The Ironing Board

Doreen_Beech

I'm with nearlyrich on this, I don't do any ironing either. I was then tumble dry everything really (except woollens) and fold them as they come out. Most of it is perfectly acceptable to wear with the exception of a few items that need a quick iron.

givememoney

missbargain wrote: »

~ Stephen Leak


Now, can someone, PLEASE, tell me the easiest way to iron bedsheets, especially duvet covers. They drive me crazy, take ages to do, and by the time I iron one bit, another one creases. I was thinking of not ironing them at all, but I like that crispy, smooth, velvety feel of well ironed sheets, even if it only lasts for one day (similar feeling to the freshly done blow dry, so fleeting but wonderful.....;) )

I never iron duvet covers and this is the reason.

Many moons ago I happened to go round a friends house and low and behold, she had an identical duvet cover on her bed as mine.

There was a distinct difference though, hers looked like new and mine looked washed out. It turned out she only used hers as a cover which she removed each night so it didn't get the two weekly wash my bedclothes get making them look distinctively faded.

Mental note, next time bedroom is decorated buy throw/bedspread to go over duvet. I have done this with all beds since. On our bed I just put plain cream coloured duvet covers and pillow cases, no ironing necessary as no one sees them as they are covered with nice throw/bedspread which only needs the occasional wash so keeps it nice fresh colours.

shtek

I need an advice iron boards come in variety of proces from 20-150£ , why such a difference and is 20£ board will be good enough ?

Gray-Fox

I need a new iron.

I am a single male (if that matters). I won't spend more than about £40.

Any ideas?

JosephsMum23

Gray-Fox wrote: »

I need a new iron.

I am a single male (if that matters). I won't spend more than about £40.

Any ideas?

If you're willing to stretch to 50 quid, I really recommend a Rowenta. I've just bought the Rowenta DZ5015 Focus from Amazon and it's wonderful Hope that helps.

JosephsMum23

Can anyone help me? I'm having a hard time getting my head around how much it costs per hour to run my steam iron.

It's 2300w and my electricity supplier is British Gas. I don't understand the usage rates on my statement!

Even a rough estimate would help - thank you (Sorry if this question has been asked before)

Rachel

Ebe_Scrooge

To work out how much something costs to run, you need to know how much your electricity costs.

Most suppliers charge along the lines of "so much for the first 100 units, then so much per unit after that". If yours is like that, the best way is to take an average ( i.e. add the two costs together and divide by 2 ). This won't be exact, but it'll give you an idea without getting into horribly complicated maths !

Anyhow, the main thing is, you're charged "so much per kilowatt hour ( KWH )". You say your iron is 2300 watts, that's 2.3 kilowatts. So in an hour it will use 2.3 kilowatt hours. Well, actually it won't, because it doesn't draw current constantly, the thermostat switches on and off to maintain the temperature. But to keep things simple, ignore that !

So, let's say you are charged 50p per kilowatt hour, this means your iron would cost 2.3 * 50p per hour, or £1.15, to run.

As I say, this IS an approximate figure, but it'll give you an idea.

The same principle can be used for any appliance - Take your cost per KWH, multiply that by the number of kilowatts the appliance uses, and that's the hourly running cost. Remember a Kilowatt is 1000 watts, so a 750 microwave is 0.75 kilowatts, your iron is 2.3 kilowatts, a 60w lightbulb is 0.06 kilowatts, etc.

The only other caveat, make sure you're using the consumption figures. Most appliances are simple, but microwaves are a good example where it might be advertised as "750 watts". You will probably find that 750 is it's output, but it actually consumes 800 watts. This will be stated in the instructions or stamped on the machine somewhere, but just to be aware of this. As I say, most other things, like irons, if they say 2300 watts, that's what they consume.

Sorry for the long-winded lecture, but I hope this helps :-)

boombap

Hi all,

I've acquired a Domena Steam Press from Freegle where it was 'listed' as being for spares or repair due to it not powering up. I'm going to get my better half to have a play with it at the weekend when he's free but the (lovely) lady who I got it from says that the power fault seems to be a known problem with the Domenas.

I'm wondering if anyone has had a similar problem and if it was easy to solve?

I've tested the power supply/plug with another device and it works fine and equally I've tried another plug with the press with no joy. When the press is plugged on it seems as dead as a dodo.

Many thanks for reading,

S.

rach-vitendi

Out of the washing machine after a spin - "Shake Snap" each garment before putting them out onto the dry rail..

Job done right!?

tahrey

Stephb1986 wrote: »

i wouldnt recommend using descaling liquid in a iron the best way is to drop the temperature to the lowest and turn up the steam until it runs clear then turn the temperature up and steam down and it should be fine sometimes they will let out hard scale in little rocks.

I'll definitely try that next time mine needs a descale - when I tried it with the prescribed amount of descaling powder (diluted into water and added to reservoir), the thing was sneezing out orange snot for about FIVE STRAIGHT HOURS. I'm not even exaggerating. And I kept having to top the reservoir throughout.
(Good job I wasn't doing it ahead of having to iron some posh clothes for an important event that I'd forgotten about, wasn't it! It had reached a head because it was a hand-me-down iron that my mum obviously never took much care of, and it was leaving white streaks across all my shirts... orange streaks would be far worse.)

I already fear having to do this job, as I'm rotten at it and it takes upwards of two hours to do a week's worth (for one person!), and that kind of nonsense going on doesn't help! I'd rather use this method even if it means doing it every single time I have to iron...