Restoring my antique & vintage hat blocks 🪓🔨👒 | Hat block care | Millinery Hat Making DIY

Caring for wooden hat blocks is an integral part of the millinery hat making process. Have you ever wondered how to care for such precious items? 👒🪓🔨 → Follow me ← Instagram: @byilonamillinery Patreon: http://patreon.com/ByIlonaMillinery Ko-fi: http://ko-fi.com/byilonamillinery Website: http://byilona.co.uk depop: http://depop.com/byilonamillinery/ A big thank you to Sarah Marshall for selling me the old John Boyd Hat Blocks @johnboydhats → Tools & Materials ← Wood glue + paintbrush + pot of water G clamps (various sizes) Table Vice Chisels + hammer Sureshape plane (aka. wood cheese grater) Sand paper (medium 80P, fine 120P) + cork sanding block Steel wool + rags + tub of water Metal files (various shapes) Pliers Staple gun + thick rope (or thick electrical wire) Fibre glass adhesive scrim tape Wood filler (colours to match hat block wood) + spatula Hydrogen Peroxide 3% (for getting rid of mould spores) Mineral chopping board oil + rags Paraffin wax (for puzzle blocks only) → Chapters ← 00:00 - Introduction 01:36 - Assess damage 06:20 - Tools & Materials 10:08 - Remove pins & debris 10:39 - Wood glue 14:46 - Chisel 16:20 - Sureshape wood grater 17:24 - Preliminary sanding 18:24 - Stapler & rope fix 19:25 - Wood filler 20:50 - Final sand 21:08 - Oil 21:32 - Paraffin wax 21:56 - Sparterie Beret 23:18 - Final make-overs → Music ← Local Forecast by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source