So pumped on this. Just tried it with one of the hats i have that looked soooo boxy and it got rid of the points completely. No wrinkles at all and i used a dry wash rag instead of paper towels and it actually stretched out a little bit to a bigger size. Thanks a lot man.
Cloudy water, also known as white water, is caused by air bubbles in the water. It is completely harmless. It usually happens when it is very cold outside because the solubility of air in water increases as water pressure increases and/or water temperature decreases. Learn some science.
Tried this with a 80% poly/20% wool and did make the whole hat look much more even and cylindrical. It did shrink the size somewhat but that is what I wanted a tighter fit. I did it 2x with the same hat without the paper towels with a nice result.
I use a similar method to this (but usually for snap backs) just to lower the crown of the hat. Same idea. I work the high spots slightly to soften them, but instead of wearing the hat until it's dry I stuff a towel inside of it and make it the shape that I'd like. Then let it dry. It's obviously easier with a snap back because it's adjustable so shrinkage is not an issue.
Hey man Great advice. From using this video my hat is now the perfect shape! I didn't however use the paper towels as I felt it might make my hat too loose. Instead I just kept my hat on for most the day until it dried ..a little uncomfortable but well worth it in the end! Thanks again.
Hey man! Great advice, got my hat to the perfect shape from watching this video.. I didn't however use the paper towels as I felt it might make the hat loose! I just kept my hat on all day until it dried, not entirely comfortable but worth it in the end! Cheers
@InvisibleXplosion I agree! I wear the hat and even sweat in them and the stickers are not necessary when the hat is absorbing the sweat in the sweltering heat.
Good video dude, it work for me as I'm between sizes. Size 7 is too tight and Size 7 1/8 is too big. So I tried ur method and got it wet with hot wear it wet on my heand unil it dries and now I fits perfectly. Thanks for the helpful vidwo.
I've been doing this for years. This guy is absolutely, 100% on about the process to mold the hat to your head or just the way you want it. It always takes me about 5-8 times to get it just right for me. I noticed that wearing my hat for an entire season will make it look just like I want it but by the time it looks cool, I had to wash it or get another hat since all of the sweat from the year took its toll. I realized it was the sweat that got the hat like that.
I think it's a matter of opinion. I think you look fine with the boxy hat look, as do many other people. I don't even notice the weird look you talk about. Nonetheless, I also like how it looks after. I'm just incredibly nervous to do this to any of my hats.
@BiHSoLo i did that with a recently bought new era and it worked just fine. you dont even have to get the whole thing wet btw, just the rim on the inside. wear it around the house or whatever, and it eventually will start fitting to your head more and more (if its not gigantic lol.)
Cloudy water, also known as white water, is caused by air bubbles in the water. It is completely harmless. It usually happens when it is very cold outside because the solubility of air in water increases as water pressure increases and/or water temperature decreases. Cold water holds more air than warm water. In the winter, water travels from the reservoir which is very cold and warms up during its travel to your tap. The air that is present is no longer soluble, and comes out of solution.
ive had 5950s that looked like it did when it was wet, thats how i like them too look almost like one of the softer cotton hats but the 5950, when i saw it when it was wet i was like yes! this kid just solved all my problems then it dried and i was like yea it looks better but not perfect, good thinking tho maybe one more time under the water
@aznerd999 i take the stickers off my hats except for the ones with a white bill, that way you can grab onto the sticker when you're holding it and the grease and dirt on your fingers won't get the white bill dirty
to all you guys saying his water is nasty....the reason it looks like that is because its hot. its the steam in the water making it look like that. go run your faucet as hot as possible into a cup and look into it. looks the same . if you let it sit it will become clear like normal water.
Savage Troller who the fuck are you? My comment is in reply to dx Wolf I'm not even talking to you. In the case you misread my comment, I suggest you re-read it, it is in agreement to you.
Great method! Obviously this works best with the wool, but I had some success with a poly. I also cut out that mesh inside the crown. I had tried using a heat gun and a screen printing dryer to fit the hat right before with some success, but this is much easier way with less chance of ruining your hat.
