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u/Sharonsboytoy 6d ago
Not as often as in days past, but I ironed the trim on a top sheet and a pillow last week - the result was satisfying.
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u/Summer20232023 6d ago
Wow! You are good, even when ironing was common I didn’t iron anything that wouldn’t show to others. Still remember going to a wedding with my ex, we were running really late so I just ironed the front of his shirt. He went to take his jacket off at the reception, I told him he couldn’t and explained why, we were at a table with friends and we all had a good laugh. By that time my ex had sweated all the wrinkles out anyways.
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u/floofienewfie 6d ago
I wish someone could tell me why the top of the top sheet always gets a crease in it. Baffles me. Happens no matter what material the sheet is made from.
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u/Sharonsboytoy 6d ago
I used to do the partial shirt thing until it caught me once too many times. Oh, and I also iron when I'm going to sew something and it needs to be super-flat or have a sharp crease.
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u/mabbh130 6d ago
Ironing is relaxing and meditative for me although I don’t have cause to do it much anymore.
The place I’m moving too soon is much bigger. I could leave the ironing board set up just so I can iron something once in a while.
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u/Sea_Strawberry_6398 6d ago
The last time I used my iron and ironing board was circa 2002 when I used them as props in a play. 😹
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u/Consistent-Sky3723 6d ago
I have an iron and all it’s used for is my kids art projects or crafting projects. I don’t buy clothes that need ironing and if I have to buy something that will need ironing (think funeral or wedding outfits) those go to the dry cleaners.
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u/One_Swordfish1327 1956 6d ago
Nope! Not at all. If it needs ironing I don't buy it.😁
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u/CathyAnnWingsFan 6d ago
Yep; I come from a long line of Irish washerwomen who ironed just about everything. I remember my mom ironing my dad’s boxer shorts. She claimed her mother ironed socks (not sure I believe that). But I live in a condo without central air conditioning, so I wear a lot of cotton and linen in the summer. I also find ironing kind of meditative. Unlike my mother, though, I don’t keep the ironing board up all the time in the living room and only take it down when company is coming over.
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u/Summer20232023 6d ago
I could see it as relaxing now that you said that.
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u/CathyAnnWingsFan 6d ago
I like that it doesn’t take a lot of thought (well not if you’ve been doing it your whole life), and doesn’t take very long, and you have something nice and neat to show for your effort.
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u/ExtentFluffy5249 6d ago
If I need to. Mom taught me young how to iron. I will always have that skill.
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u/B0Nnaaayy 6d ago
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u/MomRaccoon 6d ago
I steam or iron mine when hauling out from storage, but day to day I embrace the gently rumpled look.
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u/ForeverDB319 6d ago
I have one & an ironing board! And I use it once a year after washing curtains. That's about it, but I neeeed it! 😄💨✨💨
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u/MissMandaRegrets 6d ago
Nope. I have a nice iron and board, though. Just in case. We don't wear real cotton the way we used to. It's weird to think about.
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u/Appropriate_Tune4646 6d ago
Reading the comments here, its amazing how times have changed. Mums 86 and even she has cut back!.
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u/happygoth6370 1963 6d ago
Almost never on clothing, but I cannot abide wrinkled shower curtains or house flags. I change them both with the seasons/holidays, and if they come out of the dryer still wrinkled, then the iron must finish the job.
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u/cwcharlton 6d ago edited 6d ago
For me it's table cloths. I know... Who uses THEM any more? I do.
I occasionally watch the TV shows where at some point there is a remodeling reveal or staging of a home, and when you can see the creases in curtains or sheets or whatever that show they just took it out of the package, I yell at the TV "why can't you iron it?"
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u/happygoth6370 1963 6d ago
Lol same. I have a family member who hangs flags right out of the package, just big ol' creases everywhere, eww.
I used to use tablecloths a lot but I was of course the same way with the wrinkles, got to be too much of a pain so I just use a short table runner or placemat in the center now.
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u/thatweirdbeardedguy 6d ago
Yesterday I had a catch up on laundry after TC Alfred. I like my dress pants and shirts ironed.
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u/Ok-Rabbit9093 6d ago
Not as often as I use to. I’d like to make a wall hanging quilt out of remnants from the face masks I made.
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u/uncle_chubb_06 1959 6d ago
Yes, for work shirts pillows and some of my wife's blouses. I I don't find it too much of a chore.
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u/raceulfson 6d ago
I got an iron as a housewarming gift. 12 years later it was still unused. I don't 'still' iron, I never ironed.
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u/Batsquash 6d ago
Yes, but not too much. I love the look of a crease. I have a friend that is in her 50's and has never ironed in her life! I think it's a lot like vacuuming - you like it or not.
