then straight into the dryer (medium heat) - no issues. The brim comes out looking fine and once I put it on it stretches back into shape. Do check if your caps are colorfast though.
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I've tried washing mine the in the washer and they always come out losing their fit. They just don't seem to fit right afterwards. What was the website URL that has the cap washing frame? Maybe I'll try that.
I have a ball cap frame, but am not really impressed by the results of washing it in the dishwasher. I have an off white cap and the rip didn't come always totally clean. BTW, i never put other stuff in the dishwasher together with the cap.
I go the handwashing route, myself.
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I'm with rapunzel on this one... I just throw it in the top loader with a load of colors. But I let it air dry. It regains its shape when it's back on your head...
~Fred
~Fred
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Same here, I just throw them in with colors and then hang from the door knob in the laundry room to dry. Always seems to work fine and its the only way I can get the nasty sweaty smell out of my favorite work out hat.
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Cleaning ball caps
I recommend you wait for a rainy day then drive at high speed on a freeway overpass and fling it out the window. No detergent necessary.
I recommend you wait for a rainy day then drive at high speed on a freeway overpass and fling it out the window. No detergent necessary.
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"Does anyone STILL wear.....
a HAT?"
I'll drink to that!
I just love that song.
a HAT?"
I'll drink to that!
I just love that song.
Mark, it seems to me that ball caps are more of a fashion statement anymore than an actual means to provide shade.
My partner has TONS of ball caps/golf caps. Since he has so many and they often get the sweat stains described in this thread's original post from Chris, we throw them in the FL machine and wash with a load of colors. My partner swears that our long-gone TL's shredded the caps, but we haven't had any trouble running them through the FL's. Usually they stay out of the dryer. They regain their shape as soon as he puts them on. Visors tend to be provided with a permanent bend in them from the factory these days.
Have never tried the dishwasher thing. That detergent seems too harsh to me and I can't get behind mixing people soils with food soils. I also think some agitation is necessary to really loosen up all the dirt and sweat.
I rarely wear a ball cap. They seem to all want to sit on my head somewhat askew and I'm constantly having to straighten them out. But they provide a very cute look on lots of men, especially the big bears in their big pick-ups. WOOOOF!
My partner has TONS of ball caps/golf caps. Since he has so many and they often get the sweat stains described in this thread's original post from Chris, we throw them in the FL machine and wash with a load of colors. My partner swears that our long-gone TL's shredded the caps, but we haven't had any trouble running them through the FL's. Usually they stay out of the dryer. They regain their shape as soon as he puts them on. Visors tend to be provided with a permanent bend in them from the factory these days.
Have never tried the dishwasher thing. That detergent seems too harsh to me and I can't get behind mixing people soils with food soils. I also think some agitation is necessary to really loosen up all the dirt and sweat.
I rarely wear a ball cap. They seem to all want to sit on my head somewhat askew and I'm constantly having to straighten them out. But they provide a very cute look on lots of men, especially the big bears in their big pick-ups. WOOOOF!
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Cute, cute, cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aaarrrggghhhhhhhhh!!!!! Cute! No, please, not cute! I hate cute. I think ball caps are a plague. You wouldn't believe how hard I have tried to avoid cute in my sculpture/assemblages.
Oh, I know, I have yielded now and again, like when I put a Mickey Mouse doll in a Kenmore Rocket. It almost made me gag but I knew the 'cute' would be a hit. Oh, okay, there we have it, an inconsitency. But you know, Emerson said, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds..."
But for heaven's sake. Now that men have put the long hair 70's behind them so they don't have to worry about "hat hair", can't we return to a proper brimmed chapeaux? Is that so wrong? Is that too much to ask?
Aaarrrggghhhhhhhhh!!!!! Cute! No, please, not cute! I hate cute. I think ball caps are a plague. You wouldn't believe how hard I have tried to avoid cute in my sculpture/assemblages.
Oh, I know, I have yielded now and again, like when I put a Mickey Mouse doll in a Kenmore Rocket. It almost made me gag but I knew the 'cute' would be a hit. Oh, okay, there we have it, an inconsitency. But you know, Emerson said, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds..."
But for heaven's sake. Now that men have put the long hair 70's behind them so they don't have to worry about "hat hair", can't we return to a proper brimmed chapeaux? Is that so wrong? Is that too much to ask?
