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09 Jul 06 - 07:55 AM (#1779386) Subject: BS: Ironing! From: Dave the Gnome OK, ok! I'm not the 'new man' I should be. I do a fair bit of cooking and shopping. I do most of the DIY tasks and repairs around the house. I am quite familiar with the washing machine and tumble dryer. I don't do much cleaning but in my defence I reckon Mrs does too much of it! But ironing throws me a wobbler every time. I don't iron socks and underwear. T-shirts and jeans get a cursory run-over. Trousers and jackets usualy go to the cleaners anyway, but shirts! How the hell do you stop them from getting the ironed in creases that I always seem to manage? Some are OK. Why can't they all be 'easy iron' btw? But some, usualy the cotton and more formal styles, take me an age. And they are still never right! And ladies tops and skirts! How on earth can anything that shape be ironed without breaking the laws of physics? Just musing... Cheers DtG |
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09 Jul 06 - 08:19 AM (#1779394) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: Sandra in Sydney good to know you don't waste time ironing socks & underwear! Now all you need to do is slowly replace the difficult stuff with easy iron stuff as they need it. If you suddenly come into lots of money you could replace them immediately! I have lots of silk shirts (long & short sleeved) that have to be ironed, but as I have over 20 it isn't weeekly! I was taught to iron the collar first, then the body, next the cuffs & sleeves, finally the yoke, then put them on padded coathangers (never thin metal drycleaners wire hangers) and not allow them to get squashed by other clothes. Well, as I have 20+ shirts, that bit is not the easiest so I just try to put the sleeves across the body anytime I close the doors! And ignore the creases. As to the more shapely female stuff, JennyO might be able to help there as she was once a professional ironing person! sandra |
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09 Jul 06 - 08:34 AM (#1779400) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: John MacKenzie I love ironing shirts, collars first fronts, sleeves and cuffs, and then the back. Remember the ironing board has a pointy end for a reason! G |
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09 Jul 06 - 08:39 AM (#1779405) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: skipy We have an ironing machine, she comes in everyday, take the dried washing away & brings it back an hour later. I don't do "mother in law" jokes! Skipy |
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09 Jul 06 - 08:40 AM (#1779406) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: Leadfingers With all the Easy Care fabrics on the market these days . is ironing de-creasing ? OK -I'll get my coat -again ! |
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09 Jul 06 - 08:43 AM (#1779412) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: Leadfingers Actually , I have more pressing problems ! |
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09 Jul 06 - 09:19 AM (#1779425) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: Bunnahabhain Just be glad you're not ironing too much with pleats in. Both getting rid of them, or getting them in place is too much like hard work. wrap around trousers are a right bugger too... |
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09 Jul 06 - 09:35 AM (#1779434) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: Bill D We have an ironing board...somewhere....and 3 irons. I think one of them was used, oh, maybe 10-12 years ago. I shop (when I shop) with an eye for the label that says "no iron". I still have 2-3 shirts that ought to be ironed if they are ever worn, but I so seldom dress up for anything any more that they just hang there. Modern washers and dryers have settings that make all this much easier. |
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09 Jul 06 - 09:41 AM (#1779437) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! Do believe your own press? From: Severn And if you, my a-steamed friend, get too good at it, the press gang will come and take you away. O the irony of it all! |
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09 Jul 06 - 09:57 AM (#1779446) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: John MacKenzie That fell a bit flat Severn! G. |
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09 Jul 06 - 10:08 AM (#1779455) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: Dave Hanson As an ex British soldier, I use the following method, iron what shows, nothing more. eric |
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09 Jul 06 - 10:31 AM (#1779464) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: Alice People iron tee shirts and jeans? |
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09 Jul 06 - 10:34 AM (#1779465) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: artbrooks I mostly wear t-shirts or other non-iron shirts, but I do still have some with buttons and collars. I save them up and wait for an 85-cent-each (US) coupon fron the cleaners, then take a dozen in at once. |
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09 Jul 06 - 10:59 AM (#1779472) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: JohnInKansas My entire family has had an allergy associated with ironing since about 1936 or so, when daddy's dry cleaning shop exploded and wiped out half a city block in downtown Pretty Prairie. Kansas. (It was a gas leak, not the boiler; but one can't be too careful) My (idiot?) son moved to Pretty Prairie briefly about 5 years ago (that's 65 years later) and was asked within a few days of arrival "You any relation to that guy what blew up the town?" Apparently small towns (where there's not much one needs to remember) have very long memories... (Incidentally, there were no injuries reported, and the only thing other than the dry cleaning shop that was "damaged" appears to have been an adjacent vacant lot.) I will confess that I do iron my pocket hankies, since the tend to bunch up in the pocket if you don't. Don't need to iron the undies since I ran out of the ones mom made out of feedsacks (after I graduated from the U). Otherwise ... John |
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09 Jul 06 - 12:40 PM (#1779524) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: Leadfingers Undies made from FEEDSACKS ?? My Word !! What Luxury !! |
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09 Jul 06 - 01:02 PM (#1779536) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: GUEST,namegame The smell of ironing still makes me sad because of the woman's house we had to stay at when I was little, and we were bored, and she ironed. Ironing is the shackles of youth. |
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09 Jul 06 - 01:11 PM (#1779543) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: Leadfingers Ironing is supposed tp be Pressing , NOT DE-Pressing ! |
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09 Jul 06 - 01:13 PM (#1779545) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: John MacKenzie You crease me up LF. G |
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09 Jul 06 - 01:29 PM (#1779554) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: JohnInKansas Leadfingers - When I was a kid everything that wasn't denim or leather was made out of feedsacks. (And they didn't wase much good leather on kids.) John |
