Ironing Clothes

Preparation

1. Prepare the materials needed:

  • Flat Iron

  • Ironing board

  • Water sprayer (optional)

  • Clean damp cloth

  • Hanger

  • Cloths rack

2. Check the cleanliness and condition of flat iron and ironing board before starting to work.

3. Set the ironing board.

4. Consult care label of the fabric for ironing temperature.

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Ironing Shirt

1. Take note of the correct order of ironing a shirt:

  • Collar part of shirt

  • Yolk/ shoulder part

  • The cuff

  • The sleeves

  • The body of shirt

2. Put a damp cloth on top of the ironing board. Clean the iron by rubbing it on the damp cloth.

3. Start the process by ironing the collar:

  • Flatten the back of the collar on the surface of the board

  • Run the iron over the back of the collar several times until you are sure it is correctly pressed.

  • Turn the shirt over and iron the front of the collar, follow the same ironing procedure used for the back of the collar

4. Next iron the sleeves:

  • Lay the back of the sleeve on the ironing board

  • Stretch the fabric by using the palm of your hand

  • Iron the back of the sleeves

  • Flip the shirt over and iron the front of the sleeves

5. Iron the body part of the shirt:

  • Start with the left upper side of the shirt; flatten the fabric by using the palm of your hand.

  • Iron straight upwards keeping good tension all the time.

6. Iron the seam by running the edge of the iron over the stitching while pulling with the other hand.

7. Continue moving the shirt towards you bit-by-bit, ironing one section at a time.

8. Move in and out of the buttons taking care not to hit the buttons by going too fast.

9. Continue this way remembering to hold the shirt by the collar all the time while pulling against the force of the iron to give a crisp finish.

3. Hang the pressed shirt with a hanger.

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Ironing Pants

Turn on the iron and set to correct temperature

2. Clean the iron by putting it on top of a damp face towel

3. Iron the pockets

4. Iron the fly, seams and hems

5. Iron the waist band

6. Hold the pants on the lower part of the leg

7. Fold the leg of the pants together

8. Lay the folded pants on the ironing board

9. Pull out the pockets and iron it

10. Fold one leg up, allow it to overlap the waist

11. Iron in a circular motion, start working from the cuff to the pocket

12. Iron down to the leg smoothly creating only one straight line

13. Fold the other leg back down and iron as you did on the first leg. Make sure in seams are align with each other

14. Turn the pants over and lay the pants on the ironing board

15. Match up the in seam and the side seam so that they are directly over each other

16. Iron down the leg to create a permanent crease

17. Turn off the iron and let it cool down before putting it away.

18. Hang from the waist or fold the pants

Ironing Dress

  1. Iron all parts that have a double thickness such as collars, hems, cuff, sleeves, bows, ties and pocket and other parts that have double thickness.

2. Iron non flat portions like ruffles, shoulders, and puffed sleeves.

3. To iron puffed sleeves, stuff them with whiter cloth or towel.

4. Iron the body of the cloth starting on the upper portion of the garment