Although we know that your Sunday ironing is rarely an exciting event, it can be extremely frustrating when it becomes harder work than it needs to be. Regardless of how good your iron may be, you can spend hours standing behind the ironing board trying to iron the same shirt, and it still manages to have creases.
When it comes to ironing a shirt, there are some techniques that you can use to ensure that your shirts are ironed with ease. We have devised a little guide on how to iron a shirt so your ironing pile doesn’t look so daunting!
From preparation to iron maintenance, there are lots of things that you may be doing wrong when it comes to ironing a shirt. Unlike other materials and garments, a shirt can be hard to iron due to its unique and tricky corners. Each part of the shirt has to be ironed in a specific way to ensure that you iron out creases rather than put more back in.
Having offered professional dry cleaning in Milton Keynes for many years, we have perfected the art of perfectly ironing shirts and other garments with ease every time. Make your life easier by following this guide to ironing a shirt we’ve put together, and your de-creasing experience will be stress-free. Alternatively, you can always use our ironing and laundry services in Milton Keynes!
Before you start picking up clothes from your ironing pile, ensure you have all the necessary equipment and know-how to use it to make your experience as stress-free as possible. The obvious equipment that even a newbie would remember to get out of the cupboard is your ironing board and the iron itself. It would be extremely hard to get those creases out of a shirt without one! First off, we thought we’d list off the basics of how to use an iron:
Now that we’ve covered how to use an iron, here is a guide on the best way to iron a shirt, from how to iron a long sleeve button-down to quick tips that’ll help you achieve the best results possible.
Ironing your formal shirts in a specific way will make sure that they come out with the best results. Getting yourself into a particular routine when it comes to ironing a shirt will help you to make sure that it has a crisp finish with no creases in sight. Follow this order of instructions when ironing your shirt, and there should be no need to use your muscles to tackle those deep creases:
Blouses tend to be especially delicate items of clothing, so we would recommend taking special care when ironing them. Follow the steps below for the best results:
Polo shirts will require slightly different treatment than your long sleeve button-downs or blouses in order to smooth out any creases and achieve the best results.
If you’re wearing a shirt to a formal event, the last thing you want is for your collar to be crushed or floppy! Thankfully, there are ways that you can stiffen up a creased or flimsy collar and ways that you can prevent it from losing its stiffness in the first place:
As professional dry cleaners in Milton Keynes, we have many years of experience in ironing garments. Over this time, we have learned many tips and tricks to achieving the best results, which we’d like to share with you:
Before you reach the ironing stage, there are some steps that you can take to prevent the likelihood of stubborn creases and make for an easier ironing experience. Once your shirt has gone through the washing machine, make sure that you quickly hang it up to air dry. By doing this, gravity will pull out any creases, and your shirt won’t be left to dry in a creased position. Minimising creases in your shirt before you attempt to iron them will allow you to iron your clothing quickly, making it stress-free. For more information on how to dry your shirt so that it doesn’t come out with more creases than it needs to, speak to one of our specialists at One Stop dry cleaning in Milton Keynes.
When it comes to ironing your shirt, whether there are small creases or the whole shirt is one big ball of creases, utilising the settings on your iron can make de-creasing your shirt a breeze. If a crease just won’t budge, try using the steam boost on your iron. Place your shirt on a hanger and hang it in a place where you won’t cause an accident or damage your surroundings. Hold your iron up a few inches away from the shirt so the base is pointed towards the shirt. Hold down the steam button on your iron and hover the iron around the shirt, smoothing out the creases as you go. You could also use the water spray feature on your iron before ironing your shirt – as long as the fabric won’t be damaged by water – as this will relax any deep wrinkles within the shirt.
With ironing out creases already being a tedious task, there’s nothing worse than your iron having a tantrum and spitting out dirty water. Unfortunately, household irons can occasionally drip or spit dirty water instead of steam. This usually happens when the setting on your iron is too low, so the temperature isn’t high enough to produce steam. However, if the temperature on your iron is correct, then the other reason that your iron may spit out water is that you have filled it with the wrong type of water. When buying an iron, make sure that you read the instruction manual to see if you need to fill it with tap water or distilled water.
Another reason that your iron might be spitting out dirty water is that you may be filling the iron too high. Filling your iron with water beyond the maximum line can cause the steam vents to be clogged up, so water cant be passed through the vents and turn into steam. Not cleaning your iron regularly can also cause the vents to clog. So, make sure that you do this regularly to prevent any issues when trying to iron your clothing.
Don’t be defeated by the shirt and become the master of ironing out creases. Following the same steps every time you iron a shirt will get you into the routine and habit of correctly ironing a shirt. Over time it will become easier to iron shirts as you will know what works best. Make life easier by carrying out maintenance on your iron and buying products that can help you make your shirt smell fresh and look good. If you would rather the professionals take care of things, feel free to bring your creased garments in to One Stop to use our ironing services in Milton Keynes. No crease is too big or stubborn for us to flatten out!
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