I need some ironing tips.

What are you ironing? Shirts? Trousers?

Yes.

Buy an iron that has a pfffttt function.
Pffftt being a spray of hot condensed water that you will see come out of the front of the machine after you pushed a button on top of it.
That makes your shirt that much easier to smoothen.
Or marry.~

I think Martha Stewart had some videos about how to iron a shirt. I’ll see if I can find it.
Nothing by Martha, but here’s a decent video for trousers and shirts.

http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-iron-trousers-8286/view/

Really good tip, iron the shirt when you pull it out of the washing machine. Don’t dry it. When you iron it, it will dry.

Or at least hang it up straight away.

Iron the cuffs, collar and sleeves first and then the body of the shirt.

I’m pretty good at ironing, but it’s hard to explain without a diagram which I don’t have. I would have to show you. When ironing the back of the shirt, I drape it over the rectangular edge so the front of the shirt is hanging down.

When I iron the front of the shirt, I lay it out flat and drape it across. If it’s a button up, I drape one side over the rectangular part so the rest is hanging down.

Pants are easy because you just lay them out however you want and iron away. I don’t worry about the top portion too much unless it has actual bad wrinkles, then I spot iron them.

Some common brands, in the USA, are Rowenta and Oliso, Singer and Black and Decker. there are others. Look for auto shut off, fiber settings and steam for garment care. If you aren’t getting wrinkle-resistant clothes, pick up some spray starch as well, Magic Sizing is great for the polyester/cotton blend shirts and trousers. A little spray, wait a few moments then iron. Organic fibers like cotton, wool, linen, silk require steam and higher temperatures, at which synthetics will melt, so low heat for polyesters, barely any for nylon, acetate and acrylics. Take your clothes out of the dryer slightly damp so as not to set creases. Check the tags on your garments for care.

I had a Moulinex iron I really liked. (sorry, I forgot about that part.)

Don’t ever touch an iron. It’ll save a lot of pain and suffering.

My best ironing tip is to send your shirts out for laundering.

I am weird, and I know it, but I find ironing to be very zen-like. Just grazing the iron back and forth on a smooth surface – - -

Anyway, I have a cheap one from Walmart or Target and it’s still going strong after 10 years. I agree with @rebbel about the “pfffft”. Which by the way cracks me up how he references it. Basically it’s a steamer function. Pfffttt just seems like he farts on the clothing, whic I guess could be used to steam the clothes LOL.

Thanks everyone.

I would recommend trying the iron out in the store. Like, don’t fill it with water and plug it in, but see how it feels when you slide it over fabric. I find that some irons offer more resistance than others, and that has an effect on my ironing experience (if that’s a thing). Other than that, they’re pretty much interchangeable as far as I’m concerned. Make sure you have buttons for steam and water. I don’t really understand why some models are so exhorbitantly overpriced.

My best tip: I don’t iron anything unless I need to sew a seam.

Either send it out for a press (you don’t have to have your clothes dry cleaned if you don’t want to), or put it in the dryer with a damp towel to release wrinkles.

I used to have an industrial steam iron. Absolutely loved it. It allowed for steam reduction and increase, dependent on the type of material. The best part about it-was that there was no ironing board needed. It worked on clothing while it was hanging up. Now I have an ironing board set up, with a sleeve attachment. I still try to steam while the garment is hanging. Reduces handling, with resulting wrinkling, in the process.

This had me creased up, but I soon got board.

Someone should flatten you for that kind of nonsense, @ucme. That’ll take the starch outta ya.

Just letting off some steam are we fella?

I’ll tell you, just off the cuff here, I don’t argue with creasers like you. It’s unseamly.

I only answered because I felt pressed. I hope you all cotton on. It is woven into the fabric of our group.

Those are really bad.:)

@A-dire-dick…...Stop changing the subject, the state of your testicles is not up for discussion here, I mean really ~
@CWOTUS & @cazzie I sense the irony in both your responses.

Now I’m de-pressed.

Ahem. This thread has certainly raveled, and I’m sure that @zensky is hot under the collar as a result. I had to steel myself to write even this much. I think you should just pad on out of this discussion, @ucme. Really, just button it. If you have anything else up your sleeve, keep it there. The rust of us are trying to respond to the pressing issues here.

We don’t need anyone of your silk, besleeve me.

Seriously, I love this kind of stuff (I am NOT referring to the bad puns.). Domestic goddess-ness is almost right up my alley. I was very excited when I found directions on how to fold a fitted sheet. (YES! there is a way!)

I was brought up by a mother old enough to be my grandmother, so all the sewing and ironing and embroidery, knitting, mending, crochet… how to get stains out etc, how to cook and later I had to learn to bake from scratch because I moved away from ‘ready-mix land’..... I was lucky enough to have a mom I could ask all these questions of.

Ironing a shirt properly matters. Knowing what fabrics you need to use a press cloth with so they don’t get shiny is important. I own a few different darning needles for socks. My sewing machine is my second favorite appliance in the house. ;o) I have replaced ripped pockets in my husbands favorite jeans because he loved them so much, he didn’t want to throw them away. He comes to me with his pleading eyes… ‘Honey, do you think you can…....’ and I am always very happy when I can answer, ‘YES I CAN!’.

@CWOTUS aka “negative nancy”.......shut up already

Fe on thee, @ucme.

Any iron will do. It just depends on what you’re ironing. If you’re ironing Pants, then you might want a wide/short iron. If you’re ironing shirts, then you’ll want to use a long/thin iron.