Wash your smoothskin leather cap

Fur products and leather caps need the right cleanse and maintenance. Leather caps best preserve the qualities of the skin with regular treatment using leather grease. Leather caps best preserve the qualities of the skin with regular treatment using leather grease.

Leather is a durable material created from tanned animal hides. In Wilgart’s caps, we typically use leather from goat, sheep or cow. We use the leather for cap shades, as it is durable, has a good grip, and provides a nice contrast to our wool, linen and silk fabrics.

Smooth leather material properties

Grain Leather has great patina properties, and a distinct look. We often use it for the brim or other details of the cap. We often use smoothskin for the shade of the cap, but also have caps where the entire cap is in leather.

Positive

Flexible
Strength
Easy to clean
Water repellent
Durable

Negative

The colour is broken down by the sun’s rays, and caps are easy exposed to sunlight.
Sensitive to grease stains
Need to be continuously cared for to maintain grace and flexibility

If you want your leather to remain soft and have a longer life and fewer blemishes, we recommend ongo-ing care taking with leather grease. Leather grease is a combination of beeswax and impregnating plant juices, which makes the leather naturally water and stain repellent. Leather grease is a combination of beeswax and impregnating plant oils that enhance the natural water and dirt repellent properties of the leather cap.

Bright untreated leather that do not get any treatment with fat is particularly susceptible to sweat stains, spills and dirt. It is either very difficult or impossible to remove those stains. It is either impossible or very difficult to remove a stain once it has got stuck in the skin.

Like wood, for example, the color of the leather will fade slowly and the material will harden. Some prefer untreated leather, which with its wear marks and scuffs can be considered authentic and genuine. If you are a supporter of this look, then follow the instructions for minimal cleaning, and clean only with a damp cloth or sponge without soap.

How to wash a smoothskin leather cap

Clean with a brush, damp cloth or sponge
Never use soap as this pulls fat out of the skin.
If color fades, consider to redye or use leather grease.
Do not place your leatherhat near a heating device

Washing with soap will extract the natural fat from the leather, which makes it susceptible to stains, cracks and stiffness. Be carefull when washing leather, since leathercolor might drift out and into the water. If this colored water is getting into the fabric, it might get stuck on the fabric. Using leather grease will often give the surface a darker tone. The significantly darker tone that you will get by using leather grease can camouflage stains and other deep marks in the skin.

Always test before processing, as leather grease will almost always change the color of the skin.

Cap tools

Here you can see a small selection of cap tools and accessories that Wilgart offer. You can see all the products under: Accessories

Read more about cleaning and cleaning the hat after choice of materials on the Washing & maintenance of caps page

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Materials in caps

Watch videos and explore how to wash and maintain your cap. Read more here below.

Wool & Tweed

How to wash a woolen cap. Washing and cleaning of baseball cap, flatcap, sixpence, eightpiece or drivers cap, which is made in sheep wool or genuine Harris Tweed cloths.

Cotton

Learn more about how to wash a cap sewn in a cotton fabric. Washing and cleaning a baseball cap, flatcap, sixpence, eightpiece or a sailorcap of cotton. Washing and cleaning the flatcap, sixpence, eightpiece, basecap or sailorcap in 100% cotton or lined blend with cotton.