About a week ago, i bought a nice white baseball cap. I wear it almost every day to work, and i noticed that its starting to get sweat stains on the bill and inside. I dont wanna just wash it because the brim is cardboard. Any ideas on how i can clean it up?

Hmm, well my wife sticks my different colored caps in the dishwasher but, I don't have any white baseball style caps. All my white hats are Western Style for when I ride my white horse to the rescue.

Do not stick your cap in the dryer, allow it to air dry in the shape you want the bill to end up as.

Ron

At your own risk---
Spray & Wash--scrub with a stiff yellow brush--rinse lightly, and let air dry.
Your results may vary.

Doesn't White = bleach?

Honestly. You come to a site full of guys for laundry advice? Hope it don't turn pink on ya.

But that aside, my wife uses distiled vinegar and the clear windex(no color) to clean just about everything, including fabric.

http://home.howstuffworks.c...ove-sweat-stains.htm

You can buy plastic holders that are the shape of a baseball cap to wash *and* dry your hats in. I think I got some at Walmart.

http://www.ehow.com/how_220...an-baseball-cap.html

http://www.sevendeals.com/p...TDt5sCFRwpawod_GITAQ

[This message has been edited by fierobear (edited 07-02-2009).]

And stop sweatin.

quote Originally posted by maryjane: And stop sweatin.

Wait a minute...the guy's from Canada. Why is he sweating so much?

quote Originally posted by fierobear: Wait a minute...the guy's from Canada. Why is he sweating so much?

Dunno--maybe he's standing in a loooong line to get his free health care?

quote Originally posted by fierobear: Wait a minute...the guy's from Canada. Why is he sweating so much?

That's why he moved there. Just imagine what he was like when he lived further south!


Just kidding around, kawana. Good luck with the baseball cap. Curiosity here. Do you have a cap with the more traditional gradual curved brim, or did you go with the newer "urbanized" flatter brim?

quote Originally posted by maryjane: And stop sweatin.

wow! Why didn't i think of that! Ill remember that in the future.

quote Originally posted by fierobear: Wait a minute...the guy's from Canada. Why is he sweating so much?

You'd be supprised how warm it gets in our igloos...

I've got a big assortment of baseball caps of all colors. Actually what you see isn't sweat, but body oil. My wife turned me onto my own product. Spray the inside and outside of the band with Castrol Super Clean degreaser. Throw it into the laundry with the rest of the clothing of the same color. Doesn't stain or fade the baseball cap, either. I also use the Super Clean to get automotive oils and greases out of my clothing.

Kerosene and a match.

quote Originally posted by jconnor34: Kerosene and a match.

Heh.

Baseball caps are consumables. How hard is it to get another white cap ? It's not. I have a collection of specialty caps (the logos being special). I just toss mine in with the laundry. As said, the bill is cardboard. When the washer is done I just wear mine occasionally shaping the bill. I have some caps over ten years old.