Starched items do not lose their shape for a long time and remain like new. Therefore, it is recommended to starch light hats.
Three degrees of starching of a hat
There are 3 degrees of starching, differing in the concentration of substances in the solution: low, medium, high.
Low degree
For a low degree, make the solution as follows.
- Dissolve 1 teaspoon of starch in 1 liter of warm water, avoiding the formation of lumps.
- Next, put the required volume of water on the stove and let it boil.
- Add dissolved starch, stirring continuously.
- Soak the hat in the cooled solution.
- Then pull the wet product onto a three-liter jar or a special blank. Let things dry.
ATTENTION! To prevent the hat from losing its shape, do not dry it in a vertical position. Instead of a can, you can use a ball of a suitable size.
Average degree
At medium level, do the above steps, adding 1 tablespoon of starch mixture to one liter of water.
Immerse the item in liquid.Place the wet headdress on a three-liter jar, giving the brim a horizontal position. After the field has dried, level it and carefully iron it, placing a gauze cloth underneath it.
High degree
If the degree is high, add 2 tablespoons of starch mixture to the same volume of liquid.
In the future, the procedure is performed similarly.
IMPORTANT! To starch things, you can use any starch: potato, corn, rice.
The higher the degree of starch, the longer the product keeps its shape.
How to starch a hat without starch
There are ways to starch a headdress using gelatin, sugar or glue.
Gelatin
Soak 1 tablespoon of gelatin for 20 minutes in 1 glass of water, place on the stove, and heat well. Gelatin should completely dissolve.
Immerse the product in the resulting liquid. Dry the item using the methods described above.
Sugar
Dissolve 900 grams of sugar in 500 milliliters of warm water, stir, boil for a long time until the solution becomes thick and transparent.
Dip the headdress into the cooled liquid, put it on the jar, and leave until completely dry. Or place the dry item on the bottle, then coat it with the sugar solution using a brush and let the hat dry.
PVA glue
Dilute the glue with water at room temperature in a ratio of one to one, mix thoroughly.
Soak the product in the prepared solution, put it on a blank and leave until completely dry.
ATTENTION! Starch and sugar solutions, PVA glue after drying can leave light marks on things.
Therefore, to starch dark-colored hats, you need to use a special spray purchased at a hardware store.
Hats starched using the above methods will always please the appearance of their owners.
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