Help! pls. re: Tilley Hats (or similar)
Terry Waggoner
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The 'instructions' for cleaning my Tilley are long gone, but one
promise they make is the near-impossibility of removing sweat stains.
While on trail yesterday, decided to ask you ultra-resourceful folks
for your experience & maybe a 'Dear Heloise' cure. Thanx, T.Wag :-)
Terry V. Waggoner
Financial Consultant-Western U.S.
email: twag...@earthlink.net
Alan Dove
Hey, folks:
I don't think I understand what the problem is. My Ultimate hat (a Tilley
clone - or maybe the other way around) gets thrown in the washing machine,
then air-dried, and the sweat stains mostly come out. If they get really
bad (I've only had the thing for a year), I'll probably try something like
"Shout," which removes sweat stains from shirt collars. I reason that if
this thing is supposed to be so indestructible, I shouldn't be able to do
anything too bad to it in a mere washing machine.
--Alan
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Alan Dove
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Earle D. Jones
In article
<Pine.SUN.3.95L.96081...@merhaba.cc.columbia.edu>, Alan
Dove <ad...@columbia.edu> wrote:
> Hey, folks:
>
> I don't think I understand what the problem is. My Ultimate hat (a Tilley
> clone - or maybe the other way around) gets thrown in the washing machine,
> then air-dried, and the sweat stains mostly come out. If they get really
> bad (I've only had the thing for a year), I'll probably try something like
> "Shout," which removes sweat stains from shirt collars. I reason that if
> this thing is supposed to be so indestructible, I shouldn't be able to do
> anything too bad to it in a mere washing machine.
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Sorry, but there is no such thing as a Tilley clone. There are several
varieties of Tilley wannabees.
The Tilley endurable hat is one-of-a-kind. It is the only hat I know of
that comes with a lifetime registration and an owner's manual. There is a
secret pocket in each hat, sealed by a Velcro fastening, and containing
several things: An extra chin/head strap. A small disk of polyfoam that
causes the hat to float if it is ever dropped in the water. And a supply
of business cards that are kept to answer the inevitable question, "Where
did you get that fantastic hat?"
Most people are not aware of another great advantage of the Tilley. If
the wind blows it off (impossible if the chin strap is in place) the hat
will roll rapidly away from the owner--generally in a circle of about
forty feet diameter (10 meters in Canada). Then, completing the circle,
the hat will roll up to your feet and stop.
Truly an amazing product. Made in Canada by Canadians.
Get one today.
earle
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Terry Waggoner
ejo...@hooked.net (Earle D. Jones) wrote:
<snipped some good stuff>
>Most people are not aware of another great advantage of the Tilley. If
>generally in a circle of about forty feet diameter (10 meters in Canada).
> Then, completing the circle, the hat will roll up to your feet and stop.
Hi, I actually posed the original question and maybe, Earle, you're
the man to help me....*after* the hat whips around this 40' or 10+
meter circle AND assuming it gets really dirty and sweaty, what would
YOU wash it with??
>Get one today.
Got one...like it...sweat stained, though.
>earle,
Thanx in advance ;-},
Terry V. Waggoner, Financial Consultant-Western U.S.
email: twag...@earthlink.net
'A Mountain is Something You Don't Wanta Mess With'
^^~^~^^^ Mt. Whitney, CA. 14,497.61'
{Quote attributed to Frank Zappa - 'sanitized' by me}
Andrew Roberts
twag...@earthlink.net (Terry Waggoner) wrote:
>Hi, I actually posed the original question and maybe, Earle, you're
>the man to help me....*after* the hat whips around this 40' or 10+
>meter circle AND assuming it gets really dirty and sweaty, what would
>YOU wash it with??
Well, I wash mine with liquid dishwasing soap (like sunlight or such)
It does a bang-up job
>Got one...like it...sweat stained, though.
>>earle,
>Thanx in advance ;-},
You can sew in a small strip of terry cloth to soak it up first and
keep it away from your head. I suppose velcro would allow you to
remove said sweatband for washing etc.
Cheers!
A.
Eric Schultz
In article <50e0hd$k...@guyana.earthlink.net>, twag...@earthlink.net wrote:
>Hi, I actually posed the original question and maybe, Earle, you're
>the man to help me....*after* the hat whips around this 40' or 10+
>meter circle AND assuming it gets really dirty and sweaty, what would
>YOU wash it with??
Good afternoon...
i got a tilley adventure jacket and the washing instructions are: give it
hell!
i suppose you should be able to just toss the hat in the washing machine and
that's it.
--
Headed for the second star to the right and straight on till morning...
Schultz
Frances West
>In article <50e0hd$k...@guyana.earthlink.net>, twag...@earthlink.net wrote:
>>Hi, I actually posed the original question and maybe, Earle, you're
>>the man to help me....*after* the hat whips around this 40' or 10+
>>meter circle AND assuming it gets really dirty and sweaty, what would
>>YOU wash it with??
We used liquid Tide on our extremely filthy Tilley hats and they came
clean (except for a small sweat stain inside - that might come out with
special care). We airdryed the hats after putting them on our heads to
size them. Don't use bleach - it changes the colour. And don't forget to
take the foam out of the crown or your hat won't stay under the water in
the tub!
Frances
Aamer Sachedina
: Hi, I actually posed the original question and maybe, Earle, you're
: the man to help me....*after* the hat whips around this 40' or 10+
: meter circle AND assuming it gets really dirty and sweaty, what would
: YOU wash it with??
Hi,
Throw your Tilley into the washing machine, or river. Give it hell!
Avoid bleach or other strong detergents containing bleach. A bit of your
regular laundry detergent should do fine.
-Aamer
kah...@waymark.net
aa...@skyhawk.torolab.ibm.com (Aamer Sachedina) wrote:
>Hi,
>Throw your Tilley into the washing machine, or river. Give it hell!
>Avoid bleach or other strong detergents containing bleach. A bit of your
>regular laundry detergent should do fine.
>-Aamer
Oh please post the phone number for Tilley hats. I lost my one and
only catalog :-(
Sam
Terry Waggoner
kah...@waymark.net wrote:
>Oh please post the phone number for Tilley hats. I lost my one and
>only catalog :-(
>Sam
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Here ya go...it's in the hat!
Canada 1.800.387.0110 or 416.444.4465
USA 1.800.338.2797
Glad to Help and thanx to all for your cleaning ideas! :-)
Respectfully,
Ken Meinken
Okay folks, you all are obviously strongly "pro-Tilley"...please tell
me one thing: how do you get the brim to be flat? Mine always looks
like a refugee from the "Beverly Hillbillys"!
Ken
Terry Waggoner
kmei...@one.net (Ken Meinken) wrote:
>Ken
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Beats me, Ken, I just snap up one side and curl down the other.
Sometimes, snap up *both* sides. If it's really bright OR raining,
both sides come down. Flat brim??? What a novel concept. ;-}
hu...@direct.ca
kmei...@one.net (Ken Meinken) wrote:
>how do you get the brim to be flat?
The following assumes that the hat is either freshly washed, or is
otherwise wet.
2 ways (depending on your location at that point in time):
1) If you are at home, after sizing the hat, simply iron the hat
brim. It isn't 100%, but better than nothing.
2) "In the field": I have sat pots on the brim (again, after sizing
the hat, if wet). This works, albeit not as good as ironing.
Mike