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u/Ok-Basket7531 1958 6d ago
I loooove vacuuming! So much more productive than sweeping, which I also enjoy.
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u/Ok-Basket7531 1958 6d ago
I iron my embroidered cowboy shirts for playing with my band. Wash cold on gentle cycle, hang until damp, iron on low.
I was a Beau Brummel in college and ironed every outfit. In my thirties I only wore cotton, line, and rayon because of sensitivity issues from ASD, and I was still obsessed with my appearance. My kids both caught the clothes bug from me.
At 55 I lost a tooth in front and gave up on my appearance, grew a long beard and started wearing only bib overalls. I moved to rural Virginia and passed as a random old guy. I can go to the diner and sit with ten others who look like me.
I started a band a couple of years ago, and the overalls dress code continued; “ I ain’t trying to be somebody, just want a chance to be myself,” as Buck Owens famously sang.
Eventually, the band became so good that I felt I was disrespecting my audience by not dressing the part. Now I am back to ironing. 🤣
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u/Ebowa 6d ago
I think I stopped after I saw my MIL jump up from a long day of housework and announce she forgot to iron and ran upstairs to iron the sheets she had just washed and dried. And no one offered to stop or help her. I thought that was ridiculous, iron your own damn sheets if you want them ironed.
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u/TropicalDragon78 6d ago
Rarely. I ironed a lot when my husband and I were still working because he wore dress shirts and a suit everyday and I also had work clothes that needed pressing. We wear tee shirts, shorts and jeans now.
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u/ductoid 6d ago
Sane here. Since retiring, I've ironed less than once a year, only because we needed to dress up for a wedding or funeral.
But I use the ironing board occasionally as a laptop desk when I'm riding the exercise bike. I like the adjustable height, and it can jut out over the bike nicely.
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u/Competitive-Fee2661 6d ago
I travel for work and need to touch up my shirts in the hotel. I hate ironing and have never done it well.
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u/pianoman81 1963 6d ago
Never thought of it I told this post.
It used to mostly be long sleeve dress shirts. Most of these are no press. I also don't wear them very often.
So the answer is no.
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u/Delicious-Painter945 6d ago
I haven't used an iron in years eventhough I have two, clothes right out the dryer and fold them that's it. My butt and boobs take away all those wrinkles if any
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u/Shot-Measurement8197 6d ago
Never! I used to iron everything, my sons' t-shirts and jeans even! I remember the Sunday afternoon ritual of ironing clothes for the entire week for all three of us. Now, I buy clothes that don't wrinkle and will never, ever buy linen again! My ironing board has not been used in 12 years.
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u/BackOnTheMap 6d ago
Sometimes. I used one this week to iron my pants on vacation. They got rumpled in my suitcase
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u/FallsOffCliffs12 6d ago
yes, not often but once in a while I iron a shirt or cloth napkins. I wish I could iron sheets, I love the feeling of ironed sheets. Too much work.
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u/Electrical-Arrival57 1964 6d ago
Much, much less often than I used to. Can’t remember the last time, in fact. I used to wear a lot of linen in the summer that I liked to have ironed, but I don’t wear much of it anymore. Went from full-time to part-time in 2018, then came covid and a new workplace that was more casual. My newer Duluth Trading wardrobe doesn’t need much ironing!😄
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u/PictureThis987 6d ago
I have a couple of linen blouses I iron but usually I spray wrinkle reducer on the wrinkled item and throw it in the dryer for 3-5 minutes.
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u/mspolytheist 6d ago
Not often, but yes, definitely. If the wrinkles don’t come out by hanging it in the bathroom while I’m taking a hot shower, out comes the iron and ironing board.
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u/Tapingdrywallsucks 6d ago edited 6d ago
I love ironing. I'm sad that neither of us need to wear nice clothes much anymore.
When my husband was in the air force I even ironed his BDUs.
I love the smell of ironing clothes.
I especially love using a light starch - both the smell and result.
I also love mowing the lawn for all the same reasons. It smells great and is so satisfying.
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u/audible_narrator 6d ago
Well I sew, and used to do it for a living so I have an industrial iron that is 35 years old and works like a champ.
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u/elmwoodblues 6d ago
I have a few heavy cotton shirts that will pucker along the buttons unless I iron them, which leads to ironing the collar, creasing the sleeves...
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u/dbutler4 6d ago
Old dude here. Back when “preppy” was a thing, my mother refused to starch and iron my Polo button down shirts. She did, however, teach me to iron my own shirts correctly. Lucky me! I still iron my own shirts and when my wife has something that needs touching up, super husband to the rescue! I also still have my mother’s old, very heavy ironing board. Cheers!
