Anyone has tips to iron shirts as quick as possible, or no ironing at all?
I have tried to put them in dryer with a wet towel, but that don't help much. It still needed pressing.
Washing at dry cleaners is roughly $2.50-$3 each. Plus the hassle to pick up and drop off.
While ironing yourself would cost you 5-7 minutes each. So ability to not iron should worth quite a bit. :)
Yeah false marketing isn't it?
If you take a lot of care then you can get away with not ironing but that seems like more work than actually ironing :)
What do you mean by a lot of care? It still would be washed.
To add to this you can use those steam wands too if you don't specifically require that pressed look on the sleeves
I wear TM Lewin non iron shirts. I give them a bit of a shake to smooth them out as soon as the washing machine is finished and then hang them on a coat hanger to dry. I don't need to iron them.
Same here. As long as you get them out of the wash promptly and hang them straight away the TM Lewins don't need an iron.
Same. Never ironed mine
Give it to your wife. lol
My husband gives them to me and I found ironing them when they come out of the washing machine then hanging them on a coat hanger works really well and they also dry in about an hour. In a pinch I could wash and iron a shirt before we went to work.
she's a keeper
If you take shirts out of the washing machine promptly and give them a good shake, and hang on a clothes hanger.
I haven't tried this but apparently if you hang a shirt in the same room as you shower the steam from the shower removes any creases.
If you take shirts out of the washing machine promptly and give them a good shake, and hang on a clothes hanger.
+1
I wash mine, take out as soon as they are finishing, straight into the dryer for 10 minutes seems to knock the creases out then hang on a nice, wide hanger. Been working for me for a while now. I don'y buy 100% cotton shirts for this reason though.
Ditch the iron and buy a clothes steamer. KMart has them for around $50. I've got one and love it.
Clothing retailers use them to iron clothes. You can't burn clothes with the steamer like you can with an iron either. So easy to use and far quicker once you get the hang of it.
I buy the h&m quick iron shirts.
I'll give them a quick steam through (we have those upright garment steamers)and it'll looked like it's been ironed out.
A tip my mum taught me: Don't spin dry your clothes completely, either reduce the amount of the spin cycle or take them out early, if you leave them a bit damp and hang them up they'll dry crease free.
aka drip dry cycle if you have one.
Haha look at ol' fancy pants over here with his drip dry cycle.
On a side note:
Another tip would be hang the clothes in the bathroom before you have a shower, often the steam will remove some of the creases.
As posters above have said, TML Non-Iron shirts combined with garment steamer works well for me.
Used to dread shirts but they are now a breeze to 'iron'
I found poly shirts tend to crinkle less than cotton.
Iron-free is a myth, it's some kind of chemical that's applied to the shirt at the factory - wears off after so many washes
Some washing machines make them crinkle more - my F&P was the worst, even on "easy iron" mode.
Less/slower spin is better.
Hang them up right away after washing
Iron with a towel on your ironing board (or get a thicker cover), it makes it so much easier and can iron a shirt in one pass (sometimes I only need to iron one side of each sleeve)
takes a couple of minutes to iron a shirt if you get the right iron settings a ironing board that can have different height settings and the right technique…
have enough in your "to iron pile" shirts, shorts, pants whatever for a length of a few episodes on Netflix, and do it at the same time..
Wear the shirt a few times before you wash them…LOL
I've got around 40 TM Lewis non irons
Haven't touched an iron in years
I haven't held an iron in decades. Then again, I'm a 90kg bald guy who just doesn't care if my shirts have crispy arm creases
I will give y'all the tip of the century for laundry, including shirts.
1. Only use low speed spin dry.
2. Then fold and stack all of you damp clothes, compressing them down as you go.
3. After a couple of hours you can hang them out as normal.
4. If you bring them in before they are fully dry (due to rain etc) repeat step 2 as you are bringing them in.
5. When clothes are dry, fold and stack them compressing them down as you go.
6. Socks undies etc that you do not iron can be put away immediately.
7. Iron clothes as normal.
8. Damp down with water spray bottle any difficult to iron clothes and fold and place into a plastic bag for a half hour or so.
The trick is that you only use slow spin dry, and that you ALWAYS fold and stack clothes. You NEVER just throw them into a basket in a mess. Once you get used to this you will never want to go back to your old ways.
Now I have RSI :((
Just wear a jumper.
Or a grandpa knitted vest.
My tip is to give each item a good shake before you hang it to dry. Takes out 50% of the wrinkles. Also hang it on a clothes hanger when drying.
I tend to only buy non-iron shirts. They still require an iron but it's just a quick once over.