All you're really doing is washing the starch out of the crown. Clothing starch is what holds the crown so high and gives it that boxy shape. I don't see why this wouldn't work for snapbacks. I myself am a snapback guy, and I prefer the high crown, box shaped look. AKA "off the rack" look. To each their own. Above all, I don't know why you're picking on this kid for his methods and his water. He's trying to help you, and he seems to know what he's doing. My water isn't perfectly clear either, I believe it has a lot to do with where you live. Nice collection by the way, I like your orange color variants. If only they had a high crown, flat brim, and snaps in the back, I'd probably to try to barter with you :D
OK, Worked great for the "Middle" crown, but the side crowns are still there after TWO washes!! But, I can see a slight change def in the side crowns. The middle crown looks great, want the sides to do the same thing...what do I do? Keep repeating the same techniques? thanks for this video, make a updated or new one homie..
I need a sure fire way to shrink a hat .. i like to have my hats actually tighter then most people would that is why I need to figure out how to shrink it.
@SchwartzVideo what if you want to shrink the hat and get rid of the crown? would you use your method to shrink the crown and then spray it to shrink it and then wear it without paper towels in?
I was a hat wearer in my youth. In the 90s. I am 32 now, and not really into hats anymore. But here lately I have been wanting to get back into them, And the hat of this era is the fitted new era 59/50. Back in my day the hat was Starter. Now Starter is a gerneric brand, Anways my size is 7 1/2. And it fits comfortable. I am not a real fan of the the flat brim, I prefer curved, but I hear that these hats look terrible curved. Im a Miami Dolphins fan, and I got a steal in my local Ross Dress For Less store, the hat which is normally 34.99 was only 7.99. And its official. So I picked it up. But I just cant stand the flat look. Any advice from anyone on how to curve it and not ruin it?
Dude, What you need is that New Era recap kit or the one from nu-cap. they shape the cap and the inflatable cap form will save those caps that shruck. It works alot better than your head. but a good idea.
The reason why the water is like that, could be because there is bubbles in the water, if he put water in a glass, and let the bubbles get away from the water, it will be crystal clear again :) I have tryed this once, its fine to drink and dosn't taste of anything other than water! :) - i am not the best at english, but i hope you got what i was trying to say :) Peace out
@utubesacks Bend it and put in a cup/glass with a fairly wide diameter. You'll have to bend it quite a bit but it will bend back out a bit. The diameter of common beer glass liter is perfect. I'll leave a new cap in there for a couple hours. Works well.
Hey does this work with SnapBacks aswell because yesterday at the mall I bought a young and reckless snap back but I Sony like the way the crown fits on my head
Ok so i see it works But how can you do this + keeping the brim straigt an flat ? Cause I really hate how it bends I dont want that It this possible ? Please reply
If you don't have a sink you are NOT out of luck. If you are a bum, the following instructions apply 1) Find a puddle, a neighbor's hose, or a Local McDonalds, and drink as much water as you can. 2) Wait 30-40 minutes 3) Once you have the sudden and great urge to pee, take your New Era hat (which you probably stole) and pee into the crown area of the hat. Try to control your pee stream, turn it on and off for maximum length of that warm urine being distributed on your hat. 4) Wear the hat!
Hey I tried that on a new era cap and since it is using the newer materials. forming it has been an issue. Just out of curiosity why do people leave the stickers on the cap. Is it some sort of fashion statement people are making.
He has a LOT of gunk in his pipes which is being stripped away when the water gets hot. This is a bathroom sink anyway so he obviously never drinks from it.
why your cap are curved?i love these new era curved cap and don't really the full flat cap that much........... what is the model name pro on-field? performance?49 thirty?
I got a new stl cards hat and I wear a 7 5/8 but my other two that size fit great and this one for some reason is too big to where the bill is over my eyebrows and loose what could I do to fix that?
I do this to shrink my hat.. I run the hat under hot water for abit till its soaking wet.. without getting the bill the wet... then i dry it with a blow dryer on hot.. i do this over and over until my hat is the right size!!
"You try to get as little of the brim as possible wet..." Proceeds to pass the brim of the hat through the stream of water, while 50% of the hat is brimless and also able to pass through water.
"The reason why you don't wanna get it on the brim.." then he soaks the brim LOOL
just got my first 59fifty and I am in the process of doing this (cap is still VERY slightly moist) it's looking better already. YOU ARE AWESOME
Word around is he is still wearing the hat to this day.
So pumped on this. Just tried it with one of the hats i have that looked soooo boxy and it got rid of the points completely. No wrinkles at all and i used a dry wash rag instead of paper towels and it actually stretched out a little bit to a bigger size. Thanks a lot man.
