Things You'll Need:
- Clean T-shirt, spray bottle or electric iron with spray mist feature, electric iron, padded ironing board.
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Step 1
You can find a variety of irons on the market today. The more expensive they are, the more they seem to do. There are irons that can do everything but dress you after you're done ironing, or so it seems. The first step is to choose the right iron for the job you are doing. To iron a T-shirt, you should do fine with a basic iron that presses and has a few different temperature settings. Most importantly, it should have the "cotton" temperature setting, as most T-shirts are made of some cotton variant.
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Step 2
You may have selected an iron with steam or spray options. This means that you fill a water reservoir somewhere inside the iron with water and then press a button. The iron either converts the water to steam (more expensive models) or sprays a jet of water. You then have the wrinkles in the fabric loosened up so that you can flatten them out with heat.
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Step 3
Place your T-shirt on the ironing board with the narrow tip of the ironing board through the neck of the shirt. After the iron has heated up and you've either sprayed the shirt with a spray bottle filled with water, or used your iron to wet the shirt (see step 1), apply the iron and draw it across the shirt. Use slow, broad strokes and iron away from your body to avoid burning yourself.
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Step 4
Rotate the shirt on the ironing board as you press out the wrinkles so that you always have a new surface on top of the ironing board. Use short strokes near the sleeves and neckline. Remove the shirt and place the narrow tip of the ironing board through one sleeve of the T-shirt.
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Step 5
Repeat the steps from step 3 for the sleeve by rotating and ironing, use shorter strokes since it is a smaller surface. Then, remove the shirt and do the other sleeve. Pay special attention to the edges of the shirt and sleeves as these can have a tendency to roll if not pressed flat.
