2006-10-28 10:11:17 · 2 answers · asked by GM 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
If you are asking the process of starching shirts at a cleaners. They wash the shirts and then add starch to the rinse cycle, then while the shirts are wet they go to a HOT press to be pressed and dried at the same time. The look fresh and crisp and have permanent creases in them. The starch keeps them from getting set in stains. Stains come out of them alot easier when they are starched.
If you are asking about Home starching it`s basically the same thing put most ppl at home starch their cloths damp or dry them first. Hope this helps
2006-10-28 14:23:44 · answer #1 · answered by Sandra♥ 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What kind of marks is the starch leaving? Scorch marks? It sounds like you are setting your iron too hot for the fabric and possibly using too much starch. LIGHTLY spray the shirt with starch and wait a minute or two for the starch to absorb into the fabric. Ensure the temp. setting on your iron is appropriate for the type of fabric you are ironing. Do the back of the shirt first, followed by the sleeves, then the front, paying attention to the plackets (where the buttons and buttonholes are) and finish with the collar. Do not press a crease into the collar - just fold it down where the natural fold occurs. For a really crisp finish, use a little extra starch on the cuffs, collar and plackets. Hope this helps.
2016-03-16 13:35:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Starching
2016-11-15 00:16:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clothing starch or laundry starch is a liquid that is prepared by mixing a vegetable starch in water (earlier preparations also had to be boiled), and is used in the laundering of clothes.
Starch was widely used in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries to stiffen the wide collars and ruffs of fine linen which surrounded the necks of the well-to-do.
During the 19th century and early 20th century, it was stylish to stiffen the collars and sleeves of men's shirts and the ruffles of girls' petticoats by applying starch to them as the clean clothes were being ironed.
Aside from the smooth, crisp edges it gave to clothing, it served a practical purpose as well.
Dirt and sweat from a person's neck and wrists would stick to the starch rather than fibers of the clothing, and would easily wash away along with the starch. Then, after each laundering, the starch would be reapplied.
2006-10-28 10:36:55 · answer #4 · answered by Goldista 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can use a spray on starch in a can. Depending on how much you use, it will make the shirt very stiff or just crisp. Dress shirts ususally look much better if starched.
2006-10-28 10:15:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Starching of shirts is a torture process used by women on men, so that they are absolutely uncomfortable when wearing a dress shirt and tie. This is revenge from women on men from when men expected women to wear corsets. Spray starch is used and ironed on the firm parts of shirts, collars and sleeves, and gives the appearance of looking neat, tailored, and totally uncomfortable.
2006-10-28 10:19:58 · answer #6 · answered by steviewag 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I starch clothes by using a spray starch, I spray it on the garment and iron it. Starch makes fabric a bit stiffer and it will stay "crisp" longer. I use it very rarely.
2006-10-28 10:16:04 · answer #7 · answered by Goldenrain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