Question:
What is the best way to iron button down shirts?
I live in Germany-so there is no spray starch available, and I hate ironing because I am so bad at it. I will iron a shirt, go to hang it up, and there will still be wrinkles!
Answer:
Is the shirt permanent press? then you should not have to iron it!!!!!!!! If it's not, then iron the shirt, collar unbuttoned, of course, and when you are through, button the buttons and hang it up!! OH and you can also try not drying the shirt for entire cycle; let it dry for 5 minutes, take it out, if still too damp, 5 (or less) more minutes; this will help with the wrinkles and you may not need to iron it.(if it's not permanent press!!!)
Mary, I even have ironed for years, I starch my households outfits, iron each little thing, even my husbands t-shirts! i think of ironing technique is what's physically powerful for you, relies upon are you left exceeded, top exceeded, like the thin end of the board or the fat! it is the way I iron my husbands buttondown shirts, first, I even have my starch/water answer in a sprig bottle, I unbutton sleeves, collor and of course the shirt. I spray the back factor of the collar and iron, then spray and iron back. This places some actual ummph to the collar, yet you don't get the starch stains or fakes on the front. I do the comparable for the cuffs. After the cuffs, I iron the placard. this provides a extreme high quality stiff start up for something of your shirt.
Is the shirt permanent press? then you should not have to iron it!!!!!!!! If it's not, then iron the shirt, collar unbuttoned, of course, and when you are through, button the buttons and hang it up!! OH and you can also try not drying the shirt for entire cycle; let it dry for 5 minutes, take it out, if still too damp, 5 (or less) more minutes; this will help with the wrinkles and you may not need to iron it.(if it's not permanent press!!!)
Mary, I even have ironed for years, I starch my households outfits, iron each little thing, even my husbands t-shirts! i think of ironing technique is what's physically powerful for you, relies upon are you left exceeded, top exceeded, like the thin end of the board or the fat! it is the way I iron my husbands buttondown shirts, first, I even have my starch/water answer in a sprig bottle, I unbutton sleeves, collor and of course the shirt. I spray the back factor of the collar and iron, then spray and iron back. This places some actual ummph to the collar, yet you don't get the starch stains or fakes on the front. I do the comparable for the cuffs. After the cuffs, I iron the placard. this provides a extreme high quality stiff start up for something of your shirt.
Unbutton your collar, iron the back side first then the front, iron the yolk across the back, iron the back, match the shoulder seam on the arms, iron from top to bottom, turn and do the other side, iron the front from top to bottom. Use a light spray of water while you iron. Do not use hair spray, your iron will be a mess. If you are using a steam iron then only use the mist if you iron in a bad wrinkle. source, old one that did this for years prior to clothes dryers.