Why is milk coming out of your faucet
XD lol not sure why but hot water tends to have more bubbles
LOL
I saw the same thing!!!!
Cloudy water, also known as white water, is caused by air bubbles in the water. It is completely harmless. It usually happens when it is very cold outside because the solubility of air in water increases as water pressure increases and/or water temperature decreases. Learn some science.
Its called HOT water, looks cloudy
10% thanking the user for tips
90% talking about how the water is foggy
Cool video bro... Outstanding and useful information, but I am worried about that hard water....
Laughing at all the people that have, apparently, never seen hot water coming out of a faucet before.
Tried this with a 80% poly/20% wool and did make the whole hat look much more even and cylindrical. It did shrink the size somewhat but that is what I wanted a tighter fit. I did it 2x with the same hat without the paper towels with a nice result.
If anyone is interested, his water is cloudy because of air bubbles not because it's nasty.
This is exactly what I've been looking for. I don't know why this video has so many dislikes. Thanks bro
I use a similar method to this (but usually for snap backs) just to lower the crown of the hat. Same idea. I work the high spots slightly to soften them, but instead of wearing the hat until it's dry I stuff a towel inside of it and make it the shape that I'd like. Then let it dry. It's obviously easier with a snap back because it's adjustable so shrinkage is not an issue.
if you dont have a sink your outa luck :) Love it man hehe
Hey man
Great advice. From using this video my hat is now the perfect shape!
I didn't however use the paper towels as I felt it might make my hat too loose.
Instead I just kept my hat on for most the day until it dried ..a little uncomfortable but well worth it in the end!
Thanks again.
Hey man!
Great advice, got my hat to the perfect shape from watching this video.. I didn't however use the paper towels as I felt it might make the hat loose! I just kept my hat on all day until it dried, not entirely comfortable but worth it in the end!
Cheers
thumbs up if you know it's not dirty water, but water with tiny air bubbles in it.
@InvisibleXplosion I agree! I wear the hat and even sweat in them and the stickers are not necessary when the hat is absorbing the sweat in the sweltering heat.
this saved me from looking like a fucktard, thanks!!
Good video dude, it work for me as I'm between sizes. Size 7 is too tight and
Size 7 1/8 is too big. So I tried ur method and got it wet with hot wear it wet on my heand unil it dries and now I fits perfectly. Thanks for the helpful vidwo.
I've been doing this for years. This guy is absolutely, 100% on about the process to mold the hat to your head or just the way you want it. It always takes me about 5-8 times to get it just right for me.
I noticed that wearing my hat for an entire season will make it look just like I want it but by the time it looks cool, I had to wash it or get another hat since all of the sweat from the year took its toll. I realized it was the sweat that got the hat like that.
I think it's a matter of opinion. I think you look fine with the boxy hat look, as do many other people. I don't even notice the weird look you talk about.
Nonetheless, I also like how it looks after. I'm just incredibly nervous to do this to any of my hats.
Upvote if you wish your water was white like mine
Shweet worked well for me, no more giant crown. Looks great.
@BiHSoLo i did that with a recently bought new era and it worked just fine. you dont even have to get the whole thing wet btw, just the rim on the inside. wear it around the house or whatever, and it eventually will start fitting to your head more and more (if its not gigantic lol.)
Dude the boxy look is just perfect! And i leave the stickers on it too! And i dont bend my shield! :O
Cloudy water, also known as white water, is caused by air bubbles in the water. It is completely harmless.
It usually happens when it is very cold outside because the solubility of air in water increases as water pressure increases and/or water temperature decreases.
Cold water holds more air than warm water.
In the winter, water travels from the reservoir which is very cold and warms up during its travel to your tap. The air that is present is no longer soluble, and comes out of solution.
ive had 5950s that looked like it did when it was wet, thats how i like them too look almost like one of the softer cotton hats but the 5950, when i saw it when it was wet i was like yes! this kid just solved all my problems then it dried and i was like yea it looks better but not perfect, good thinking tho maybe one more time under the water
@aznerd999 i take the stickers off my hats except for the ones with a white bill, that way you can grab onto the sticker when you're holding it and the grease and dirt on your fingers won't get the white bill dirty
to all you guys saying his water is nasty....the reason it looks like that is because its hot. its the steam in the water making it look like that. go run your faucet as hot as possible into a cup and look into it. looks the same . if you let it sit it will become clear like normal water.
