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| Dick2
10-29-2012 03:01:22
174.19.205.113
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Anyone know a good way to clean or wash ball caps?I think most people probably just throw them away and get a new one, but I'd got a couple that I'd like to clean up without damaging them - especially the bill.
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| 55deere70
11-04-2012 03:53:32
75.138.191.254
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| I throw mine in the washer with my work clothes and air dry it. I always wear a cap, especially in the barn where a hat is useful for cleaning the low beams of cobwebs.
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| mark us
11-02-2012 07:59:55
166.147.123.156
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| I found a bowl that the hats will sit down in just right with the bill pointed down then fill with water and dish soap, let soak and then rinse and let dry, works real good. I never had good luck with a hat I liked in the laundry, always messed them up.
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| RodInNS
10-30-2012 09:04:46
68.171.231.85
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| | I just toss mine in the wash with the rest of my work clothes... They usually survive fine. Rod
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| rusty6
10-30-2012 12:06:44
142.165.85.206
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to RodInNS, 10-30-2012 09:04:46
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| I've tried hand washing them with not so good results. Usually now I just throw a cap in the washing machine. Air dry using the bottom end of a 4 litre ice cream pail seems to keep the shape pretty well.
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| RodInNS
10-30-2012 17:59:32
68.171.231.84
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to rusty6, 10-30-2012 12:06:44
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| I just toss mine in the dryer.. The ole turnip
will reform it soon enough.Rod
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| Dean Olson
10-30-2012 06:51:17
98.196.66.64
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| I toss the ones I don't care for and run my favorites through he dishwasher when SWMBO is not around.
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| G1355
10-29-2012 19:25:59
67.224.60.152
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| Put them in the dishwasher, but not with dishes I've had good luck with that
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| gtractorfan
10-29-2012 13:50:05
71.66.229.3
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| I use a small ice chest with soapy hot water and let them soak- ice chest keeps the water warm longer. If you want sloshing action put it on the back of your pickup for a jaunt. Rinse under a faucet, let it drip dry on a plastic hanger.
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| GordoSD
10-29-2012 10:24:00
64.33.250.162
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| Browse the Goodwill and Salvation Army for the right size bowl or tupperware dish. Slip cap on it and use stiff small bristle brushand Dawn.
Hang on knob by rear strap and let it drip dry.
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| Bernie/MA
10-29-2012 09:59:03
159.250.60.26
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| I have a couple in the truck I only wear when the sun is low. Rest of the time I wear the soft kind with the brim all around, throw 'em in the washer.
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| don t-9n180179
10-29-2012 09:54:43
63.73.199.69
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| Been washing my "ball" caps for years.
Top load washing machine can ruin the bill, dryer does for sure. Front load machine works the best. Wife tosses the washed hat on the bleach bottle in the laundry room to dry.
Yep...another folically impared person....don t. ...
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| circus
10-29-2012 09:21:55
72.251.63.35
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| I wear only grubby caps. Grubbier the better.
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| paul
10-29-2012 08:42:10
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| | Wash them in the wash machine. The drier is what _kills_ them, the bill will mostyly hold up to the initial getting wet in the washer, but once soaked, it can't take the beating in the drier messes up the cardboard. So air dry. There is a plastic cage for them, got one at Harbor Frieght, yshaped like a cap, you put the cap in the cage & throw in the washer, keeps them in shape better. It does seem to help. --->Paul
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| Nathan (SD)
10-29-2012 08:33:24
75.102.183.211
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| Never used to. Wear them till black then get another. Now that K-brand went chinese I have been washing a few. The few USA made ones I got left gotta last the rest of my life.
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| tractor300
10-29-2012 07:19:22
74.36.163.231
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| The one I am wearing now has been washed probably 50-60 times and is still good, faded, but good. Wash in washing machine and then put on plastic form to dry. It is a popular K-Brand cap made in Iowa, the best there is, others seem to fall apart after a few washings.
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| Goose
10-29-2012 06:34:25
174.225.131.182
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| I've never worn one, and I never will.
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| PJH
10-29-2012 06:22:28
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| | When mine get dirty, I throw them in the laundry hamper. At least one a week - mebbe two. Sweet wife washes them in the washer, stuffs a bath towel in them, and sets them on a shelf to dry. I wear them 'til they're frazzled. Like Tom sez - not a fashion statement, just a cover for a bald head. An old joke - sure to rile someone - but it's a joke: Know why farmer's cap bills are curled? It's from looking in the mailbox for a government check. . . It's a joke!!!
