What is the correct way to iron a shirt?

Question

Dont just say with an Iron!
I mean is it collars 1st-cuff 2nd -sides-back...or what?
My shirts always look creased where i started by the time ive finished.
Do people still use starch or is this just old fashioned?

I did ask my mom to do it and she said at 38 I should go suck a large one if I think she would ever do my ironing again!

Answer 1

im in the british forces so i go collar,cuff,sleaves,side,back then side.
If you make sure the shirt is a little damp it will make your life a lot easer or get a steam press

Answer 2

I always do the shoulder panel (top of back) then the collar, then put the shirt over the board and iron the button hole side, then the back, then the button side, then the arms and cuffs. I hang the shirt on a hangar fir ten minutes till it's cool, then fold it in the normal way.

No starch for me, I dont see the point. If it was a dress shirt, I probably would.

Answer 3

I always start with collar, then cuffs & sleeve, then I put the ironing board inside the shirt and iron the left front, then the left back, right back and right side with the ironing board still inside.

I then hang it up and let it air for a while.

Its best to iron your shirts when they're slightly damp, line dry if possible, if you tumble dry shorten the time so thery're still damp.

Also buy easy iron shirts and use a steam iron as it gets rid of creases easier. Spray stubborn creases with water and then iron over them to get them out.

Also buy poly cotton "easy iron" shirts and no nobody uses starch nowadays. If you can get away with it buy short sleeved shrits they're a lot easier to iron.

Answer 4

I guess, like me, you're a guy.

It is easy.

Iron collar first.

Then the bit attached to the collar.

No need for starch at all.

Next iron the arms, start from the seams and where they become creases at the top of the arm, that is the crease.

The rest should be ironed from the body, not the button bit first, but the bit with the holes in (where the buttons go).

Simply make this part wet with the spray option on your iron, and then iron it all the same way.

You have 3 other options.

1) ask Mum.

2) ask Wife/girlfriend

3) join army.

Good God man, it's a shirt.

I suggest option 3.

Good luck :-)

Answer 5

try this way , Iron the collar reverse side , Iron the sleeves and cuffs, Stretch the left front side across your ironing board, iron, Pull the the shirt towards you and iron the back, pull the shirt towards you and iron the right side. That´s the quick way of doing it. No spray starch, it only leaves little flaky bit be-hide

Answer 6

1 on the inside iron up the button hole facing, across the collar and down the button facing.
2 turn the shirt over to the right side fold one finger width below the yoke seam with the yoke and collar on top. Iron around across the yoke and around the collar.
3 lay the shirt across the ironing board with the neck at the pointy end. Starting at the button holes iron right around the shirt until you get to the buttons. iron carefully around them
4 Iron the sleeves and cuffs.
5 finish off by ironing the collar in its folded position.

Spray starch is fine.

Answer 7

Get smart and buy shirts with a mixture of polyester cotton wash them in a sink shower them to rinse and hang on a coat hanger to dry.The polyester content ensures water runs off the garment from the top meaning that the top will be dry forst.Small creases may occur but having wore the shirt for a few minutes they dissapear.As an alternative buy a womens hairdryer and simply apply that to any creases.

Answer 8

I damp it with a water spray first (with a little bit of fabric softener in) I iron the collar first, then the shoulder, sleeves, cuffs, back, button strips, button hole strips, do the shirt up then finish by ironing the front. Hang immediately on a wire hanger

Answer 9

Spray each part as you go along. Starching is not old fashioned it is very appealing and gives such a sharp look.
1.The collar
2.The shoulders front and back
3.The sleeves
4.The front around to the back
Hang the shirt and allow to dry completely.
Make sure the iron is on the right temp. for the fabric.

Answer 10

Collar first (as you say), cuffs second (ditto), then the yoke at the back widthways, then turn it and the rest of the back lengthways, the two fronts, lengthways, then the sleeves, making the crease from the top of the shoulders which you ironed earlier or, hell, just take it to the laundry, they'll do it so much better than you or me!

Answer 11

I use a steam iron, on a hot setting, and do a shirt as follows:

collar, then yoke (shoulders/back of neck part), then sleeves and cuffs, front left side, back, front right side.

I use ironing water (in a spray) as I go along