@Proskillerz1 it's called air in the water it makes it cloud.
Do you live in Flint Michigan? Why's the water so dirty
the water isn't dirty. the colour is like that because the water is hot
its hot water idiot
have you never seen bubbles in hot water before?
+animelover98 are you fucking stupid?
Savage Troller who the fuck are you? My comment is in reply to dx Wolf I'm not even talking to you. In the case you misread my comment, I suggest you re-read it, it is in agreement to you.
Thanks dude, your tip was wery welcome ! :DD now I have perfectly snapbacks that fit perfect and look even better ;)
@JKelly30 That's what hot water looks like, ever see hot water before?
@broseidon2881 thats what water looks like when it is hot. i know, i was confused when i found out too.
Great method! Obviously this works best with the wool, but I had some success with a poly. I also cut out that mesh inside the crown. I had tried using a heat gun and a screen printing dryer to fit the hat right before with some success, but this is much easier way with less chance of ruining your hat.
All you're really doing is washing the starch out of the crown. Clothing starch is what holds the crown so high and gives it that boxy shape. I don't see why this wouldn't work for snapbacks.
I myself am a snapback guy, and I prefer the high crown, box shaped look. AKA "off the rack" look. To each their own. Above all, I don't know why you're picking on this kid for his methods and his water. He's trying to help you, and he seems to know what he's doing. My water isn't perfectly clear either, I believe it has a lot to do with where you live.
Nice collection by the way, I like your orange color variants. If only they had a high crown, flat brim, and snaps in the back, I'd probably to try to barter with you :D
@DownzyTheBear the water was hot and since all tap water has some amount of chlorine in it, the heat made the chlorine whiter then normal.!
OK, Worked great for the "Middle" crown, but the side crowns are still there after TWO washes!! But, I can see a slight change def in the side crowns. The middle crown looks great, want the sides to do the same thing...what do I do? Keep repeating the same techniques? thanks for this video, make a updated or new one homie..
Woot!!! I'm gonna try this method and if that doesn't work then i'll try the shower method. Thanks bro!
Oh shit! It wrked 😂thx man
I need a sure fire way to shrink a hat .. i like to have my hats actually tighter then most people would that is why I need to figure out how to shrink it.
@SchwartzVideo
what if you want to shrink the hat and get rid of the crown? would you use your method to shrink the crown and then spray it to shrink it and then wear it without paper towels in?
holy shit you're caps are plentiful i like
@ACBComputerHelp thats the way really hot water from the sink looks
Very helpful, thank you for explaining your method. I just bought a cap and will try to do this.
I shape my caps! Get the RECAP inflatable shaping kit from New ERA also Nu-Cap makes one you can buy on line for like $30.00 they work
I was a hat wearer in my youth. In the 90s. I am 32 now, and not really into hats anymore. But here lately I have been wanting to get back into them, And the hat of this era is the fitted new era 59/50. Back in my day the hat was Starter. Now Starter is a gerneric brand, Anways my size is 7 1/2. And it fits comfortable. I am not a real fan of the the flat brim, I prefer curved, but I hear that these hats look terrible curved. Im a Miami Dolphins fan, and I got a steal in my local Ross Dress For Less store, the hat which is normally 34.99 was only 7.99. And its official. So I picked it up. But I just cant stand the flat look. Any advice from anyone on how to curve it and not ruin it?
Dude, What you need is that New Era recap kit or the one from nu-cap. they shape the cap and the inflatable cap form will save those caps that shruck. It works alot better than your head. but a good idea.
your water is really cloudy!! btw nice hats ! great vid
The reason why the water is like that, could be because there is bubbles in the water, if he put water in a glass, and let the bubbles get away from the water, it will be crystal clear again :)
I have tryed this once, its fine to drink and dosn't taste of anything other than water! :)
- i am not the best at english, but i hope you got what i was trying to say :)
Peace out
I tried the method and it worked really well
@utubesacks
Bend it and put in a cup/glass with a fairly wide diameter. You'll have to bend it quite a bit but it will bend back out a bit. The diameter of common beer glass liter is perfect. I'll leave a new cap in there for a couple hours. Works well.
Hey does this work with SnapBacks aswell because yesterday at the mall I bought a young and reckless snap back but I Sony like the way the crown fits on my head
@HungaChunga7 Nope, polyester doesn't shrink as far as I know.
