By
eHow Home & Garden Editor
Difficulty: Moderately Challenging
Things You’ll Need:
- Ironing board
- Scrap piece of velvet
- Iron with steam option
- Typing paper
Step1
Place your velvet prom dress on your ironing board and cover with an extra piece of scrap velvet. Place the prom dress and the velvet scrap so that they are plush to plush. When purchasing your velvet scrap, try to find a velvet that matches the plush of your prom dress as much as possible.
Step2
Add a layer of plain typing paper on top of the prom dress and velvet scrap. The typing paper is further protection for your prom dress, helping to ensure that you do not damage the plush.
Step3
Set the iron to its steam position and place the iron lightly onto the paper; however, do not press down firmly or hold the iron in any one position for too long. Velvet plush is extremely easy to damage permanently, so it is important that you do not become impatient. Ironing velvet may take some time, as you cannot apply the iron directly to the fabric you want wrinkle-free; however a bit of extra time is better than an iron mark on your prom dress.
Step4
Move the steaming iron lightly and constantly over the paper and velvet pieces until the fabric becomes warm and slightly damp. Replace the paper if it become too wet.
Step5
Put the iron aside and remove the paper. Press the scrap velvet, which is still setting above your prom dress, firmly with the palm of your hand. Remove the scrap velvet periodically to see if the wrinkle has been removed. If necessary, repeat steaming and hand pressing once again.
Step6
Hang your prom dress to dry. Any small remaining wrinkles should fall away while drying.
