Do wash your caps? (Called ball caps now?)

[Dick2]

Anyone know a good way to clean or wash ball caps?

I think most people probably just throw them away and get a new one, but I'd got a couple that I'd like to clean up without damaging them - especially the bill.
 

[d beatty]

I wash my caps 4 or 5 times before I replace them. My wife use to wash them in washer but it ruined the bills of caps. I now put them in a sink and wash them by hand in warm water and laundry soap and hang them on clothes line till dry.
 

[Stephen Newell]

My wife washes mine in the washing machine in a plastic form and doesn't have a problem. The form prevents them from getting damaged and it helps retain the shape. I believe she got the form at Walmart.

 

[dave2]

[Puddles]

Only time I'm not wearing a cap, is in bed, but I've been known to fall a sleep in my chair with my cap on.
Over the years I've tried everything, even those plastic molds! I wash my caps by hand.
 

[Michael Soldan]

I wash caps all the time,especially in the summer when I sweat a lot..a cap can get pretty rank. I ball up old newspaper about the size of a noggin so the cap keeps its shape. I wash them in the laundry tub with a scrub brush and laundry soap,rinse in hot water and stuff with nespaper ball and set them out on the deck to dry
 

[tomturkey]

Wash mine in the washing machine with my work clothes. Take them and put them on a cannister nto dry. Sometimes put a rubber band on the bill but not always. My hats/caps are fuctional only.(to cover my bald head) I make no fashion statements with my caps gobble
 

[Kow Farmer]

I wash mine in the top rack of the dishwasher. It works good for me.
Kow Farmer
 

[BAnNC]

Wash "em and dry on a formed rack like the one above. Washing machine works fine.
 

[Leroy]

Some you can, some yoy cannot depending on material the bill is made out of. We have had that plastic form for many a year. The cardboard type bill will always go bad, plastic will usually stay good.
 

[Mark-Ia]

Dry Cleaners do a great job on my favorite hats.
 

[rustyfarmall]

[pete black]

for work caps i wash mine while i am in the shower, a little shampoo, an old toothbrush, rinse and hang on shower head overnight. nicer ones eventually replaced and then used for work caps.
 

[John A.]

Dick2, Hand wash, with a small med/stiff bristle brush, & Blue Dawn soap, hang on a door knob / air dry. I don't like the plastic mold thing for it messes up the crease of bill and I don't do flat bills.
Later,
John A.
 

[PJH]

When mine get dirty, I throw them in the laundry hamper. At least one a week - mebbe two. Sweet wife washes them in the washer, stuffs a bath towel in them, and sets them on a shelf to dry. I wear them 'til they're frazzled. Like Tom sez - not a fashion statement, just a cover for a bald head.

An old joke - sure to rile someone - but it's a joke:

Know why farmer's cap bills are curled?

It's from looking in the mailbox for a government check. . .

It's a joke!!!