Ironing Preparation

Series Summary

Ironing is as unpleasant as the task that is responsible for all the wrinkles. Everybody hates laundry. Everybody hates ironing. But unfortunately, they both need to be done. Yes, it's too bad we just can't buy new shirts and pants when they get dirty. So what to do? Pick up that iron, get the wrinkles out and avoid putting iron burn marks in that dress shirt! Iron shaped burn marks may look cool, but they don't fly in an interview. In this free clothing care video series, learn how to iron pants, shirts and ties. Get expert tips for ironing shirt collars, yokes, fronts, backs and sleeves. Grab those pants and iron those pleats. Don't worry, pants without creases are discussed. Finally, learn how to iron ties, shirts with patterns and how to iron without an ironing board. Excuses for not helping our around the house won't work anymore if mom found out you watched this free clothing care video series.

Video Transcript

"Hi in this segment we are going to be doing the preparations for ironing. So when you are ready to iron something, you've got to get ready. You need all your things. So the first thing we are going to start with is a wrinkled shirt, a wrinkled pair of pants, of course you need your ironing board. Now if you don't have an ironing board you can use any flat surface. And then I would lay a towel over it. I like to use a bottle of water for spritzer. If you want a really nice stiff look your shirts you could also get a spray can of starch or a spray bottle of starch. As well of course you need your iron. Your iron needs to be turned on, if it's a steam iron, you want to make sure that it has water in it, where there's a water level, make sure it's at least one quarter full. And you also want to make sure it's on the right setting. Now I've checked the labels on this and they all say iron at high settings. These are both cotton. Cotton blends, this is a hundred percent cotton, this is a cotton blend. So I'm going to go put it on there's a, b, c, and d. A is delicates, b perm press, and for this iron, particular iron, and c and d are in the steam zone because they're primarily cotton. I want to make sure I'm in the steam zone. So either c or d, I don't like to iron it on a really high, high temperature like a d, so I'm going to go more on the c. Just to be on the safe side. Sometimes you can ruin certain fabrics if they have a rayon blend in them, if you iron it a little too high. So looks like we are all set."