This was very helpful. Thanks!
Worked really well, thanks buddy
Ok so i see it works
But how can you do this + keeping the brim straigt an flat ?
Cause I really hate how it bends I dont want that
It this possible ? Please reply
Dam he got a lot of fitteds wonder how he felt wen we switched to snapbacks lol
If you don't have a sink you are NOT out of luck. If you are a bum, the following instructions apply
1) Find a puddle, a neighbor's hose, or a Local McDonalds, and drink as much water as you can.
2) Wait 30-40 minutes
3) Once you have the sudden and great urge to pee, take your New Era hat (which you probably stole) and pee into the crown area of the hat. Try to control your pee stream, turn it on and off for maximum length of that warm urine being distributed on your hat.
4) Wear the hat!
75% of these comments is about his dirty water and not the hat method
North Korea just said if that's what runnin water looks like they don't want it
hey i just got a 100% wool hat fom new era do i do the exact same stuff u did in the vid to get rid of the boxy hat ?
how mouch does the hat shrink? my hat is pretty big and come over my ears a little bit , and the hat is like yours to high, would this work ?
'Try not get water on the brim' *proceeds to soak brim everytime
this was so weird, i was looking at hat videos and came apon this and laughed becuase i used to love your card videos ahah thanks for the tip ben
Dude you're awesome thanks for the vid. Nice hat collection too.
Hey I tried that on a new era cap and since it is using the newer materials. forming it has been an issue. Just out of curiosity why do people leave the stickers on the cap. Is it some sort of fashion statement people are making.
He has a LOT of gunk in his pipes which is being stripped away when the water gets hot. This is a bathroom sink anyway so he obviously never drinks from it.
does this work on the MLB on-field polyester hats?
This is a good video, and even if it does screw the hat up it's like £25 over here to get a new one, no big deal!
@skyloo5849
it's actually not the water, it's from the hat. I did this to my hat, and the water looked the same.
i have a red and white cardinals stars and stripes hat. will the hot water cause the red to bleed and the white front panels to turn pink?
@SchwartzVideo Does this work on the MLB authentic collection hats?If not, what will?
thanks, one of my friends wanted to get rid of that boxy look too, and i've explained to him, with your help of course
@joemamaruiz That was a rhetorical question i wasnt asking for a science lesson thanks.
I agree, could you do one on how to shrink it?
OMG thank you this helped me out extemly i thot about throwin this hat away then i tried this and i love it so thank u
thanks man! took about three rounds to get it about right though.
Did anyone else notice his gross ass water
That was really smart, that heled me A LOT !! Thanks man
Thanks bro it's saved all my hats
They make low crown hats but only for MLB teams. But this is a great solution
why your cap are curved?i love these new era curved cap and don't really the full flat cap that much...........
what is the model name pro on-field? performance?49 thirty?
Hi thats cool btw can you make a video how to make a new era hat bigger like just the sweat band? how to stretch it ou? Thx great vid
Hey bro thanks this helped A LOT!!
@spicychickenwings1 cuz air went in it its the same as your water too
I got a new stl cards hat and I wear a 7 5/8 but my other two that size fit great and this one for some reason is too big to where the bill is over my eyebrows and loose what could I do to fix that?
I do this to shrink my hat.. I run the hat under hot water for abit till its soaking wet.. without getting the bill the wet... then i dry it with a blow dryer on hot.. i do this over and over until my hat is the right size!!
"You try to get as little of the brim as possible wet..."
Proceeds to pass the brim of the hat through the stream of water, while 50% of the hat is brimless and also able to pass through water.
The water pressure in the pipes is higher than the water pressure in the hat, what makes it look white is the air bubbles in the water.
isn't Horchata Water????? 🤔
what if i want to do this but also want to shrink the hat? should i not put in the paper towels?
Thanks for the tips. real nice cap collection that you have there by the way.
if i dont use the paper towel around the band of the hat, will it shrink????
@onionbootyman It's not possible. Try this only on wool ones.
Nice shirt brother! Go CAPS!
If I wear a size 7 1/4 should I get a 7 3/8 and do this if the middle of the brim on the 1/4 is hurting my forehead. Or will it be to big
if i want mine to shrin in a bit should i leave out paper towls?
my Texas Rangers MLB COOP hat looks SO much better thank you!
how do you shrink the crown of those super tall crowns with the big logos the crown wont shrink please make another video or reply