Wash non-iron shirts properly
Anyone who has to wear a suit, shirt and tie every day at work will notice how much ironing laundry piles up over the weekend. If you only have better plans for one weekend, you are faced with a veritable mountain of ironing clothes. The man who does not have to iron himself can now consider himself lucky. But if you want to put your relationship with your wife, girlfriend - or mom - on a good long-term basis, you can now switch to non-iron shirts.
What you need:
- non-iron shirts
- Washing machine
- laundry detergent
- possibly. softener
This is how non-iron shirts come out of the washing machine without creasing
Iron-free Shirts consist of a special fiber mixture that protects against creasing. In order for this to really work and to achieve the hoped-for time savings by eliminating the ironing work, you should pay attention to a few things when caring for your laundry.
- To wash Your non-iron fabrics as stated on the laundry label. Do not overfill the machine, on the one hand this improves the cleaning performance and on the other hand the textiles do not crease so much during washing. You should also use the maximum speed of your Washing machine don't exhaust it.
- There is absolute disagreement about the addition of fabric softener. Some argue with the destruction of the fabric fibers, others with the high environmental impact against the use of fabric softeners. At least the damage to the fibers has not really been proven. So if you don't want to do without the scent and feel of your fabric softener, you can still use it for your non-iron shirts. For the sake of the environment, we recommend that you dose a little more sparingly.
- Anyone who "dries out" non-iron textiles in the tumble dryer on the highest setting and possibly crumples them up for a while dryer If you leave it lying around, you will find that even the best fiber is not immune from creasing here.
- You will achieve the best result if you take the non-iron shirts straight out of the washing machine, place them on a hanger, pull them smooth and into shape and close the buttons. So the shirt can dry over the bathtub or, even better, outdoors and is then actually largely iron-free. If you are fussy, you can still briefly iron over the front, breast pockets and cuffs.
- The only really negative thing about non-iron textiles is the high chemical load and sometimes the haptics of the fabric that take getting used to.
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