How to iron a shirt

How to iron a shirt ? That is the question.Everyone who takes his shirt to the cleaners and is met with a good service, receives his shirt back nicely folded and wrapped to keep the pleats in place. A service like that allows you to put it straight on the shelf of your cupboard or in your suitcase. People who wash them at home have also have to do this themselves. Practice makes perfect. Here is how to iron a shirt.

Look at the wash label to see at which temperature the shirt may be ironed. In most cases pure linen can be ironed up to 60°, cotton up to 40°. Wool, silk and combinations of these, surely not to hot. Take extra care with synthetics and mixtures of fibers.

Next, lay the yoke over the end of the ironing board, with the back towards you, and iron this. Lay the front pieces with the buttonholes in the middle of the board and iron over the buttonholes and around the buttons. Take extra care over the buttonholes, because these are the bits that show. Do the rest of the fronts. Button the shirt (alternate buttoning is allowed, but always do the top button).

Lay the sleeve on the board, making sure the rest of the shirt, which is already ironed, hangs freely to prevent it creasing. Lay the cuff flat and iron it. If it is a double cuff, iron both sides. Finally iron the sleeve pleats in.

Follow the sleeve seam towards the armpit of the shirt. Continue with the sleeve and try to keep the pleats of the cuff flat by ironing the top layer without using the point of the iron.

Follow the sleeve seam towards the armpit of the shirt. Continue with the sleeve and try to keep the pleats of the cuff flat by ironing the top layer without using the point of the iron.