How can I press a shirt without an iron ?

Question

emergency........help!!!

Answer 1

I'm thinking maybe you should just wear a different shirt. Surely there is one which doesn't need to be ironed, no? If not, just go without a shirt......

hey wait! Aren't you a bee right now....collecting nectar? Bees don't wear shirts, do they? *consults her manual on the birds and the bees*

Answer 2

Emergency-Ironing!

Put your shirt on the ironing-table, use clean sheets on the kitchen table if you don't have one.

Over your shirt, put clean kitchen towel or sheets.
(Get a spraybottle with water (as for flowers) or a cloth in a bowl of water, to moist parts of the shirt before ironing if it's really wrinkly.)

Stand by the kitchen oven. Put a clean (!) pot with a lid on the heat. Ad a cup or so with water to keep the pot from burning.
(Pot has to be clean under to not leave grease or colorstains)

When the pot gets hot, use the bottom to iron the shirt as you would use an iron. Be sure the shirt is covered all the time with sheets/towel to not burn or take stains.
When finished, hang up on a hanger.

But it might be easier to ask a neighbour to borrow their iron if it's possible;-)

Answer 3

If you have a dryer moisten it a little and tumble it on low. If not you can use a blow dryer. But spray a little water on it first. Do it on the hanger. If you have nothing you can use your own body heat and your hands. It won't look very good but heck you're screwed anyway. You also can run to Mens Ware house and buy another shirt if you didn't buy it there and they will press it for free. Some dry cleaners will press it cheaply. Hotels have this service.

Answer 4

Well, press=heat&pressure. So you can't actually press it.

BUT you CAN get the wrinkles out if you have a clothes dryer.

Soak a washcloth and throw it in the dryer with the shirt on high and run it.

The water will steam the wrinkles out of your shirt!

:o)

Answer 5

Throw it in a hot dryer with a damp towel for about five to ten minutes then take out and immediately put on a hanger and manually stretch the seams a little bit - that gets out the worst wrinkles and puckers.

Answer 6

Dry clean or hang up in the bathroom and let the steam run from the shower. It won't be pressed but it will look a whole lot better.

Answer 7

well, usually around my house, i never have time to iron. i usually toss the shirt in the dryer then do something like take a quick shower or do my hair or make-up as i'm getting ready. also, toss in a lightly-dampened towel or rag with the garment... it will work kind of like a steam iron.

Answer 8

throw it in the dryer and put the setting on perm press and take it out as soon as it's done flap it out a few times and you should be good to go... another idea is to spray it with startch and put it in the dryer under the same setting and that has worked for me in the past when in a hurry.

Answer 9

When I have something that needs to be ironed but I don't want to use the iron, I just toss it in the dryer for awhile. I absolutely HATE ironing!

Answer 10

Downey has a spray now you just spray it on & stretch it out. If you don't have that if you have a drier just take a wet wash cloth throw your shirt & the wet wash cloth in the drier for like 5 minutes.