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Post by mrst on Jun 3, 2016 18:20:33 GMT
Following on from the line drying/ tumble drying thread, do you iron and if so what?
I line dry stuff and dh and I iron quite a lot. We both like ironed sheets so they get ironed . We both like our tops and bottoms ironed so we do them too. It doesn't take long and avoids all this folding.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2016 18:29:10 GMT
I really only iron tops and shirts. Everything else will do.
I was talking to my Mum about this a couple of weeks ago as she said I get through the ironing very quickly, I told her I only iron a few things and she was appalled. Apparently in 'her day' everything got ironed. Bras, undercrackers, towels, pyjamas, sheets and SOCKS, now that to me is appalling!
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Post by peano on Jun 3, 2016 18:31:29 GMT
Undercrackers, LOL! Is that autocorrect or British for something? Socks and bras and towels?!!! Weird.
I iron cotton shirts (but only if I have to). I don't really mind ironing though.
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Post by padresfan619 on Jun 3, 2016 18:32:09 GMT
No. My husband steams his button front shirts for work.
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Post by myshelly on Jun 3, 2016 18:32:52 GMT
I iron all of our clothes, including kids tshirts and shorts.
I put towels and sheets in the dryer.
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Post by psiluvu on Jun 3, 2016 18:36:09 GMT
I not even sure if I still own an iron. I don't iron anything, ever. Life is too short to spend it ironing. If something needs to be ironed I will send it to the cleaners. Most of our clothing is wrinkle free if removed from the dryer as soon as it is done, so really no need to.
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Post by ihaveonly1l on Jun 3, 2016 18:36:23 GMT
I hate ironing! I'm currently trying to steam the wrinkles out of my son's graduation robe he needs tomorrow. I'm too nervous to put the iron actually on it. Grrr.....
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Post by schizo319 on Jun 3, 2016 18:37:52 GMT
Not on our clothing if I can help it. I'll even actively avoid buying anything that looks like it might need ironing. I'm terrible at it, usually I end up ironing more creases into the clothes than they had when they were wrinkled. I typically just fold or hang stuff straight out of the dryer and that's sufficient.
I do have an awesome iron though, and use it religiously when I'm sewing/quilting.
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Jun 3, 2016 18:39:10 GMT
No. If it has to be ironed, it will not be purchased.
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Post by azredhead on Jun 3, 2016 18:39:42 GMT
Only dh slacks that he has to wear for work. We usually try to buy stuff that doesn't have to be ironed or I can throw in the fluff dry. I hate it too.
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Post by leannec on Jun 3, 2016 18:40:51 GMT
I don't iron any of my own clothes ... if it needs to be ironed I don't buy it  I occasionally iron dh's shirts ... he is a realtor and needs to look professional  I do iron dd#2's cattle penning shirts (a rodeo sport) ... she just started competing this year and I'm so proud of her  I've actually done more ironing in the past six months than I've done in the past twenty years  |
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Post by J u l e e on Jun 3, 2016 18:41:15 GMT
I have a few thing I'll iron, like if the hem on a cotton tank top gets all wrinkled up and looks terrible. But most I the stuff I own doesn't require it. My clothes are mostly a casual style. Casual in a cute way, not a sloppy way.
My husband irons his own shirts and pants for work.
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Post by tuesdaysgone on Jun 3, 2016 18:41:16 GMT
I might iron once or twice a year. Not a favorite chore and honestly, I'm not that good at it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2016 18:41:32 GMT
I iron most of the laundry. The exception being socks,bras and towels. I love to get into a bed with crisp ironed bedding.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2016 18:42:43 GMT
Only dh's dress shirts. Once in a while pants and other shirts as needed.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2016 18:46:44 GMT
DH does his own shirts because I'm not a perfectionist like he is. I use a steamer to take care of the wrinkles in my clothes.
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Post by lavawalker on Jun 3, 2016 18:49:34 GMT
rarely. If things are pulled from the dryer and hung right away, there's no need for ironing.
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Post by 5peanutsnana on Jun 3, 2016 18:50:55 GMT
No, no and no. If necessary I use a steamer. Life is too short to iron!  To each his own. |
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Post by mimi3566 on Jun 3, 2016 18:51:42 GMT
I have several pairs of pants and tops that need to be ironed. I wait until I have just about all of them laundered though, before I iron them. Then I have an ironing marathon, while watching a movie and get them all done and good to go for a couple of months then the cycle starts all over again.
I don't actually mind ironing....what I mind is wanting to wear something that needs to be ironed before I can wear...Grrr
With that being said...I don't want to drag the iron and board out just for one article of clothing.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2016 18:55:20 GMT
Someone unfriended me on FB over a remark I made about ironing. I wrote a status saying I'd had a really productive morning and I'd even managed to completely empty the laundry bin. Someone else commented that all I had to do now was iron it, I replied that that could wait. A guy I knew from school came on and said 'it can't wait it should be ironed straight off the line', I replied with 'straight off the line? Surely it has to mature on a pile for at least three weeks'? I was immediately unfriended  good times! |
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Post by cmhs on Jun 3, 2016 19:00:47 GMT
I rarely iron but I do use a handheld steamer a few times a week. I love that thing!
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Post by valleyview on Jun 3, 2016 19:09:10 GMT
I iron once a month or so. I love cotton clothes! I iron Dh's polo shirts in the summer, but his dress shirts are non-iron. They look better than laundered with no starch to irritate.
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Post by chaosisapony on Jun 3, 2016 19:21:57 GMT
I don't iron anything. If something needs to have the wrinkles taken out I pop it in the dryer.
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Post by miominmio on Jun 3, 2016 19:23:33 GMT
I hate ironing, I would rather clean toilets!
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Post by mikklynn on Jun 3, 2016 19:25:51 GMT
I iron all my tops and DH's dress and polo shirts. I have a couple pair of pants that get ironed, also.
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Post by misadventurous on Jun 3, 2016 19:26:49 GMT
The only thing I use the iron for is the kids' perler beads.
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Post by craftsbycarolyn on Jun 3, 2016 19:27:38 GMT
I rarely iron. But I wouldn't mind a steamer.
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Post by moodyblue on Jun 3, 2016 19:27:42 GMT
I rarely iron anything. Most of the clothes we own are fine if taken right out of the dryer and hung up. If they get some wrinkles before hanging or don't look as good as I'd like, my preferred method is to spritz with water or the Downy wrinkle stuff and smooth out the item. That usually works well enough.
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Post by kellybelly77 on Jun 3, 2016 19:28:32 GMT
I love to iron! But I am also a seamstress so..... A good iron and steam shot make clothes lay so much better and look so much nicer. I iron most of my work clothes and some of my everyday clothes. I also iron my kids clothes. Even my 3 yo.....
Once, a friend asked me to make a specific skirt for her dd. It had a bunch of ruffles on the butt. I refused saying I knew she would never iron the ruffles after it was laundered and I couldn't bear to think of that poor ruffly skirt walking around un-ironed. She had a good laugh, but I was serious!
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jun 3, 2016 19:33:54 GMT
I love ironing!  . I iron clothes and my bedding. |
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To each his own.
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