How to Waterproof a Felt Hat

hi I'm Eric Watson at Watson's hat shop in historical Cave Creek Arizona here at Watson's hat shop we make fine tailored custom hats to any style today I'm going to show you how to waterproof a felt hat or rather you don't need to waterproof a felt hat European hair and beaver fur felt hats do not need to be waterproof you do not need to use silic cone sprays or anything like that the only hat that needs to be waterproofed is a wool hat and the reason is is because the felt is not as uh dense and as strong and compacted together because of lack of microscopic barbs on the wool versus European hair which is rabbit furf felt or Beaver furf felt so you can actually see that when I spray this hat you can see that it doesn't soak up the water the water lays on the outer part of the hat and this is because this hat is pure Beaver furel so do not use any sprays or anything like that once again on a fine fur felt hat to waterproof it because it's not necessary and that's how you don't waterproof a felt hat and I'm Eric Watson and come visit us at Watson's hat shop and thank you for your time

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