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| John A.
10-29-2012 06:08:59
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| Dick2, Hand wash, with a small med/stiff bristle brush, & Blue Dawn soap, hang on a door knob / air dry. I don't like the plastic mold thing for it messes up the crease of bill and I don't do flat bills.
Later,
John A.
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| pete black
10-29-2012 06:08:14
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| for work caps i wash mine while i am in the shower, a little shampoo, an old toothbrush, rinse and hang on shower head overnight. nicer ones eventually replaced and then used for work caps.
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| randallinMo
10-30-2012 07:33:09
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to pete black, 10-29-2012 06:08:14
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| I do the same thing. I"ve got an outdoor shower set up for summer use.....heat the water via the sun in an overhead 55 gal barrel. ('just got to remember to refill it after each use) I wash my hats with shampoo while taking a outdoor shower...hang em' on a nail on the post. 'Usually dry by morning.
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| Brad Buchanan
10-29-2012 08:45:47
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to pete black, 10-29-2012 06:08:14
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| | Let me guess--you wear your shower cap whilst baling hay! Joke :) Brad
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| pete black
10-29-2012 12:47:53
166.147.120.30
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Brad Buchanan, 10-29-2012 08:45:47
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| Yes! For us high maintenance men. Ha.
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| Mark-Ia
10-29-2012 05:31:20
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| Dry Cleaners do a great job on my favorite hats.
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| Uncle Ernie
10-29-2012 10:48:16
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Mark-Ia, 10-29-2012 05:31:20
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| They use a form and wash them in the washing machine. Steam them and press them if they really look bad when they are done.
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| Leroy
10-29-2012 05:12:15
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| Some you can, some yoy cannot depending on material the bill is made out of. We have had that plastic form for many a year. The cardboard type bill will always go bad, plastic will usually stay good.
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| Kow Farmer
10-29-2012 04:52:32
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| I wash mine in the top rack of the dishwasher. It works good for me.
Kow Farmer
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| tomturkey
10-29-2012 04:29:34
216.81.211.253
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| Wash mine in the washing machine with my work clothes. Take them and put them on a cannister nto dry. Sometimes put a rubber band on the bill but not always. My hats/caps are fuctional only.(to cover my bald head) I make no fashion statements with my caps gobble
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| rustyfarmall
10-29-2012 05:38:46
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to tomturkey, 10-29-2012 04:29:34
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That's how I do it. Just throw 'em in the washing machine with the grungy work clothes, but I learned to NOT put the caps in the dryer. Just place 'em over whatever I can find so they keep their shape and let 'em air dry.
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| Michael Soldan
10-29-2012 04:16:54
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| I wash caps all the time,especially in the summer when I sweat a lot..a cap can get pretty rank. I ball up old newspaper about the size of a noggin so the cap keeps its shape. I wash them in the laundry tub with a scrub brush and laundry soap,rinse in hot water and stuff with nespaper ball and set them out on the deck to dry
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| Puddles
10-29-2012 04:15:39
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to ray hofstetter, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| Only time I'm not wearing a cap, is in bed, but I've been known to fall a sleep in my chair with my cap on. :lol:
Over the years I've tried everything, even those plastic molds! I wash my caps by hand.
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| Stephen Newell
10-29-2012 03:50:14
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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|  My wife washes mine in the washing machine in a plastic form and doesn't have a problem. The form prevents them from getting damaged and it helps retain the shape. I believe she got the form at Walmart.
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| BAnNC
10-29-2012 05:01:12
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Stephen Newell, 10-29-2012 03:50:14
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| Wash "em and dry on a formed rack like the one above. Washing machine works fine.
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| dave2
10-29-2012 04:00:40
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Stephen Newell, 10-29-2012 03:50:14
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works real good in the dishwasher or with a steamcleaner or pressure washer also....
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| d beatty
10-29-2012 03:18:38
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Re: Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?) in reply to Dick2, 10-29-2012 03:01:22
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| I wash my caps 4 or 5 times before I replace them. My wife use to wash them in washer but it ruined the bills of caps. I now put them in a sink and wash them by hand in warm water and laundry soap and hang them on clothes line till dry.
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