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Posted on 7/6/14 at 7:36 am
Posted by mpar98
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
8034 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 7:36 am
So I've got a white hat that's not so white anymore...ideas on how best to clean it? I've done the dishwasher but that just messes them up...dip in bleach and rinse?
Posted by diddydirtyAubie
Bozeman
Member since Dec 2010
39829 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 7:37 am to
don't buy white hats.
Posted by AmosMosesAndTwins
Lake Charles
Member since Apr 2010
17886 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 7:37 am to
Always used the dishwasher with success for white hats. Messing them up how?
Posted by rubberbiscuit
In my house
Member since Apr 2014
303 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 7:38 am to
Buy a new hat
Posted by lsu480
Downtown Scottsdale
Member since Oct 2007
92876 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 7:38 am to
quote:

don't buy white hats.



Its tough having them in the summer. Cleaning never really works, just buy a new one after you wear it and sweat in it.
Posted by mpar98
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
8034 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 7:40 am to
But its my titleist pro v i hat....
Posted by SA4LSU
AZ
Member since Sep 2005
4029 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 7:45 am to
Do you have the little plastic rack that helps them keep there form?



Posted by georgia
445
Member since Jan 2007
9095 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 7:54 am to
If the bill is plastic you can throw it in the washer on delicate cycle.
Hot water, bleach at your own risk. If it's embroidered then more than likely they used poly thread which is bleach safe, but if they used rayon then it will take the color out.
Posted by im4LSU
Hattiesburg, MS
Member since Aug 2004
31896 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 8:09 am to
I just scrub mine in the sink with some good smellin soap and let it air dry.

Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
59551 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 8:57 am to
Me clean sponge and warm water. Air dry
Posted by Bigboy383
Mississippi
Member since Jul 2014
65 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 9:14 am to
I also use warm water and soap in the sink. I've never had much luck with hats in the washer, always come faded or either with a lot of fuzz on them
Posted by LSUGUMBO
Shreveport, LA
Member since Sep 2005
8477 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 9:16 am to
I just throw all mine in the washing machine and it hasn't hurt any of them yet. I do have a couple that the metal clasp in the back has rusted off, so I can't wear them until i get that fixed

ETA:
quote:

white hat


Just take Les Miles' castoffs- he only wears them once anyway
This post was edited on 7/6/14 at 9:18 am
Posted by TIGRLEE
Northeast Louisiana
Member since Nov 2009
31493 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 9:48 am to
Dishwasher
Posted by Captain Want
Member since Nov 2009
2153 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 9:54 am to
Soak in a bucket of warm water with woolite (if its a plastic bill), then scrub with a soft toothbrush with the grooves. Air dry.
Posted by unbeWEAVEable
The Golf Board Godfather
Member since Apr 2010
13637 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 10:10 am to
quote:

So I've got a white hat that's not so white anymore...ideas on how best to clean it? I've done the dishwasher but that just messes them up...dip in bleach and rinse?


I've put my white titleist hat in the dishwasher about 6 times now. I'm playing about 3 times a week, so it gets a good bit of use.

Never had a problem with it. Top rack, bill wedged between two prongs, and when the normal wash is over I take it out and wrap a rubber band around the bill.

You must be doing it wrong.
Posted by RummelTiger
Texas
Member since Aug 2004
89798 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 10:12 am to
quote:

So I've got a white hat



1st mistake...


quote:

ideas on how best to clean it



You don't clean hats. You wear them until they die, then give them a proper burial.
Posted by crimsonsaint
Member since Nov 2009
37240 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 10:23 am to
I use a toothbrush and soap or throw it in the washer. I have a white hat that's stained yellow from sweat. That shite won't come out.
Posted by Diddles
LA
Member since Apr 2013
6981 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 10:27 am to
club soda
Posted by Weagle25
THE Football State.
Member since Oct 2011
46171 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 10:51 am to
quote:

don't buy white hats.

This

quote:

You don't clean hats. You wear them until they die, then give them a proper burial.

and this
This post was edited on 7/6/14 at 10:52 am
Posted by GeauxVoorhies
Member since Mar 2013
131 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 11:26 am to
Spray with Resolve. Wait 5 minutes. Put in dish washer on top rack. Never had any get messed up.
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