Ironing dressy clothes?

Question

I have a 57% silk and 43% cotton blouse.   My pants are 80% polyester, 10% rayon, and 10% wool.  I iron the shirt on the silk setting. The wrinkles won't go away.  I iron the pants on the synthethic fabric setting.  The wrinkles are very prominent, and nothing I do seems to help.  I've turned the clothes inside out, I've used water, I've used a lighter touch and a harder touch, etc.  How can I iron them myself because I definitely can't go to  a dry cleaners right now.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I usually take a clean pillow case or some other thin fabric and place that on top of the clothes I want to iron. Then firmly iron on top of the thin fabric... this way you can iron at a higher temperature without scorching your clothes. Test your garment in a small, unnoticable area first to make sure it won't shrink when heated too much.

Sandyspacecase · Answer

This sounds weird, but I love to iron. I'll iron everything in sight! I would get a hand towel damp, put it over your garment and turn up the setting a little at a time until you get just the right setting that gives enough heat ,but doesn't burn them .Test on a unseen edge of the garment. The damp towel helps rid the garment of wrinkles .

Anonymous · Answer

I would say use a garment steamer. Most dryers have wrinkle release settings, I would make sure it is a low setting and use that. If there are any special details, I would not bring them to a dry cleaners. If you dont have a garment steamer, try putting the items on PLASTIC hangers and turning on a hot shower.

in His image · Answer

wash them again the way you normally would and use liquid softener then put them in the dryer on a low setting and  only dry them for a few minutes take them out of the dryer and flip them hang them up to finish drying  you can also use and extra dryer sheet in the dryer to add to the softness

lost · Answer

steam it. cant hurt the fabric. i think thats what dry cleaners do anyways.

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