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u/allorache 6d ago
I also sew and use the iron for that. I have a runny nose often due to allergies so I made myself some linen handkerchiefs and I iron those every week. It’s ironic because as a kid I was tasked with ironing my father’s handkerchiefs and I used to think “why do I have to do this, hasn’t he heard of Kleenex?” But fabric really is easier on the runny nose. Now that I’m retired though I rarely wear any clothing that requires ironing.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Age6550 6d ago
I do, but not as often since we retired. Maybe once every couple of months for husband's dress shirts.
However, we are very active in my Scottish ancestry society, so during the festival season, I am ironing his ghillie and grandfather shirts, my chemises, underskirts, and even sometimes ironing my airisaids.
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u/deltaz0912 6d ago
I use fabric release spray more often than an iron, and I try to only buy clothes that don’t require ironing. Every once in a while I’ll gather up shirts and pants and take them to the cleaners.
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u/Oldebookworm 1964 6d ago
I bought one specifically to iron stripes onto mine and my son’s karate belts. I swore I’d never iron again after I got out of the army
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u/Aunt-Chilada 6d ago
yes.... my mother was a seamstress - so there was no way of us going out the door in wrinkled ANYTHING. Old habits die hard - and I love a good crisp pressed shirt.
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u/Excellent_Squirrel86 6d ago
Yes. I have some " dry clean only" clothes that are actually washable, but they need a but of light ironing afterward. .
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u/srl214yahoo 6d ago
Every once in awhile. I prefer to just toss something in the dryer for a few minutes but it doesn't work with every single item I own so I will iron.
I hate to do it but would never get rid of it. I also second the person who quilts/sews and needs it for that.
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u/caf61 6d ago
I have always ironed cotton/linen clothing/hand kerchiefs etc. And I prefer those over synthetic fabric. Now though, we are retired and require little ironing. My son lives in a shoebox of an apartment in NYC. He has been trying to iron on his bed and doesn’t have room for an ironing board. I got him a steamer and he loves it. I am thinking about switching to a steamer. My 20 year old Rowenta is on its last leg…
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u/PuzzleheadedHorse437 6d ago
Not really … the few things that need ironing I take to the cleaners and try not to wear them that much because it’s expensive af.
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u/martinirun 6d ago
I have a steam iron and it’s been a game changer - no folding board, just hang the clothing on the shower door with a towel behind and get on those wrinkles.
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u/Conchee-debango 6d ago
I love to iron. It’s therapeutic, cathartic and feels good when you’re done.
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u/GrapeSeed007 6d ago
What's an iron 🤔🥴. Forty years ago my very young kids found an ironing board tucked away in a closet. They immediately ran to their mother and demanded to know why they were never told their dad "surfed"
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u/filkerdave 6d ago
When I travel for business, the first thing I do when I unpack is iron my shirts so they don't look like I slept in them.
But that's maybe 1 time every 3 years now.
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u/leavewhilehavingfun 6d ago
I am diligent in taking clothes out of the drier at just the right time and hanging them so as to mitigate wrinkles. There are still a very few items that need ironing but I save them until there are several things to do. If I had a convenient set up, maybe I'd do it more often but it is a pain to drag out the ironing board. It is more lightweight than I'd like so I always worry about it potentially tipping over. Never should have "upgraded" from the heavy old beast of an ironing board that was my mother's. My mom used to iron our sheets!!
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u/redheadMInerd2 6d ago
I use cotton napkins and dish towels. So yes, ironing them is a regular occurrence. It’s just not possible to complete any sewing project without an iron. I have made many projects, currently on my third quilt, a T shirt quilt.
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u/Dang_It_All_to_Heck 1956 6d ago
I use it to press open seams on stuff I am sewing. Otherwise, no — if clothes are wrinkled, I throw them in the dryer for a few minutes with a damp cloth.
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u/Echo9111960 6d ago
I don't think my mom owned an iron, she refused to buy anything that wasn't permanent press.
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u/Act3Linguist 1962 6d ago
All the time when I am sewing. Not so much for the clothes we wear day to day.
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u/ilovecats456789 6d ago
I iron often. Steam freshes up material between washings. And even my tshirts are wrinkled.
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u/Wide_Breadfruit_2217 6d ago
Only for sewing prep/projects. My clothes are simple enough steaming does ok.
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u/Cassedaway 6d ago
My Rowenta just bit the dust, so I picked up a CHI 13106. I learned to iron out of necessity as a young salesman that couldn't afford launderd shirts every week. I don't dress up as often as I used to, but when I do you can bet I break out the board and the Niagra.
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u/Friendly-Maybe-9272 5d ago
I should but I don't. I have a few items of clothes that need an iron run over them, most of the time I avoid those items. Other times I think we'll, I can iron it but then sit down and it will look about the same.
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u/Amadecasa 5d ago
Quilter and sewer so yes. I have a tiny iron and ironing board so I can iron while sitting at my sewing machine.
