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Hi,

I recently got a hat that has some some moth damage and was curious if anyone can repair or even if its cost effective?

thanks for any info

Depending on the extent of the damage will be the tell all. Some damage just can't be repaired...

Get some photos on for an accurate assessment.

There are professional reweavers who can repair holes, tears, etc. Usually, they need enough original material to make the repair as undetectable as possible. I don't know their exact methods, or whether they can work with a hat. You would have to show it to them. I would check the Yellow Pages, Internet, etc., to see if I could locate one nearby. In some cases, you can do your own repairs by removing some nap with a razor blade and using the "fuzz" to fill the holes, applying a very small amount of adhesive to hold it in. Too much adhesive will show. This works best with doeskin. It does not work well with a textured cloth.

Disbo,

I understand your problem all too well. I bought a german army general's tunic that has been badly mothed. In Australia, these sort of people advertise that they do 'invisible mending' and I have heard they can do a very good job. My tunic could only benefit from their work, and I intend to get it done, as soon as I can find another piece of similar material for them to use. Normally they cut excess pieces out from behind linings, inside sleeves, behind seams etc, but I would prefer they not do that in my case, if at all possible.

One of their common techniques, for larger holes that can't be closed, is to put a piece of matching material behind it, and blend it with the rest, until you can hardly see the repair. Of course such work is rarely completely undetectable, but a good repair is better than a big hole, which is only likely to get worse, with age.

So if anyone has some scraps of high quality gray/green material from an army officer's tunic that was too far gone, I might be interested in it.

David!

If anyone is interested, I can post some pictures of my moth victim.

Here is the hat in question.

http://phpstack-500133-1583587.cloudwaysapps.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=232290&gonew=1#UNREAD

thanks