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missspeedy23 wrote: »

Oh I hate linen too, awful!! Especially white for some reason - never looks ironed when you've finished! I end up spraying them with loads of softened water but they still don't look great.

I've got a pad that came with my press so might give that a try

Steam it when its hanging may be an idea so the crease "drop" out

missspeedy23

kats53 wrote: »

I also hate frills and fiddly bows, girls and womens clothes tend to be more fiddly and time consuming than mens.

Oh yes, I hate girls clothes!! I've got a little boy myself and always wanted to have a girl too but now I'm not so sure - think it'd drive me mad having to iron frilly things all the time!! Give me a ton of mens shirts over womens fitted blouses any day!!

For some reason I hate ironing stripes - makes my eyes go funny!! Is it just me???

giggles_alot

missspeedy23 wrote: »

For some reason I hate ironing stripes - makes my eyes go funny!! Is it just me???

Mine too!! certain colours seem even worse than others. I swear my eyes go crossed and funny

kats53

Stripes do make your eyes go a bit crazy don't they? Linen also drives me mad. I have one customer who has all designer clothes for her children, aged 18 months and 4yrs and she has lots of linen shirts and trousers for the youngest. They must be creased to bits after 5 minutes of wearing!

Stephb1986_2

Combats are a nightmare to iron I iron the front then the back then steam the front if it's creased again.

Tram lines in dress trousers we either 1, iron to their lines even though they might be wrong, 2, tram line or press your own creases in so much that you can't see the tram lines.

Foam for steam presses your probably best buying some from a local shop or on ebay and making your own so you know it's the right size also don't forget to put tin foil underneath the cover afterwards. It will reflect the heat. We make our own covers when we want a change or scenery or they need a good wash. Just get some material from a local market but make sure it's quite thick and not too flimsy so you could burn it, make sure it's more like denim material.

I hate ironing stripes especially blue ones they make me go crazy lol.

With linen you might be best taking it out of the bag/basket and spraying them with fabric conditioner and leaving it to soak in over night.

If anyone needs anything answering pm me

Steph xx

giggles_alot

Hi folks,
I've just about killed the two ironing boards I got when I first set up, to be fair they were only cheap and have had a real hammering over the last few years. Just wondering if any of you can recommend a really good board, needs to be suitable for steam generators and probably as big as possible. Is it a case of you get what you pay for?
Thanks in advance for anyones opinions/experiences.

Stephb1986_2

Brabantia ones are pretty good they are expensive but sometimes they come free when you buy a steam generator from Makro.

HTH

Steph

giggles_alot

Stephb1986 wrote: »

Brabantia ones are pretty good they are expensive but sometimes they come free when you buy a steam generator from Makro.

HTH

Steph

Thanks Steph

missspeedy23

Does anyone employ someone to iron for them? If so how do you pay them and how much, i.e. by the hour/load etc.

I work 4 days a week and do the ironing on my day off and on evenings and it's starting to get busier now and don't really want to drop another day a week so I've thought of taking someone on for a few loads a week.

Any tips/advice would be appreciated!

Thanks
Jo
x

kymbogs

Morning guys,
I'm a full-time student looking to earn some extra cash, and in a few weeks I will have quite a lot of spare time on my hands when we break up till September.

I could happily spend some of that time ironing, but have a few questions first.

What do you do about hangers? Do customers send their clothes on hangers?
Do you charge per item or per load/bag?
I don't drive. Do any of you have customers who drop off and pick up their own stuff?
Is this something I could do, on a small scale, with a normal every day iron and ironing board?

Many thanks for reading,
Kimberley x