How to clean baseball caps

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How to clean baseball caps

Postby Bob Of Burleson » Sat Jun 21, 2014 7:53 am

Hints From Heloise: Cleaning baseball caps

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Dear Heloise: My son’s BASEBALL CAPS get filthy with sweat and dirt. Do you have hints on how to clean the caps while keeping their shape? -- Sandra L. in Oklahoma

As long as the caps are washable, and not old or valuable, there are a couple of things to try.

Try hand-washing the caps using a gentle soap (laundry detergent or shampoo) and water. Scrub the stains gently, inside and out, with a toothbrush. Under running water, rinse the caps, then shake out the water or pat the caps with a towel. Hang to dry, then place on an upside-down bowl or canister to keep its shape.

Another Heloise hint is to use the dishwasher. Attach the caps with clothespins to the TOP rack of the dishwasher. After the rinse cycle, take out the caps to air-dry. -- Heloise

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Re: How to clean baseball caps

Postby glenn/dallas » Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:02 am

I have washed my favorite ball cap for years in the top rack of the dish washer. Works fine

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Re: How to clean baseball caps

Postby LibraryLady » Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:14 am

Do you use dish detergent to wash the cap, or just the hot water?
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Re: How to clean baseball caps

Postby BillB » Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:16 am

I put mine in with the dishes. Use dish detergent.

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Re: How to clean baseball caps

Postby LibraryLady » Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:17 am

BillB wrote:I put mine in with the dishes. Use dish detergent.


ewwwweee

I would not want my dishes washed with the oil from a scalp.
I'd do a separate wash cycle.......
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Re: How to clean baseball caps

Postby BillB » Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:46 am

It sounds like you need a new dishwasher.
If the dishwasher is doing it's job, it removes oil from the dishes regardless of where the oil came from.

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Re: How to clean baseball caps

Postby Red Oak » Sat Jun 21, 2014 10:08 am

Wash ?

I just brush the dirt off.
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Re: How to clean baseball caps

Postby Bob Of Burleson » Sat Jun 21, 2014 11:19 am

Put 'em on the picnic table, squirt on Palmolive liquid soap and pistol-nozzle the heck out of 'em. Oh, and if a cap's bill isn't shaped the way you prefer, then's the time to train it with a rubber band.

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Re: How to clean baseball caps

Postby Ryan » Sat Jun 21, 2014 12:22 pm

Dishwasher here.

I have been wearing a cowboy hat more then a ball cap lately.

I must be getting older or more careful, but I am trying to keep the sun off of me when working at the farm.

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Re: How to clean baseball caps

Postby PlanoSooner » Sat Jun 21, 2014 1:16 pm

ryan uses lake water


top ack dishwasher here..... ever since i was a kid.


you can ball up a towel inside the cap as it dries if you want to affect the shape
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Re: How to clean baseball caps

Postby Cowman52 » Sat Jun 21, 2014 4:45 pm

Go Jo or some other brand of hand cleaner. The brush that comes with it works good.


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