How To Stretch A Hat With A Hat Stretcher

This will start moving the wood pieces further apart to begin stretching.

How to stretch a hat with a hat stretcher. Take it to a hatmaker and have them stretch your hat. Without saying yet Im saying it use extreme caution when working this close to rapidly rotating blades lest you need to invent a glove shortener to go with your hat stretcher. Allow the hat to sit overnight.

Remove the stretcher and wear the hat. Dunk the wool cap under the water until the cap is thoroughly saturated. Dont twist wring or rub the cab.

There are three steps to resize the hat with a stretcher. It doesnt really matter but you need to follow a couple of rules either way. Pinch the center knob of the hat jack and begin rotating it in a right or clockwise direction.

Stretch it a little then leave it for an hour. Fill a sink or large bowl with cool water. Ideally they overstretch it by 2cm and put some stiffener in to help hold the larger shape.

Tugging on the brim can warp your hat. First thing I did was make a pattern for the stretcher. You can wet the hat by hand or you can use a spray bottle.

Let sit overnight and repeat as necessary. Place the stretcher against the hat band or else it might ruin the shape of your hats crown. Hat Mate - Hat Stretcher.