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Post by ntsf on May 24, 2021 4:06:00 GMT
I do.. I have several things that need the iron. and I sew so I have the iron out sometimes. I used to iron my dh's shirt every morning. did that for 20 yrs. we go on a cruise, and I iron shirts after i get onboard.. along with some pants. but I don't mind. it is fast and I don't do it every week.
most stuff comes right out of the dryer. I can't hang up much to dry.. too wet outside
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Post by Hayjaker on May 24, 2021 4:17:07 GMT
For those of you that just wash and wear… what kiinds of clothing do you buy? 100% cotton wrinkles. Rayon wrinkles Most synthetic blends wrinkle What am I missing?.
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Post by Lexica on May 24, 2021 5:09:31 GMT
Oh and recent years I can not find a quality iron board that I like and is well built. They don't make them like they used to. I got rid of my newer metal ironing board after I bought a wooden vintage board. It is a thick wood and I like it so much better. And as to this post, yes I still iron certain things. I like my cotton button-up shirts ironed and crisp. I iron those even if they look acceptable when I take them out of the dryer. They just look nicer when ironed.
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Post by gar on May 24, 2021 8:04:20 GMT
It's interesting that several peas have said they don't buy clothes that' need' ironing...so what are these clothes specifically? Is it certain fabrics? I could, I guess, not iron cotton t-shirts/long sleeve t-shirts, some of Dh's tops and shirts, pillow cases etc, but I just feel a bit scruffy in un-ironed clothes. Obviously I need to let that go and save myself the work
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Post by hannahruth on May 24, 2021 8:17:00 GMT
Absolutely - I still iron most things that I wash - clothing, table cloths and serviettes, some pillow cases.
My DD never irons so the first thing I do when the grandies stay over is iron their clothes. I think unironed clothes just look terrible but that is just me.
My DH says not to iron his t-shirts and shorts especially if he is wearing them around home but it is just not in me to put them away unironed!
Maybe in my next life I will be able to let some of these things slide by.
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Post by Hayjaker on May 24, 2021 8:17:49 GMT
It's interesting that several peas have said they don't buy clothes that' need' ironing...so what are these clothes specifically? Is it certain fabrics? I could, I guess, not iron cotton t-shirts/long sleeve t-shirts, some of Dh's tops and shirts, pillow cases etc, but I just feel a bit scruffy in un-ironed clothes. Obviously I need to let that go and save myself the work Yes! I am wondering the same! what do I buy that eliminates ironing?
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Post by AllieC on May 24, 2021 11:25:54 GMT
Yes, I’m old or old fashioned at least. I just don’t like the look of clothes that come out of a tumble dryer or are just hung to dry - for me. I’m the same. I hate wearing non-ironed clothes. I never do a whole basket of ironing though. Since we were married my dh and I have done our own as needed and my daughter starter doing hers about 12. We have a big enough laundry to be able to leave the ironing board up all the time so it only takes a few minutes.
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Post by monklady123 on May 24, 2021 12:22:24 GMT
It's interesting that several peas have said they don't buy clothes that' need' ironing...so what are these clothes specifically? Is it certain fabrics? I could, I guess, not iron cotton t-shirts/long sleeve t-shirts, some of Dh's tops and shirts, pillow cases etc, but I just feel a bit scruffy in un-ironed clothes. Obviously I need to let that go and save myself the work I mostly wear black pants -- jeans when I go to school, dressier when I go to the hospital -- and neither needs to be ironed. I wear black pants even in the summer (when I go to work) so I don't own any light colored ones that might show wrinkles. Although, don't pants get wrinkled the second you sit down in them? For tops I wear cotton scoop-neck type short or long sleeved. I take them straight from the dryer to hang and there aren't obvious wrinkles. Obviously they don't have that "crisp" look they might if I ironed but I'm wearing a blazer/jacket/sweater over them anyway so I certainly don't care. I also have a bunch of shirts, mostly long sleeved, that are that knit type of stuff, slightly "fuzzy" if that makes sense. Cotton also but they never show wrinkles. I guess I don't work in any kind of job where people are noticing my shirts aren't crisply ironed. The kids at school wouldn't care, and when I'm called at the hospital it's often for emergencies and no one is looking at anyone's clothes then. And for non-work hanging around the house, going to the store, etc...sweats, leggings, tee-shirts... you'd never catch me ironing those. ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/OrTI4SBmZ2ZYSFv6ag4f.jpg) When I was a kid my mom started me on ironing my dad's handkerchiefs. ![:blink:](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/pd7N3dneptLj3pbgz5Gd.jpg) Even then I never understood why a handkerchief needed to be ironed, especially my dad's... I mean, he wasn't folding it all fancy so it showed out of the breast pocket of his coat. He was an artist who wore jeans and teeshirts to work every day and his handkerchief was stuffed into his pocket. ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/OrTI4SBmZ2ZYSFv6ag4f.jpg)
