How To Iron a Dress Shirt
- February 26, 2008
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Voice-Over Artist
Darcie Champagne
Actor
Seena Jon
Music (ragtime intro)
Kyle Hildenbrand
Music (informercial track)
Jonathan Roberts
Production Designer
Dew Gueramian
Writer
Howcast Studios
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Few things in life are as satisfying as slipping on a crisply ironed shirt—except maybe getting the shirt that way in the first place.
You Will Need
- A dress shirt in need of ironing
- An ironing board
- An iron
- A spray bottle of water
- Spray starch
- A towel
Step 1: Start w/ clean, damp shirt
Start with a clean, damp shirt. Either remove the shirt from the dryer before it’s fully dry or wet it with a spray bottle of water before ironing.
Most irons now have a water reserve for a steam and spray function—use it to keep your shirt damp while you iron it.
Step 2: Put iron on appropriate setting
Put your iron on the appropriate heat setting: high for 100% cotton, and medium for cotton blends.
Step 3: Lay shirt face down
While the iron heats up, lay the unbuttoned shirt on the ironing board “face down” with the collar spread out.
If you want to starch your shirt, spray it and roll it up while the iron heats so the starch has time to soak in.
Step 4: Iron back of collar
Iron the back of the collar with the nose of the iron, smoothing the fabric with one hand to avoid creases.
Step 5: Iron cuff, placket, & sleeve
Unbutton and open a cuff; then iron the inside of the cuff, placket, and sleeve.
Put a towel under the sleeve to cushion the face-down buttons.
Step 6: Iron back of sleeve
Place the same sleeve parallel to the ironing board, with the back of the sleeve face-up, and iron it.
Step 7: Iron front of sleeve
Then flip the sleeve and iron its front.
Step 8: Iron outside of cuff
Finish the sleeve by ironing the outside of the cuff.
Step 9: Iron other side
Now iron the other sleeve, again beginning with the inside of the cuff, then the outside of the sleeve, and then the outside of the cuff.
Step 10: Iron inside of shoulders & back
Iron the inside of the shoulders and the inside of the entire back of the shirt.
Step 11: Iron outside of shoulders & back
Flip the shirt over and iron the outside of the shoulders and the back of the shirt.
Step 12: Iron front panel
Drape the shirt so that one front half lays flat on the board and the rest hangs below. Iron this front panel.
Don’t iron over the buttons — use the nose to work around them.
Step 13: Iron other front panel
Move the shirt to iron the other front panel.
Step 14: Iron outside collar
Finish the shirt by returning to the collar — iron the outside of it.
Step 15: Button top button & hang shirt
Immediately after you’re done, button the top button and hang up the shirt.
Step 16: Unplug iron
Turn the iron off and unplug it.
Before the electric iron came along, miniature flat irons were used to iron collars and between buttons.
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Comments (4)
Great video. Although I wouldnt trust this guy to iron my shirts, I did pick up a couple of tips such as spraying my shirt with water prior to ironing.
over 3 years ago by stilltsie
Well produced video, but there are more effective ways to iron a dress shirt. The ironing board was designed a certain way to facilitate the ironing of a shirt.
over 3 years ago by sraman84
So useful! Thank you!
over 3 years ago by fckalvey
i have to pay attention really well because the guy's antics are distracting
about 1 year ago by adiksadiatabs
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