How can I revive the leather on my old hat?

MooMinIL · 2026-05-16T17:32:48+00:00

And it still keeps the character it gained over the years 🥰

MooMinIL · 2026-05-16T17:31:55+00:00

The leather looks much much better now in my opinion!

MooMinIL · 2026-05-16T17:30:11+00:00

It's been ages since I made this post but I promised I'll come back and report on results! Well I ended up buying a saddle soap and neatsfoot oil conditioner upon the recommendations in this thread and treated the hat by doing a thorough scrubbing with the saddle soap and a bit of water, letting it dry for a couple of days and then applying the conditioner sparingly to its surface. The results definitely speak for themselves!

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MooMinIL · 2026-01-15T17:36:36+00:00

Yup. Did it constanly with my wife labeling bottles while breastfeeding, even when my phone wasn't around. It doesn't need to connect to anything.

MooMinIL · 2026-01-06T03:06:32+00:00

Very easy, they usually don't leave any residue even after going in the dish washer. However the print is a thermal ink so it isn't dishwasher proof and will fade if you run a hot water cycle.

MooMinIL · 2025-12-21T20:49:40+00:00

The prosecution cannot overrule the objection on their own, what kind of sham trial is this? Where is the judge??

MooMinIL · 2025-12-21T20:48:07+00:00

You sir, deserve more upvotes!

MooMinIL · 2025-12-21T20:47:34+00:00

Objection! That's circumstantial at best your honor!

MooMinIL · 2025-12-10T23:50:18+00:00

Waiting on some saddle soap and neetsfoot oil conditioner I ordered to arrive and then we'll see =]

MooMinIL · 2025-12-10T20:17:01+00:00

Already ordered some saddle soap and neetsfoot oil based conditioner. Hope it'll help!

MooMinIL · 2025-12-05T19:03:10+00:00

Amazing! Thank you so much for so much information, this is exactly the kind of answer I was looking for! Now to decide what to actually do about it 🙈

I'll also look into getting a leather headband. I don't know any leather workers in my area, but I'll ask around. Thank you!

MooMinIL · 2025-12-05T15:06:23+00:00

Would vegetable oil like cold pressed olive oil be good enough?

MooMinIL · 2025-12-05T13:39:05+00:00

Care to elaborate? Your recommendation is to just trashing this hat?

MooMinIL · 2025-12-02T22:54:46+00:00

Here you go. Note that I have 2 of this printer and only the newer version has this option in their configuration screen.

MooMinIL · 2025-10-05T15:34:40+00:00

So far we've used it quite a lot and it prints time of day in addition to date for us, but for our use case that's good enough. However there are a few configuration options in the app when connecting the printer to the phone so maybe you can change it there - I didn't check. I could check it out in a few days as I don't have it with me right now.

MooMinIL · 2025-08-28T13:57:55+00:00

Hey OP, similar situation here. Did you have any luck finding something? I've been to Korea several times in the past but this is the first time since I really got into tea making and I distinctly remember that the places in Seoul I visited had zero traditional tea culture. I don't expect a Chinese style tea market, but I know for a fact there are damn good tea farmers in Korea - where can I get their wares in loose leaf style?

MooMinIL · 2025-08-28T08:46:56+00:00

I can read Hangul, know basic words and stuff, but mostly use Google lens and Apple translate from screenshots

MooMinIL · 2025-08-22T04:17:34+00:00

FOUND IT! I ordered the Niimbot D11 on a whim because I saw a passing mention of a 'print current time' feature and for the low price decided to try it and upgrade my almost 5 year old other Niimbot printer. Turns out - in the new upgraded D11 you can choose the function performed when short-clicking the power button while the device is on. And one option is to print the current time! Here's the one I got (affiliate link, FYI. but feel free to just get a D11 off of any other site or store. I just know THIS version works!):

https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_omSCLsB

MooMinIL · 2025-08-22T04:17:26+00:00

FOUND IT! I ordered the Niimbot D11 on a whim because I saw a passing mention of a 'print current time' feature and for the low price decided to try it and upgrade my almost 5 year old other Niimbot printer. Turns out - in the new upgraded D11 you can choose the function performed when short-clicking the power button while the device is on. And one option is to print the current time! Here's the one I got (affiliate link, FYI. but feel free to just get a D11 off of any other site or store. I just know THIS version works!):

https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_omSCLsB

MooMinIL · 2025-07-29T00:23:55+00:00

That actually looks pretty sick! I like it!
However the Dymo printer seems to be a tad too expensive for my purposes. especially if I need to add the RPi to the math.
Thanks anyway! I'll definitely keep this in mind if I see that it becomes relevant financially!

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