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Post by gar on May 24, 2021 13:01:53 GMT
I guess I don't work in any kind of job where people are noticing my shirts aren't crisply ironed. The kids at school wouldn't care, and when I'm called at the hospital it's often for emergencies and no one is looking at anyone's clothes then. Oh, I know what you mean ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/MNrJDkDuSwqIMVw33MdD.jpg) If I'm working I'm in my uniform (which def needs ironing) but other than that it's for me mainly I suppose. No one would probably care or even notice it just doesn't feel right to me but to each their own obviously
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Post by oh yvonne on May 24, 2021 13:20:13 GMT
For those of you that just wash and wear… what kiinds of clothing do you buy? 100% cotton wrinkles. Rayon wrinkles Most synthetic blends wrinkle What am I missing?. yeah, this. I haven't found anything that doesn't look like it just came out of the dryer. Its still unpressed looking, so I wonder as well. I have a really good iron, keep a bottle of distilled water handy to fill the water tank and have a nice wide ironing board that's always up. DH and DD both know how to iron their clothes and they both do. DD doesn't even need prodding anymore, she just does it. Tee shirts, her skirts. Everything always looks so much better with a quick press. I have a steamer but rarely use it, to me it takes longer and doesn't look near as good as a quick over with the iron. I also have to iron my table cloths before I put them on the table. I don't pre-iron them because I don't like creases. I just do it, I find it almost zen like/satisfying.
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Post by oh yvonne on May 24, 2021 13:27:46 GMT
The last time I ironed was the shirt my husband was buried in 4 years ago; haven't ironed since then. My Mom would get me up early in the summer in the 60s before we had AC or a dryer to iron. I would get the ironing out of the fridge (we "sprinkled" it and put in the fridge to stay damp to make ironing easier. Does anyone else remember doing this Not the keeping in the fridge part but definitely the "sprinkling' part! I have a vivid memory of our neighbors, a big family 7 kids, single mom. We lived in the house behind them. The older girls would have to do all the family ironing and they'd be in the kitchen ironing everything, including the pillow cases. They'd be hot and irritated and would yell at us younger kids to get out from under them. The one thing that sticks out in my mind though is that that house had TWO bedrooms and those 7 kids and the house was *immaculate* at all times. Tilly Torres, GB you woman, what a feat.
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Post by Susie_Homemaker on May 24, 2021 14:50:20 GMT
Only when absolutely necessary, and that's rare. This is me. My iron and ironing board live in the basement. In our previous house we had one built into the wall. I did like that feature for the few times I needed it.
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Post by Susie_Homemaker on May 24, 2021 14:58:22 GMT
For those of you that just wash and wear… what kiinds of clothing do you buy? 100% cotton wrinkles. Rayon wrinkles Most synthetic blends wrinkle What am I missing?. I hang everything up straight from the dryer so it doesn't have time to wrinkle. DH wears poly shirts which come out of the dryer nice, or he wears t-shirts which also aren't wrinkled from the dryer. I wear cotton/poly/(not much rayon) or some blend of those. Today I"m wearing a knit shirt that I tumbled in the dryer for a few mins then hung up to finish drying. No wrinkles. If I had a 100% cotton shirt (or any other fabric) that didn't look good from the dryer, I wouldn't wear it. Those things are a pain and I weed them out of my closet eventually.
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Post by 950nancy on May 24, 2021 15:03:44 GMT
Yes, I’m old or old fashioned at least. I just don’t like the look of clothes that come out of a tumble dryer or are just hung to dry - for me. I’m the same. I hate wearing non-ironed clothes. I never do a whole basket of ironing though. Since we were married my dh and I have done our own as needed and my daughter starter doing hers about 12. We have a big enough laundry to be able to leave the ironing board up all the time so it only takes a few minutes. It is every man for himself with ironing in this house too. When my son was graduating, the relatives who were staying here watched him iron a shirt (quite thoroughly), and all of the females seemed amazed that a young man could do that. I made a somewhat snide comment. ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/Q_m8lDOvc_3Le3r1GKdf.jpg) . One of the smartest things I did as a mom was teach my kids how to do their own laundry and ironing at a young age.
