Beanie hats are essential for spring, fall, winter, and even summer. Usually, beanie hats are used to keep warm. Therefore, most people are familiar with beanie hats. In the cold winter, beanie hats can bring you warmth and are a must-have accessory for fashionable looks. However, beanie hats may get dirty or lose their original shape after wearing them for a long time. How do you wash and care for beanie hats? Today, we – Aung Crown, a professional beanie hat manufacturer since 1998 – will share some practical ways to wash and care for them to keep them neat, clean, and in great shape.

First, we need to know the characteristics of the fabrics used to make beanie hats. Beanie hats made from different fabrics require different washing and care procedures.

General Beanie Hat Wash Process

Here is the general process for washing a beanie hat.

Step 1: Check the inside care label: Before washing, please check the inside care label first to know the manufacturing fabric and washing methods.

Step 2: Prepare appropriate detergent: According to the fabric, choose the right detergent. Choosing neutral detergents and avoiding strong stain removers or bleach detergents is best.

Step 3: Place the hats in lukewarm water, add the appropriate detergent, stir gently, and scrub gently. Please be careful not to scrub too hard to avoid deformation.

Step 4: Rinse clean: Rinse the beanies with clean water and remove any detergent from the beanies.

Step 5: Remove water: Squeeze the beanie hats to remove excess water, but please do not squeeze the beanie hats to dry to avoid deformation.

Step 6: Flatten to dry: Flatten beanie hats to return them to their original shape, and then place them in a nice ventilated place to avoid sun explosion.

Step 7: Ironing: If necessary, after drying, you can use a stream iron to lightly iron beanies to make them flat.

Please note that different beanies made of different fabrics require different care and washing methods. So before washing and caring for your beanie, please read the care label and know the fabric of your beanie.

How to Wash Beanie Hats Correctly?

The best way to wash beanie hats is by hand. First, soak the beanie in water for a while to remove most of the dirt. Then wash it with a mild detergent or laundry soap, and please don’t use hot water, it’s better to wash with cold water. Soak the beanie for a while until the foam rises to the surface, then rinse the beanie with clean water. If there is still dirt, scrub the beanie lightly. After rinsing, don’t wring the beanie to dry, but use a towel to absorb the water and lay it out to dry.

Note:

Before washing, it’s better to pat the beanie to remove dust and drop two drops of vinegar into the soaking water to remove the smell and prevent fading. Also, you can wash with tea water, which removes dust and prevents fading, so the beanie can have a longer life. After washing, please flatten the beanie to dry and avoid sun explosion to prevent fading.

Can Beanie Hats Be Machine Washed?

The answer is yes. Beanie hats can be machine-washed. Before putting clothing and beanies in the washing machine, please fill the machine with cold water first. The reason we don’t use hot water is because it can cause fading or shrinkage. The water must soak all the garments in the washing machine. Please press the pause button before stirring. To wash beanie hats, please choose the gentle mode or hand wash mode, if there are not both models, please choose the rotary mode.

Note:

Please place beanie hats in a laundry bag or pillowcase.

How to Maintain Beanie Hats?

Please do not hang or clip beanies and do not place heavy objects on top of beanies. Otherwise, it’s very easy for beanie hats to become deformed or damaged, and even for the sewing thread to fall off. Please store beanie hats in cool places away from sunlight, as sunlight can weaken the threads or cause the colors to fade. In addition, a humid environment can also harm beanie hats. In addition, you can also fill some fiber rods into beanie hats to keep their original shapes and also can put desiccants to prevent mildew. Please note that beanie hats are very easy to generate bacteria, therefore, after wearing a beanie for a time, please wash it on time.

Maintaining Steps

Step 1: Clean in advance: Use a soft brush or wet towel to brush or wipe a beanie to remove dust and dirt from the surface of the beanie.

Step 2: Avoid pulling: When putting on or taking off a beanie hat, please do both gently to avoid over-pulling the beanie hat, which can cause the beanie hat to deform.

Step 3: Avoid mildew or moisture: Usually, beanie hats are very easy to get mildew in humid environments. Therefore, please store them in dry and well-ventilated places. Also, you can put some desiccant or camphor balls to prevent them from mildew.

Step 4: Avoid sun exposure: If beanie hats are exposed to sunlight for a long time, it may cause the color to fade and the fibers to age. That’s why it’s important to avoid sun exposure and store your hats in the shade or a cool place.

Step 5: Immune to moths: Beanie hats are easily affected by moths, so it’s a good idea to store beanie hats with insect repellent.

How to Prevent Beanie Hats from Magnifying?

In general, the gap between the threads of beanie hats is large and loose. Therefore, if a beanie hat is worn frequently, it’s very easy for the beanie hat to expand. If you want to prevent a beanie hat from expanding, please pay attention to the following aspects.

1.      Pay attention to washing methods

Improper washing methods are an important factor in the expansion of beanie hats, such as machine washing with high dumping, acidic detergents that damage fabrics, or wringing beanie hats strongly, etc. That’s why it’s important to place beanie hats in a laundry bag or pillowcase when washing them in the machine and to use a gentle wash cycle. When hand washing, please scrub and wring gently.

2.      Drying methods

It’s better to flatten beanie hats when drying them to help them retain their shape.

3.      Wearing time

It’s also a good idea to prepare several beanies rather than one beanie because after wearing a beanie for a long time, it’s very easy to lose its stretch and deform, especially for beanies made of knitted fabrics. When fabrics are left in a tight or tense state for a long time, it’s very easy for the fibers to lose their stretch.