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09 Jul 06 - 02:31 PM (#1779592) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: Liz the Squeak Litte tip... start by straightening out the seam and press upwards from there. A gentle tweak here and there will straighten the creases and you can press them in. I've got a huge pile of the stuff here if you would like to come and practice.... LTS |
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09 Jul 06 - 03:07 PM (#1779622) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: John MacKenzie Huge piles? TMI |
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09 Jul 06 - 03:07 PM (#1779624) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: maire-aine Ironing? I can't remember the last time I ironed something. Perhaps the tablecloth last Christmas. Just take things out of the dryer as soon as they finish, so the wrinkles don't set, and hang the clothes up. I am lucky that I don't have to dress up in a suit/dress for work. Maryanne |
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09 Jul 06 - 03:51 PM (#1779650) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: Bunnahabhain If you can leave shirts to dry on hangers, then they dry, and therfore set in the right shape, and it reduces your work considerably. A cloth sided wardrobe allows you to hang things to dry like that very easily. Of course, if you have the weather and space, a line outside is far better, and cheaper than driers. But you need a garden for that..... |
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09 Jul 06 - 05:28 PM (#1779726) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: open mike the best kind of ironing is the extreme kind http://www.extremeironing.com/ now available as a DVD or book or calendar other uses for the iron are: to make stained glass window art by pressing shredded color crayons between two sheets of waxed paper http://www.crayola.com/educators/techniques/meltedcrayon.cfm also good to use for iron-on ink jet transfers where you can make a design on your computer and then attach it anywhere by printing it on special paper available in most office supply stores...a logo, motto or photo....or any other "o" otherwise..wear clothes made from knit fabric or other care-free material |
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09 Jul 06 - 06:46 PM (#1779798) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: harpmaker I have a problem with ironing, i can never figure out where to light the gas on the iron. |
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09 Jul 06 - 07:39 PM (#1779833) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: open mike you just need a sad iron http://www.irons.com/msicc.htm no lighting or electricity required...just a hot wood stove wood burning iron make so much more sense than a steam powered aereoplane |
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10 Jul 06 - 11:35 AM (#1780365) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: dianavan Before my mom worked away from home, she took in ironing. As eldest daughter I had to help. At a very young age, I learned to iron hankies, tablecloths, etc. I soon progressed to shirts. The fastest and most effecient way is as follows: Both sides of the collar, front facings (around the buttons and eyeholes), sleeves and cuffs, yoke and then the body. What a way to earn money! I'm glad I don't have to do it but it sure gives me alot of respect for my mom. We owned our home but it was a struggle to hang on to it. Now I just take the clothes out of the dryer and give them a shake or hang them to dry. Everything else goes to work with my daughter and the company sends it to the laundry. |
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10 Jul 06 - 11:50 AM (#1780371) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: nutty If, after washing your shirts you spin them very lightly, and then tumble them dry on a cool setting, and hang them on hangers as soon as they are dry, you will never need to iron any. |
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10 Jul 06 - 12:13 PM (#1780386) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: JennyO I go to great lengths to avoid ironing these days - I've had enough to last a lifetime. However it looks like I might have to take drastic steps tomorrow with some curtains I've just hung. They are in my bedroom which I have just fixed up for my brother and his wife when they arrive from France on Wednesday. They are huge, heavy, stiff and very crushed from being stored in a plastic bag (the curtains that is) - not only that, they smell sorta musty, so I'll handwash them, hang them on the line and try to smooth them out a bit. If that doesn't work I'll have to iron them (shudder!) The way I learnt to iron a shirt is collar first, then the yoke on the inside of the shirt, with the bottom of the shirt facing you, then turn the shirt sideways and work across from the right side, across the back, then the left side, then the sleeves last. You might have to touch up the area at the front next to the top of the sleeve if it has slightly creased. When you hang the shirt, do up the top button. It hangs better. Sounds complicated, but it isn't when you get used to it. I can do an average shirt in about 3 minutes. |
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10 Jul 06 - 02:05 PM (#1780473) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: leeneia I've never figured out how people get clothes to dry without needing ironing. I use the settings on the machines that are suppsed to work, but the clothes still need ironing, permanent-press or not. Dave, are you using a real ironing board (big one on legs) or one of those small things that sits on a table? The small ones are awkward to use. It helps to spray the garments with a fine mist from a spray bottle. I consider this kinda fun. Get yourself a fine Rowenta iron. They comes in two basic types, heavyweight and lightweight. I like the heavy ones, but other people like the light ones. They are not cheap, but they're worth it. If you live in the US., you can get one from a JoAnn store. If you are going to be ironing for more than 15 minutes, put on some music to keep you company. This is a good time to sing along and keep those vocal skills up. You say you are a gnome. Can you recommend any good Gnomish recordings? |
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10 Jul 06 - 03:27 PM (#1780525) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: Liz the Squeak I don't iron unless there's a decent film on TV.. then I can be there for as long as it takes. LTS |
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11 Jul 06 - 07:54 AM (#1780912) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: jacqui.c Same here Liz - I tape stuff and watch it while ironing. I try to change the order in which I iron the parts of a shirt, just for variety. |
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11 Jul 06 - 09:33 AM (#1780972) Subject: RE: BS: Ironing! From: Dave the Gnome Proper Ironing board. Steam Iron. And, yes, I can't get the non creease tips working wither:-( ALL gnomish recording are good:-) But they are very rare of course. You can get them at British Gnome Stores. Of course both David Bowie and Pink Floyd have tried. And failed... Cheers DtG |