Did it workout for you?

It did

Seriously 30 or 60 mins

6 minutes man

Hey man did u leave it in the dryer for the full 60 min? And in the hot water for 10? I have the same exact problem as u

Did it mess the shape of the hat up at all? Thanks in advance.

@@daniel8602 Not at all - all three that I “shrunk” look great and now fit perfectly. 6/

@@wendyannd thanks for the quick response. Gonna give it a try. Wish me luck!!! Haha

@@daniel8602 did it shrink right or mess the brim up?

Wait a second how did no one ask did you play mlb cause you said road trips an if you did play what team hats were you buying on the road couldn't be other mlb teams

Gold Pistol about how much did it shrink?

Good luck and let me know how it comes out. It may be different because the 39Thirty has a flex fit band. Not sure if that will shrink or not.

Did it work on your hat I have a 39thirty hat I need to shrink

Nick Brown awesome!

Brandywine Angler does it change the color

No. Not for any of the times I have tried it, including on a hat with a black brim and a white front panel.

@@brandywineangler6748 thanks, I was wondering about the B&W combinations but seems my hat is safe hehe.

Don’t risk it

Probably will not shrink it that much. Based on my experience it might shrink a hat by about 1/16” or maybe 1/8”

I think so. I doubt that the hot water would melt the rubber logo itself. The water is not that hot. But I don’t know if the logo is stitched on or affixed with adhesive. If affixed with adhesive I am not sure if it would harm the adhesive.

I don’t think that would be hot enough to get the shrinkage but I don’t really know.

I have not seen any impact on color on the hats I tried it with.

Did it work

Late to the party but this works the best.. heat changes the structure of your hat and can make it too snug to where you need to stretch it back out as well. This leads to weakening of the fibers and eventual wear out.. all of my hats I just wear and over time they just shrink to perfect. Gotta put in the hard work… These quick fixes are mostly just for the impatient.

I didn’t. The brim is a touch softer-just a bit-than before. Structure stays fine just don’t fold or crease it while it is still warm/wet. Give it a chance to get back to room temperature and fully dry before doing much bending or manipulation of it

Don’t see why not.

Erie Outlaws

Not sure but very possible it will.

Doubt that would be hot enough. But don’t know.

Should work in theory

No idea about your hat, but this method did not harm the poly material of my New Era hat. I have also tried it with a wool New Era hat and that was fine too.

Getting the brim wet did not harm the brim of any of the 59fiftys I have used this method on

Don’t know for sure but it seems to me that it should work. The only issue would be if the material the brim is made out of is paper based then the brim might not hold up to the hot water.

Seriously doubt it. Would probably destroy or at least damage the leather.

@@brandywineangler6748 i figured as much but thanks man. This helped with another hat though.

Nah

Niggas play base ball in these 😂

I am not sure you can really go down more than a half size (for example if 7 1/2 is a bit too big but 7 3/8 is too snug you could start with a 7 1/2 hat and use this method to get a nice fit)

Brandywine Angler can I go from 7 5/8 to 7 1/4 by repeating the process a couple of time?

Don’t see why the color would matter.

Jp Ortega poly

Wool will shrink even more, so if wool do less time.

Jo, watch the video.

Drier did not bend my brim but I ran it with only the hat in there. Other clothes might bend it. Drier (or hot water) might mess up the stickers. I don’t leave the stickers on my hats so I don’t know.

@@brandywineangler6748 Thanks!

Yes. That would be part of the process.

Brandywine Angler fully soak the whole cap

Not really necessary to soak the whole hat. Key is the hatband if you are looking to shrink the size.

Brandywine Angler THANKS SIR!❤️ really helps

god bless youtubers like you

That what I was thinking

I did not mess up the brim of any of the 59fiftys I have used this method on. The brim is a bit soft right after but once it dries it seems fine to me. That said, if you want that really flat brim look this method may not be the move for you.

Yeah it does the warm water after 10 minutes bends the brim making the fabric not stick to it anymore so my brim is now all soft and bumpy. this is a day after Fuck this method fucked my cap up

Not in my experience

It didn’t ruin the bill for me

Initially yes but the brim does firm up when it is fully dry and cooled to room temp. In the end the brim may be slightly less rigid than it was off the rack. If you want a true rigid flat brim look then this method is probably not for you.

Can’t help you on that!

Just stretch it out with something bro there’s a thing called hat jacks if you want to spend money they sell them on Amazon

Get it damp, fold your leg up so your knee sticks out. Place the cap as far over your knee as possible. Firmly and slowly pull the bill (facing you) toward your belly. If you hear more than two "pops" stop. It will tear after that. This worked with wool blends so YMMV on the 100 % poly ones. Using a rounded stairwell newell post does the same as your knee. I know you posted this a year ago, but I figured I would answer for posterity. Cheers.

In my experience about 1/16 (so half a size, as hat sizes are measured in 1/8 increments)

thecompwhiz good point. Probably not advisable to try this with older hats. The material inside the brim was different.

SupaFlyBoyZz699 the brim (under the fabric) is made of a plastic material that does soften up from being in the hot water. But it firms right back up once it cools off and dries.

@@brandywineangler6748 is it possible to do this method with the brim facing up out of pot

Archie Lee It is important that the hatband be in the water. That is what shrinks. Not sure you can have the hatband in the water and the brim out of the water.

You don't have to let the hat sit in hot water like that, I just get my hats damp with the hottest from the faucet and dry in the dryer, works good and doesn't really damage it

Hit it with hair spray or starch and that will get it looking 100 again

I had that fear at first too but since the hat was loose I figured I wasn’t going to wear it much if it didn’t get resized.

Yeah don’t want to ruin a hat that’s useless to you to begin with since it’s too big to wear.

This method is not going to shrink a hat that much. It is useful for going down perhaps half a size.

@@brandywineangler6748 it acutally shrinked a lot i used hotter water and let it dry for more time

That’s pretty funny. I had a friend back in college who said I looked like a white Samuel Jackson!

@@brandywineangler6748 yeah a little, but I get more will Smith vibes! ✌️ Thanks for the video!

Sorry to hear that

If you use the right amount of water the crown stays totally dry. Only the band (and brim) gets wet.

@@brandywineangler6748 will this work on polyester as well?

@@YourMomIsAFatty69 Possibly. Not sure as I only tried with wool. I think some ppl have discussed that in the comments tho.

Did you actually try it? Because I did and it worked for me and didn’t ruin the hat.

@@brandywineangler6748 i tryed it with several hats it ruins the bill on impact in the dryer but they were new era hats 59/50 not some piece of crap

@@debeatz1012 not sure what you are referring to with “some piece of crap” because as I show in the video I used an authentic 5950 and have done it with other 5950s too. Never had an issue with the dryer.

Two things, as I see jt: (1) I could not come up with a way to apply hot water to the interior hat band such that it would shrink without getting the brim wet, and (2) the 5950 is the on-field hat of MLB. As such, the brim has to be made to handle getting soaked repeatedly with sweat or it would be a useless piece of baseball equipment. To be sure: if you want a true flat brim look this is not the move for you because the heat softens the brim and it will not remain rigidly flat. But if someone is looking to shrink a hat that is too big them, then are not likely going for the true flat brim look anyway, as that is best achieved with a hat that is at least somewhat too big for the wearer.

I just submerged the hat for long enough to cool it down all the way. Yes, it is key to make sure you submerge the band. That is what you are trying to shrink. I think it doesn’t ruin the brim because I think the brim must be made of some material that is waterproof and reasonably heat tolerant (which makes sense when you consider how much heat and sweat a baseball cap has to be able to tolerate)

Yes. But works for wool too