The Ironing Board

techmax76

Ironing of clothes is the biggest contributor of high electric bill. I schedule the ironing of clothes weekly and as much as possible all appliances that is plugged be unplugged temporarily to reduce the consumed electricity while ironing.

bubblegumcola

I don't iron. Weddings and funerals only. My DH wears t shirts, my kids wear polo shirts and non-iron shirts to school. If the clothes are hung up as soon as they are washed and drip dried and folded properly once dry then they don't need ironing.

malamala

Hi,

Has anyone used those iron board that is installed inside a kitchen cabinet? Do you recommend it?

Thanks!

techmax76

Hello everyone,

Folding clothes without ironing.

• Put a fabric conditioner on the last rinse.
• Gently squeeze the clothes then stretch the clothes to remove wrinkles on your clothes. Then let it dry under the sun.
• As soon as your clothes gets dry, fold it with a flat surface table. While folding gently flatten your clothes to reduce the wrinkles.

These best for daily wearing clothes, but if your working at the office it really need to iron your clothes but still use fabric conditioner to help reduce the wrinkles on your clothes.

I hope these tips help reduce your clothes ironing. Thanks.

Margaret54

Hi I really do love ironing, always have and probably always will:) I find it very relaxing. I had loads to do every week as I have 6 children, so many school shirts and blouses and all the other clothes too. I loved it even then. Now it is just my husband and I and one son at home(yet to fly the nest) and I have less to do now but still I enjoy doing the ironing. I also put a few drops of lavender oil into a bottle of tap water and the room will smell so lovely, much cheaper than buying Vapouresse etc. I fold what doesn't need ironing of course a good tip my dear Granny passed on to me and I always line dry or else indoors on a clothes horse in hot press or a radiator, never ever tumble dry.

twoflower169

Hi

Just a quick question, I was given one of those big steam irons with the water reservoir on the base (no instructions though), it needs descaling but I don't now how best to do it? It has a tube thingy that looks like it could be attached to something?

Its a tefal express, any ideas please, I love using this iron as it makes my DH's million shirts a week so much easier but I'm getting fed up off the random brown marks when using the steam!!!!!!!!!

Thanks TF

THE-WIFE_3

Twoflower,

check Tefals website as I've never put descaler in my Tefal Express. (Ive got two of them just in case one should go wrong) I live in a very hard water area and use only filter water as this will cut down the times the iron needs to be cleaned out. You can get a really cheap water filter jug on ebay for under a tenner and the universal cartridges can be bought at Tesco's, one cartridge should last you about two months depending how much you use.

The tube goes into the plug on the side of the iron under the hook for the steam cable. Never open the screw fixing until your iron is very cold. Coonet one end to the tap and the other pointy end to the iron. Turn the tap onslowly and flush the tank through. You are supposed to do this every 10 ironing sessions but if you use filter water it will be about 15 - 20

If it spits out brown stuff when you're ironing, it's time to clean it.

Imp

For shirts

1) Put starch powder in the conditioner compartment of your washing machine
2) Hang them up to dry
3) When they are still damp, iron them
4) Teach the wife how to do this

Starching shirts makes an enormous improvement in the look of the shirt. It's like the difference between ironing and not ironing a shirt. The only problems are that you have to catch them at the right moment to iron them, and the starch does cause the shirts to wear out quicker.

THE-WIFE_3

Hey, Imp! I'm not doing anyone elses ironing, ta!

alcsl

i recommend the startch route, always gets those collars nice and crisp!

Has anyone tried those ironing board covers that claim to make ironing easier?