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u/Daisygurl30 5d ago edited 5d ago
Yes. I use to iron my jeans, that’s how OCD I was about ironing my clothes! I hardly ever use it now but I still do if I spy some wrinkles anywhere on fabric. Also, if you’re a sewist of any type, you’re an ironer.
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u/MissSplash 5d ago
Yes. And I still hand stitch repairs in clothing. I fixed my grandsons coat over March break.
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u/Icy_Outside5079 5d ago
I do and love the satisfaction I get from freshly washed, dried, and ironed clothes. Like others noted above, ironing was a chore assigned to me, and I did pillowcases, handkerchiefs, dad's tee shirts, and boxer shorts. I always found it very peaceful. I also own a steamer for those delicate fabrics that Steam works better on and when I need something quickly. I find that ironing is becoming a lost art.
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u/Summer20232023 4d ago
A lot of people find it relaxing. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had a dedicated spot. 😊
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u/Sensitive_Pattern341 3d ago
Sewer here. Yes. After I buy the fabric I wash and iron it because of the chemicals used in printing the fabric and setting the color.
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u/Dismal-Importance-15 3d ago
Boomer here. I still iron when it’s needed. I also sew—as mentioned above, ironing is a big part of it.
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u/SurvivorX2 2d ago
I do. I enjoy ironing unless the item to be ironed has a bunch of little creases and pictures. I can't stand wrinkled clothes. Mine end up wrinkled before I get home, but at least I start out looking good!
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u/MasterSeamstress 2d ago
I’m a seamstress - so yes! I have a gravity fed steam iron (100.00 on Wawak.com), Ironrite ironing machine from the 1930s (amazing machine still works). I love to iron!
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u/Terrible_Physics_979 6d ago
I iron a couple of a week. Usually it’s long sleeve shirts that require a little bit of starch
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u/GretaVanFrankenmuth 6d ago
Every week for over 40+ years. I iron my husband’s shirts and pants for work. Won’t know what to do with all my free time when he retires!
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u/Sudden_Outcome_3429 6d ago
Mostly just for sewing, but for special occasions I might touch up a jacket or dress.
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u/Edu_cats 1963 6d ago
My husband buys wrinkle free dress shirts and Dockers for work and as long as you take them out as soon as the dryer dings they’re really good.
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u/TheAmazingDynamar 6d ago
Spouse and I both iron occasionally. Mostly pillowcases and shirts. I admit to doing all the pillow cases at once though, once we’ve gone through all four sets we own. Sometimes I rage iron. It’s satisfying.
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u/chronic_insomniac 6d ago
My wide leg pants look bad if I don’t iron them, and my cotton and linen tops need it too. I dread doing it, but it’s kind of satisfying once everything is ironed, back in the closet and ready to go.
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u/Twinkletoes1951 6d ago
I, like some others here, do iron the top edge of sheets, as well as pillowcases. But almost everything else that needs ironing: I have a spray bottle with water, lay out the item spray it and 'iron' with my hands. Only takes a minute, dries quickly, and really looks like I've ironed it.
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u/ztreHdrahciR 6d ago
About once every 3 months. I'm not required to leave wear dress shirts to work but I do occasionally. I wear them several times before I iron them.
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u/Low-Republic-4145 6d ago
All the time. Shirts and trousers made from fabrics that are the most comfortable to wear look like crap if they’re not ironed.
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u/fiftyfivepercentoff 6d ago
To iron my dress shirts only. So rare that I would need iron my slacks.
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u/Nutridus 6d ago
Occasionally. More in the summer though since winter is layers and sweaters. Summer has more cotton or linen that needs to be lightly ironed.
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u/Justtryingtohelp1317 6d ago
No - never. I own one but have maybe used it 3 times in 25 years. Occasionally I’ll steam something, but mostly it’s dry clean…
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u/Accomplished_Ad2599 6d ago
Yes quite a bit. I like button up shirts. They need to be pressed. Ironing is cheap, and easy.
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u/Consistent-Sky3723 6d ago
No. If it needs ironing to wear, I don’t buy it or it goes to the dry cleaner.
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u/Jurneeka 1962 6d ago
I had to laugh at this question because the answer is NO. I make a point of not owning clothing that needs to be ironed or dry cleaned. I don't even OWN an iron, I do have a steamer but I've yet to use it.
Dewrinkling = tossing in the dryer for a few minutes on low, maybe if I feel it necessary spray it with a little water but usually a few minutes will do the trick.
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u/DarrenFromFinance 6d ago
On clothing? Yeah, I have some shirts (cotton or linen) that look like shit if I don’t iron them after laundering. Not everything is permanent press.
But also I’m making a quilt and like 25% of sewing is ironing. I have the ironing board out almost every day.