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Post by 950nancy on May 24, 2021 15:11:21 GMT
For those of you that just wash and wear… what kiinds of clothing do you buy? 100% cotton wrinkles. Rayon wrinkles Most synthetic blends wrinkle What am I missing?. I hang everything up straight from the dryer so it doesn't have time to wrinkle. DH wears poly shirts which come out of the dryer nice, or he wears t-shirts which also aren't wrinkled from the dryer. I wear cotton/poly/(not much rayon) or some blend of those. Today I"m wearing a knit shirt that I tumbled in the dryer for a few mins then hung up to finish drying. No wrinkles. If I had a 100% cotton shirt (or any other fabric) that didn't look good from the dryer, I wouldn't wear it. Those things are a pain and I weed them out of my closet eventually. I often use the delicate cycle on the wash so that the last spin doesn't wrinkle them as much. They go straight onto a hanger. I'll pull them a bit in several directions to get out the larger wrinkles. My husband uses the wrinkle release spray and that helps too. I hate wrinkles on button ups, so I'd have to iron those, but thankfully they aren't nearly as popular right now as they used to be.
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Post by Scrapper100 on May 24, 2021 15:17:51 GMT
Yes but I hate it so much. It has been so nice having my husband working from home do no ironing his shirts snd pants. It’s going to take a lot to get back into the routine again.
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Post by Susie_Homemaker on May 24, 2021 15:26:30 GMT
I often use the delicate cycle on the wash so that the last spin doesn't wrinkle them as much. They go straight onto a hanger. Do you hang them straight from the washer? If you do, try putting them in the dryer for just a few mins (<10) and then hang them up. The few mins in the dryer seems to get any wrinkles from the washer out but it's not enough time to shrink anything or add any new wrinkles from tumbling.
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Post by 950nancy on May 24, 2021 15:28:42 GMT
I often use the delicate cycle on the wash so that the last spin doesn't wrinkle them as much. They go straight onto a hanger. Do you hang them straight from the washer? If you do, try putting them in the dryer for just a few mins (<10) and then hang them up. The few mins in the dryer seems to get any wrinkles from the washer out but it's not enough time to shrink anything or add any new wrinkles from tumbling. Usually do 13 minutes in the dryer! If I do 13 minutes, my shirts are dry in about 4 hours of hanging. So dry here.
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Post by gar on May 24, 2021 16:19:53 GMT
For those of you that just wash and wear… what kiinds of clothing do you buy? 100% cotton wrinkles. Rayon wrinkles Most synthetic blends wrinkle What am I missing?. I hang everything up straight from the dryer so it doesn't have time to wrinkle. DH wears poly shirts which come out of the dryer nice, or he wears t-shirts which also aren't wrinkled from the dryer. I wear cotton/poly/(not much rayon) or some blend of those. Today I"m wearing a knit shirt that I tumbled in the dryer for a few mins then hung up to finish drying. No wrinkles. If I had a 100% cotton shirt (or any other fabric) that didn't look good from the dryer, I wouldn't wear it. Those things are a pain and I weed them out of my closet eventually. So I think I’ve concluded that ‘not wrinkled’ is one thing and pressed/crisp is something else. I can achieve ‘not creased’ but I prefer ironed 😊
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Post by Susie_Homemaker on May 24, 2021 16:53:56 GMT
So I think I’ve concluded that ‘not wrinkled’ is one thing and pressed/crisp is something else. I think that's very accurate! ![](https://media.fotki.com/2v2JGmVoCxA5eGL.gif)
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Post by workingclassdog on May 24, 2021 17:05:07 GMT
Only if needed which is close to never. I have a couple of shirts that have to be ironed.
I will iron any new curtain or cloth shower curtain cause those creases would bug me. Also tablecloths if I am putting on down.
That's pretty much it.
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Post by artgirl1 on May 24, 2021 17:41:16 GMT
I love to iron. It is my favorite chore. I find the whole process of laundry and ironing to be very zen. It fact, I am slightly obsessive with the tools for the job.
