Ironing, Presentation and Storage

Ironing

Here’s some less-pressing ironing advice:

• Move freshly ironed surfaces away from you as you iron.
• Iron collars, cuffs and hems on the wrong side first.
• Hold pleats in place with paper clips when ironing.
• Place a sheet of aluminum foil under your ironing board cover to effectively iron both sides of your garment at once.

De-linting

For those times when you’ve mixed the lint producers with lint magnets, consider these lesser-known lint-removal devices:

• Tape
• Address labels
• Express delivery label pouches

Storage

Hang on! The laundry isn’t officially done until you’ve put everything away in its proper place.

• When tumble-dried clothes are dry — preferably when they are still warm — hang them up or smooth them out and fold them right away. Avoid having them sit and cool in a crumpled state.
• Clothes that should be folded include: T-shirts, sweaters, jeans, sweats — basically anything knit or stretchy.
• Clothes that should be hung include: creased or pleated items, button-down shirts, khakis — anything that wrinkles easily.
• Wooden hangers with a rod work for most hangable items. Choose padded hangers for fragile items, and hangers with rubber clips for skirts (metal clips might dent the fabric).

Source: RealSimple.com*

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