I can never iron a shirt properly, the bones on the arms are either doubled or crumpled! The shoulders are the worst! please help.
2006-09-25 09:24:02 · 10 answers · asked by happy soul 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Start with a damp shirt sprayed lightly with starch. Smooth out each part on the board as you go.
First, Iron the collar and sleeves.
Iron the placket running down the front from neck to hem on the inside, then outside.
Next, put the shoulders over the pointy end of the board and press across the top shoulder seam between the collar and sleeve.
Finish ironing the rest of the body of the shirt, keeping shoulder area of the shirt flat from the pointy end of the board and smoothed out on the board toward the opposite end. Iron one section at a time--front, back, sides--making sure not to let any extra fabric fold back under where you're ironing.
Lay the sleeve longways on the board with the body of the shirt hanging over the side, carefully being sure not to wrinkle what you've already ironed. Pull the underseam of the shirt taut, making a straight line on the board, then smooth out the sleeve, making sure that it's flat on the board and no wrinkling underneath. Iron crossways across the sleeve, starting from the wrist end slowly from the underseam to the top making the crease that runs down the top of the arm. Be sure that the top crease is continuous all the way up the sleeve to the shoulder. So, you're slowly working your way up the sleeve, ironing from the inside bottom of the wrist end to the outside top where it meets the shoulder. It's practically impossible to have the crease on the outside of the sleeve be exactly centered, so don't worry if it's a little bit off. Nobody will notice.
2006-09-25 20:51:47 · answer #1 · answered by KIT J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use the pointed end of the ironing board, a plant mist bottle with water, and a medium hot iron. It works best it you fold along the seams.
2006-09-25 16:32:05 · answer #2 · answered by RHJ Cortez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get an ELNA press, no problems again. Our is 20 years old now and never gone wrong, my wife sits down to iron and it takes no time. Well-30 minutes!
http://www.elnapress.com/
2006-09-25 17:01:21 · answer #3 · answered by jayktee96 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always do the sleeves first, then the collar. If you line up the shoulder and sleeve seam straight it looks good.
2006-09-25 16:32:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Open the shirt then Iron it!
2006-09-25 16:26:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Join the Armed forces and they teach you until you cry
2006-09-25 16:31:22 · answer #6 · answered by markpoo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take to dry cleaners not your mother in law! x
2006-09-25 16:42:03 · answer #7 · answered by Joanna B 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
use starch and a steam iron
2006-09-25 16:32:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Collars, cuffs, front, back and sleeves.
2006-09-25 16:31:34 · answer #9 · answered by bambam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd have to show you first hand... That's if you've got the time...?
2006-09-25 22:06:22 · answer #10 · answered by Bling 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