I also grew up in the 60's and one of my chores was to iron for the whole family. And yes I sprinkled the clothes (a coke bottle with a special top, I wish I still had that tool). I still use the ironing board I got for my wedding 45 years ago, because it is huge (60" long), and have to make my own covers for it. I keep a selection of spray starches, and sizing, and use pressing hams in the sleeves, and have 3 irons, depending on what I am ironing. I also sew 75%of my cothes, and a lot for my adult DD, and I am particularly finicky about ironing as I sew.
Ironing is probably my OCD obsession.
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Post by smcast on May 24, 2021 20:34:27 GMT
Yes
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Post by maryland on May 24, 2021 21:51:33 GMT
I never iron. If anything needs to be ironed, my husband does it. I have no nice/dress up clothes, so my clothes don't need to be ironed.
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Post by jayfab on May 24, 2021 23:02:00 GMT
Yes, but not a lot. I iron as needed. I actually wear a LOT of tees and I do think they look much nicer if ironed, but since covid/working from home I don't bother most times.
I have a few friends who say they don't iron and don't even own an iron anymore and I always think, yeah I can see that. And even said it aloud to one. Why brag about looking like you're wearing a garbage bag? She obviously didn't even take them out of the dryer and them right away.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on May 25, 2021 0:12:21 GMT
I OWN an iron. I know where it is. Last used it to iron on home printed designs about 5 years ago.
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Post by karinms on May 25, 2021 0:48:39 GMT
I sew a lot so yes, but I also iron the button band on a couple shirts that I wear reasonably often and one other shirt that has a lace trim that always ends up folded up after washing.
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 25, 2021 1:56:08 GMT
For those of you that just wash and wear… what kiinds of clothing do you buy? 100% cotton wrinkles. Rayon wrinkles Most synthetic blends wrinkle What am I missing?. I hang everything up straight from the dryer so it doesn't have time to wrinkle. DH wears poly shirts which come out of the dryer nice, or he wears t-shirts which also aren't wrinkled from the dryer. I wear cotton/poly/(not much rayon) or some blend of those. Today I"m wearing a knit shirt that I tumbled in the dryer for a few mins then hung up to finish drying. No wrinkles. If I had a 100% cotton shirt (or any other fabric) that didn't look good from the dryer, I wouldn't wear it. Those things are a pain and I weed them out of my closet eventually. Same here. I work from home so 90% of the time when I’m doing laundry I can pull it out the minute the buzzer goes off and I immediately fold it. Almost nothing gets hung up in this house. I wear jeans or shorts and knit t-shirts almost every single day and DH does too. Most days I don’t see anyone who lives outside of this house, and the days I do it’s just to run errands and I honestly don’t give a crap what some stranger thinks about what I’m wearing. I have had situations where I have diligently ironed my clothes (working trade shows, etc.) and seriously, not more than thirty seconds after putting those clothes on they are already wrinkled and rumpled so what’s the point? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on May 25, 2021 2:12:25 GMT
I wear jeans and t-shirts or knit tops so I don't need ironing. DH wears jeans and t-shirts, sometimes with a flannel shirt over, occasionally a button up "bowling" style shirt. We find things are wrinkle free enough when folded or hung fresh out of the dryer. I can't even recall the last time either of us needed clothes ironed. I do sometimes iron fabric before cutting out pieces to sew. If for some reason one of us did need something ironed, I would do it. DH took over all laundry duties when he retired, so it would not be a problem for me to iron a shirt for him.
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Post by oh yvonne on May 25, 2021 13:58:31 GMT
I love to iron. It is my favorite chore. I find the whole process of laundry and ironing to be very zen. It fact, I am slightly obsessive with the tools for the job. I also grew up in the 60's and one of my chores was to iron for the whole family. And yes I sprinkled the clothes (a coke bottle with a special top, I wish I still had that tool). I still use the ironing board I got for my wedding 45 years ago, because it is huge (60" long), and have to make my own covers for it. I keep a selection of spray starches, and sizing, and use pressing hams in the sleeves, and have 3 irons, depending on what I am ironing. I also sew 75%of my cothes, and a lot for my adult DD, and I am particularly finicky about ironing as I sew. Ironing is probably my OCD obsession. omg I remember that coke bottle with the sprinkle top! Oh, and how I love spray starches and Niagra sizing! I'm convinced the people who hate ironing have never used good tools and it's a frustrating endeavor. A good, hot steamy iron, a spray of Niagra and boom! One pass and it's perfect.
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