How To Dye A Felt Hat

Learning how to dye a felt hat is easy and fun. You can restore the original color of your felt hats or dye your hat for stylish and unique. I have a 100% wool felt crushable hat that I've owned for quite a few years.

It is my favorite cool weather hat. Problem is, some years ago, it began to fade from it's original brown color to an olive drab. The underside is still brown.

I've looked up how to dye wool felt on the internet. It. And the only thing you should note is that each cowboy hat's material will have different dyeing techniques.

Most cowboy hats are made from straw, felt, or leather. Choosing the right type of dye for a specific material is necessary! The good thing is, nowadays, it's very easy to find a suitable dye on the e. But how? I have seen too many horrific, ruined felt hats that have fallen victim to icky spray-painting--thick coats of stinky enamel and the like--and decided to do a tutorial on a better-quality method for color-changing a blocked felt hat.

Here's the original color of the hat. Too light! Step 1: Remove the hatband and interior grosgrain. Hair dye works ok & are a little more kinder to the felt but the choice of colors is limited unless you want brown, black or red.

If you have a white hat & you don't like it, you have to take the plunge. I've recently been experimenting with dyeing wool felt to get a colour that a client has requested, that I could not easily obtain here in Canada (not without much expense in any case!). I did a lot of online research before I began to avoid any mishaps, and thought I'd share my results here.

My client asked for a hat in a particular shade of grey. I have a felt "cowboy" hat with a flat brim that goes on my walk-a-bouts with me. I've had it for 15 years or so and it's faded to a pretty ugly light tan.

Could I mix up some Ritz dye and spray it and get decent results? I need something that won't run because it gets rained on from time to time. As promised, here is my tutorial on dyeing 100% white wool felt. This would also work with other wool.

Here is what you will need: white 100% wool felt fiber reactive dyes dust mask gloves 1/2 teaspoon, 1 tablespoon mixing containers. I used old yogurt containers. hot water salt white vinegar Large enamel, stainless steel or glass pot.

Tips: Test the dye on a small, inconspicuous area of the hat or a spare piece of fabric before dyeing the entire hat to ensure you achieve the desired color. I have a 1942 vintage Resistol hat that I'd like to re-dye to a pure black color, as it was originally. Has anyone done that themselves and, if so, what do I need to do to mine to get its color back?