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How Do I use an Iron?

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  • #32
    bfocusd
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    if theres any print/logo on it too maybe best to iron it inside out..


  • #33
    Beggared
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭Beggared


    efb wrote: »
    It's easy:
    1. Find a woman
    Check in the kitchen first, she should be between the fridge and the cooker making sandwiches.


  • #34
    CrazyRabbit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    OK...serious answer before you set fire to the clothes.

    Yes you need cold water in the iron. Make sure not to overfill it. There should be a water level indicator.

    For light cotton, start at a medium heat setting. Turn the iron on and wait for it to heat up. Depending on the iron, it may 'beep' or otherwise indicate it has reached the preset temperature.

    It's best to put the steam function on except for very delicate fabrics.

    For trousers/jeans etc, place one leg at a time flat along the ironing board, folding along the seams. Run the iron up and down, but not over the seams, until the creases are gone. Then fold each leg against the seam and iron the down the centre of the leg (so the seam is underneath in the middle). All parts of the trouser leg except the seam should now have been ironed.
    Repeat with the other leg.

    Stick the end of the ironing board through the waist area, with the back of the trousers/jeans facing you. Iron as best you can. Turn them around and iron the front as well. These parts are rarely badly creased and should be easy to iron.

    For shirts/jumpers etc, place the end of the iron board up through the centre of the shirt/jumper and start ironing, rotating around the ironing board until all sides are ironed. Then do the sleeves the same way you did the legs of the trousers/pants.


  • #35
    evry1sm8
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    Ignore all the eejits on here :D

    You put cold water in it.
    You start at a lower temperature and work up to what works depending on how tough the material is.

    Always use an ironing board and make sure the item is inside out and spread on the board flat, so you dont make more creases as you iron.
    If you have no ironing board use a flat surface but put a towel on the surface and then the item of clothes on the towel and iron that way.


  • #36
    Biggins
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    evry1sm8 wrote: »
    ...If you have no ironing board use a flat surface but put a towel on the surface and then the item of clothes on the towel and iron that way.
    Along with Crazyrabbits post, all well said, usually a bed is a good flat place if you have no board.


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  • #37
    evry1sm8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 284 ✭✭evry1sm8


    Also, when I do jeans I put them inside out and pull them over the end of the ironing board, as in the pointed end of the ironing board is now "inside" the jeans, to iron the bum / pockets... Turn them over for front and back...
    then you can remove the jeans from the end and iron the legs normally.

    Just a little tip for you ;)

    I love ironing...


  • #38
    Boom_Bap
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    As you are new to ironing, you may need to perform some alterations to your kitchen. The main alterations will be to lengthening your wife's chain to allow ease of access to the required implents, whatever they may be.

    Also put a supply of clothes hangers in reaching distance for the shirts. If your wife is not good at folding, you will end up with creases that wont shake off.

    But I must stress, the most important part of ironing is ensuring that she prepares your sandwich in advance of ironing so that there are no delays in the event of hunger.


  • #39
    Morag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,427 ✭✭✭Morag


    http://www.ehow.com/video_4180_iron-shirt.html


  • #40
    krudler
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    wtf, how old are you? my mam taught me how to iron when I was a kid


  • #41
    Beggared
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    Sharrow wrote: »
    http://www.ehow.com/video_4180_iron-shirt.html

    Just iron the bit around the collar and put on a v-neck jumper. It always works for me.


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  • #42
    Biggins
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    krudler wrote: »
    wtf, how old are you? my mam taught me how to iron when I was a kid

    In fairness, some are not as lucky as others in being taught these things - maybe by people that were sadly not around at the time.
    Age has got nothing to do with it. We all had/have to learn sometime.

    Sounds like you had a good parent krudler - if only all parents were equally as good to their kids. :)


  • #43
    who the fug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    Biggins wrote: »
    Along with Crazyrabbits post, all well said, usually a bed is a good flat place if you have no board.


    Or the towel on the dining room table trick.


  • #44
    red menace
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    Hang your shirt in the bathroom when you take a shower
    The steam (assuming you are not having a cold shower) will make ironing way easier


  • #45
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Biggins wrote: »
    In fairness, some are not as lucky as others in being taught these things - maybe by people that were sadly not around at the time.
    Age has got nothing to do with it. We all had/have to learn sometime.

    Sounds like you had a good parent krudler - if only all parents were equally as good to their kids. :)

    actually thats true, 'pologies OP. we all gotta learn sometime :)


  • #46
    Biggins
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    who the fug wrote: »
    Or the towel on the dining room table trick.

    Indeed - iron temperature setting being VERY important here in this case!
    A landlord might not understand a good oak/mahogany table being damaged! :cool:


  • #47
    who the fug
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    Biggins wrote: »
    Indeed - iron temperature setting being VERY important here in this case!
    A landlord might not understand a good oak/mahogany table being damaged! :cool:


    Sounds like some one found out the hard way :D


  • #48
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,002 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Do you have a penis OP?

    If the answer is yes then throw the iron in the bin and go and have a fap then a beer..


  • #49
    Biggins
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    who the fug wrote: »
    Sounds like some one found out the hard way :D

    Thankfully no - but the parents have a excellent polished expensive mahognany table and I know they would have heart attacks if they thought I was taking a hot iron even near it! :pac:
    I would have not been long alive soon after! :o


  • #50
    who the fug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    Biggins wrote: »
    Thankfully no - but the parents have a excellent polished expensive mahognany table and I know they would have heart attacks if they thought I was taking a hot iron even near it! :pac:
    I would have not been long alive soon after! :o


    Some how can't see one of them in student digs


  • #51
    Biggins
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    who the fug wrote: »
    Some how can't see one of them in student digs

    True - but best mention it just in case.
    Some rare bad landlords will look for any excuse not to give deposits back - and yes, I have been there in that situation.


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  • #52
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,356 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    OldGoat did a kick ass guide to ironing.

    Linky


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