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Post by pjaye on Sept 29, 2018 4:41:47 GMT
This is a spin off the slug in the iron thread.
Due to my recent surgery I didn't work for a few months and the night before my first day back I found my work pants had been folded up in the wardrobe and were all creased, so I got my iron out...then spent 10 minutes looking at it and pressing buttons, I realised that I had no idea how to turn it on 
I had to google the model find out.
I can't even remember when I last did any ironing. Definitely more than 5 years. This was a new one I got on sale and I'm pretty sure I've never used it. I also don't even own an ironing board. My mother was horrified when I told her.
My work uniforms are all a polyester/cotton mix and if I hang them up straight out of they dryer they don't need ironing...and they are patterned, so that hides any creases as well. So yeah, there could have been a whole family of slugs happily living in my iron without my knowledge.
Do you still iron things? What and how often? or who's with me and can't remember how to turn theirs on? |
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Post by AussieMeg on Sept 29, 2018 4:47:45 GMT
To be honest, DSO does most of the ironing in our house. I just leave mine to pile up, and only iron what I need to wear that day. Then when the basket is overflowing, DSO can't take it anymore and does it for me!  I try to buy work clothes that don't need ironing, and most of my dresses can be washed and hung up without ironing. DS's school uniform needs to be ironed, and I iron t-shirts and jeans etc. We recently bought a new iron and I had to pull the instructions out - it doesn't have a temperature dial. Every other iron I've owned had different settings for silk, cotton, denim etc but this one has just the one setting. It's weird but seems to work. |
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Post by quinlove on Sept 29, 2018 4:49:38 GMT
I used to iron almost every single day, the clothes I would be wearing to work. Without fail, had to be done. A year or so ago, I had some serious remodeling done and it was kinda hard to get to my iron and my ironing spot. I slowly started to do without ironing. Kinda of a day to day thing. * oh I can get away without doing it today, way too much trouble *. Ha !! That’s been way over a year and no ironing whatsoever. 😊
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Post by ~summer~ on Sept 29, 2018 4:50:42 GMT
Basically never
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Post by AussieMeg on Sept 29, 2018 4:51:14 GMT
Oh, and we just bought a new washing machine as well, and it has a steam function. You can put things like lined jackets and tailored pants in there to freshen them up, and they don't need to be ironed.
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Post by quiltz on Sept 29, 2018 4:59:20 GMT
I only iron my quilting projects.
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Post by mom on Sept 29, 2018 5:01:40 GMT
I iron my clothes daily. DH's clothes all go to the dry cleaners and are ironed there.
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Post by pjaye on Sept 29, 2018 5:02:44 GMT
Oh, and we just bought a new washing machine as well, and it has a steam function. You can put things like lined jackets and tailored pants in there to freshen them up, and they don't need to be ironed. That sounds pretty fancy! I hate spending the money on new household appliances but then I love to use the new functions when I do get them. |
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Post by AllieC on Sept 29, 2018 5:11:46 GMT
I iron whatever I’m wearing everyday (my dd and dh do their own. It takes about 2 minutes and I’d rather do that than stand ironing for hours. We have a big enough laundry where the board can stay set up all the time. I like wearing ironed clothes, no issue with people who don’t.
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Post by ~Susan~ on Sept 29, 2018 5:13:59 GMT
I iron every week. It's most my DH's pants and shirts for work. There's a few pairs of shorts and dress shirts every once in awhile.
I actually enjoy ironing. I find it relaxing, especially when I have some good music on.
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Sept 29, 2018 5:19:42 GMT
Only occasionally when quilting or sewing.
I don’t actually iron clothes.
Any clothes that need ironing or pressing go to the dry cleaner.
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Post by Katiepotatie on Sept 29, 2018 5:38:05 GMT
Daily clothes: no
Sewing projects: yes
Very rare special occasion outfits: yes
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Post by lindas on Sept 29, 2018 5:45:30 GMT
I iron more in the summer because I have a lot of cotton and linen things that really need to be ironed to look presentable. My steamer gets a lot of use all year to freshen up things.
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Post by dald222 on Sept 29, 2018 6:10:13 GMT
My husband is the ironer in our house. he irons tons of stuff.i think he did it when he was in the marine corp maybe for money too
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Post by nlwilkins on Sept 29, 2018 6:14:56 GMT
My closet is so jammed full that anything that goes in there needs ironing when I take it out. So some things are left hanging over the dryer and some things are worn wrinkled and some get ironed. Oh and I use my iron for all sewing projects and some other craft projects. I love how to use it to fuse my book covers together that I make and then it works wonders to dry and straighten projects that I am working on.
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Post by anniebygaslight on Sept 29, 2018 6:17:29 GMT
I love ironing. I iron just about everything that is laundered. I generally watch a murder investigation documentary on my iPad while I am ironing.
