Jennifer: I attended a workshop several years ago taught by a milliner who specialized in straw.? She just dunked the whole hat in a bucket of water and reshaped the wet hat over a form followed up by judicious use of a regular steam iron.? I didn't know until then that straw was so forgiving.? I have had great luck with my straw hats in tems of cleaning them just using soap and water and following up with a little steaming to reshape them.
Cheryl Odom College of Santa Fe -----Original Message----- From: Avien <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 5:08 pm Subject: [h-cost] cleaning a straw hat Hello, I just purchased an old straw hat that is rather dusty. The decorations are all trashed but the straw still seems to be good to my very much untrained eye. Any ideas on how to clean it up and get it ready to be worn? I find conflicting info when I google it and I don't want to ruin it. Also the straw is a bit darker than I like and I'm hoping that just cleaning it will lighten it but in case it doesn't, is there any way to lighten it? Thanks! Jennifer _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