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Post by tenacious on Sept 29, 2018 6:20:10 GMT
No.
DH gets most of his shirts dry cleaned, and I buy no-iron clothes as much as possible.
I hate ironing.
Erin
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Post by Legacy Girl on Sept 29, 2018 6:48:27 GMT
Nope. That's what Downy Wrinkle Releaser is for.  |
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Post by gillyp on Sept 29, 2018 8:07:32 GMT
Nope unless it’s unavoidable like something needed for a special occasion. DH has done his own ironing for decades. He’s been the one who has bought our last two irons and I admit I had no idea how those particular models worked. My clothes get folded or hung straight from the drier. I have no idea how to use the lawn mower either and no intention of learning.  |
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Post by gar on Sept 29, 2018 8:22:39 GMT
Yes, quite a lot. I don't use my tumble dryer to dry stuff straight from the machine and using a dry cleaner for everyday stuff is way too expensive and too much pfaff to take and collect. I only iron clothes (not bed linen, tea towels etc) and tend to stand and do a couple of hours worth at a time while watching the telly then put it away again. But now I want a machine that has a steam function AussieMeg!! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2018 8:23:34 GMT
I iron most things, except socks, underwear and towels,usually as soon as the laundry is dry or at least within a day of doing any laundry. I don't mind ironing. I even iron my " no iron" bed sheets. Love crisp pressed bed sheets!
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Post by t2x on Sept 29, 2018 8:33:43 GMT
Hmmm, what is this "iron" of which you speak?  Is it a noun or a verb...?  |
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Post by sueg on Sept 29, 2018 9:19:56 GMT
DH irons his own work shirts - he usually does 5 of them on SUnday evening while I am out at my knitting group. Most of my clothes are non-iron - I live in jeans and t-shirts. I have a couple of nicer pants/shirts that need ironing, but I tend to buy things that won't need it.
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Post by stacmac on Sept 29, 2018 10:36:50 GMT
I iron whatever I’m wearing everyday (my dd and dh do their own. It takes about 2 minutes and I’d rather do that than stand ironing for hours. We have a big enough laundry where the board can stay set up all the time. I like wearing ironed clothes, no issue with people who don’t. This is exactly what I do. I just iron what we're wearing for the day as part pf my morning routine. It's quick. |
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Post by atomicdog on Sept 29, 2018 11:04:10 GMT
Weekend run around clothes, not so much. But I always iron what I'm going to wear to work that day.
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Post by peasapie on Sept 29, 2018 11:24:56 GMT
I sew, so I iron.
And now and then I will iron something but my theory is that it will just webjle again so why bother.
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Post by tuesdaysgone on Sept 29, 2018 11:43:02 GMT
Maybe twice a year!? I usually don't care and can't be bothered.
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Post by kelly8875 on Sept 29, 2018 11:57:57 GMT
None of my clothes need ironed. My work pants are such a nice fabric, they don’t need it. I usually hang them to dry, and they just a wrinkle free. Same with my shirts. I have an iron, but last time I used it was when DS graduated and I needed to iron his gown. The same will likely be said at the end of May when DD needs her gown ironed.
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Post by KikiPea on Sept 29, 2018 12:10:00 GMT
No, and haven’t in years. My DH might, but he’s dressing down at work right now. When he has to dress business casual, he gets his shirts washed and pressed at the dry cleaners.
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Post by Jockscrap on Sept 29, 2018 12:16:57 GMT
I suspect if you did a poll including nationality, you’d see a big divide between the Brits and folk from the the US. I know OP is in Australia and I’m not sure where Australians generally are with ironing, but I’ve noticed on laundry threads over the years that ironing isn’t really a thing like it is for the Brits. I think our electricity is so expensive in the UK, using a tumble dryer all the time and therefore having less creases in clothing is not something that most folk do. Certainly most folk I know, dry clothes outside or dry them on an indoor clothes airers (which they’ll do quickly as homes in winter are often centrally heated and cosy). Where ironing is seen by some in the UK as a chore, it seems to be folding clothes from the dryer that is the chore for non-ironers. I iron just about everything except most bedding. I don’t find it much of a chore as I use the time to catch up on whatever series I’m watching on Netflix.
I wonder what other Brits think about dry cleaners. To me, a dry cleaners is a place I visit once a decade maybe when DH’s kilt or kilt jacket needs a freshen up, or a large duvet needs a wash (although it can be cheaper buying a new duvet than getting one washed). I actively avoid buying anything that is dry clean only as I really, really grudge the cost of paying to get clothing cleaned.
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I try to buy work clothes that don't need ironing, and most of my dresses can be washed and hung up without ironing. DS's school uniform needs to be ironed, and I iron t-shirts and jeans etc. 
