FabSwingers.com forum: How to iron a shirt!

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

My mother, brother and I got in to a small argument today. On the best way to iron a shirt. ( yes i know ) Me and my brother do back first then front and arms last. But my mom said no you should do it the other way round.

So how do you do your then?

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By *bony in IvoryCouple
over a year ago

Black&White Utopia

What's this iron thing you talk about?!!! Lol ok its :

Collar

Cuffs

Arms

Front

Back

Gotta be right as thats what my Mum taught me!

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By *limBobStretchedPantsMan
over a year ago

Newcastle

When it comes to ironing mums know best.

Let's leave it there before the arguments of genetics come In to it lol

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By *hrissieTV/TS
over a year ago

Colchester

Collar

Front right

Back

Front left

Arms

Cuffs

Thats how the forces taught me.

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

You do the bits which are going to be seen most (collar, cuffs and both sides of the front) last.

Don't forget to do the yoke.

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By *opinovMan
over a year ago

Point Nemo, Cumbria

What's an iron?

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By *arnayguyMan
over a year ago

Durham Tees

Collar

Cuff & sleeve

Back

Front last as it is the bit mostly on view if you wear a jacket.

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By *isa 59Woman
over a year ago

Newcastle

Never iron the fronts of your collar or cuffs...iron them from the back only. Prevents getting shiny edges/corners.

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

"Collar

Front right

Back

Front left

Arms

Cuffs

Thats how the forces taught me."
you missed out yoke .. the shoulder bit .. after collar

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I leave it to the valet

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Collar, cuffs and breast, forget about the rest

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

local dry cleaners does 5 for £8....lot easier

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was taught at school this way: collar,cuffs,left front,right front,back,yoke,sleeves. There were no boys in housekeeping classes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What's this iron thing you talk about?!!! Lol ok its :

Collar

Cuffs

Arms

Front

Back

Gotta be right as thats what my Mum taught me!

That's the way I do it too.

I'm ironing now!

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By *atinaBabeCouple
over a year ago

casa caliente

Think you should listen to your mother , I send all my clothes to a lady to do the ironing

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

Marry a Royal Marine and let him iron his own shirts like they taught him!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What's this iron thing you talk about?!!! Lol ok its :

Collar

Cuffs

Arms

Front

Back

Gotta be right as thats what my Mum taught me!

That is how I was taught to do it at school

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Marry a Royal Marine and let him iron his own shirts like they taught him!

hahaha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Back of the collar - in case the iron is too hot and scorches!

Shoulders - are these the yokes?

Cuffs

Sleeves

The back the front

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tumble dryer and hang.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not really, my butler does it.

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By *udistnorthantsMan
over a year ago

Desborough

"Collar

Front right

Back

Front left

Arms

Cuffs

Thats how the forces taught me."

Likewise and how I still do it

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By *bony in IvoryCouple
over a year ago

Black&White Utopia

Ps... Think M&S do non iron shirts!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Ps... Think M&S do non iron shirts!

They do but there not as good as they said.

I have to wear work made shirt for work they are a pain to iron.

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By *bony in IvoryCouple
over a year ago

Black&White Utopia

"Ps... Think M&S do non iron shirts!

They do but there not as good as they said.

I have to wear work made shirt for work they are a pain to iron."
a bit of spray starch or spray extra water ( in one of them little bottles) helps... Also ironing when slightly damp? I detest ironing if honest , but it's gotta be done

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What's an iron?

Dunno.

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By *ScotsmanMan
over a year ago

ayrshire

Place under mattress

fuck

retrieve

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have a Woman why would i iron ?

Mick Masochist

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts

you iron the collar, then half the front from the top on either side, and wear a jumper

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I mainly have t-shirts.I do sleeves front, back then collar.

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By *aravancoupleMan
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

Vinny just give's them to me to do.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like ironing shirts..it's those twisty chinos I hate

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Let a woman do it for you, they love ironing!

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

Arms 1st, then back, then the front and finally the collar.

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

Collar, arms, front and finally back. I then chuck it in a drawer.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What's this iron thing you talk about?!!! Lol ok its :

Collar

Cuffs

Arms

Front

Back

Gotta be right as thats what my Mum taught me!

Do we have the same mum???

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My mother, brother and I got in to a small argument today. On the best way to iron a shirt. ( yes i know ) Me and my brother do back first then front and arms last. But my mom said no you should do it the other way round.

So how do you do your then?

Take it to mum saves buying an iron

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Collar

Front right

Back

Front left

Arms

Cuffs

Thats how the forces taught me."

spot on they should bring back national service just for these issues

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By *bony in IvoryCouple
over a year ago

Black&White Utopia

"What's this iron thing you talk about?!!! Lol ok its :

Collar

Cuffs

Arms

Front

Back

Gotta be right as thats what my Mum taught me!

Do we have the same mum???

lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ps... Think M&S do non iron shirts!

They do but there not as good as they said.

I have to wear work made shirt for work they are a pain to iron."
Up Until

Recent Times I Had A Small Block Of Robin Starch For Shirts When You Saw Those High

Collars They Wore In Edwardian and Victorian Times I used To Think Of The

Robin Starch Its Hard To Imagine How

They Moved Their Necks.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

In the Usa they have a spray that you spray on instead of ironing. Why it is not sold here baffles me. I import it. Ironing is something that belongs in the dark ages, surely?

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By *xpresMan
over a year ago

Elland

As an ex squaddie so bit of an expert...

1. The shoulder section

2. The sleeves

3. Front one side

4. Back (watch out for pleats)

5. Front other side

6. Hang up ASAP

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Iron Man is a film

Iron Woman is a command

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lucifer son of the morning, I'm gonna chase you out of earth.

Gonna put on an iron shirt and chase the devil out of earth

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I do this every day for work:

Collar

Cuffs

Pockets

Yoke

Front left rotating all the way round to the other side

Sleeves

Don't forget to leave the shirt to rest in between sections as reduces the chances of creasing.

Hang up and button the top two buttons. That way the shirt keeps it's form.

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By *reelove1969Couple
over a year ago

bristol

starch ....depending on how u dress ie a suit ...iron anything visible ...ie sleeves first ...all visible points last

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By *eKoopleCouple
over a year ago

Germany / Manchester

"Marry a Royal Marine and let him iron his own shirts like they taught him!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't forget the tin of starch

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was taught the army way.

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

The reverse of the collar ( not the front). Then take each panel of the shirt, one at a time, using spray starch until you have the whole shirt done.

Then after buttoning up the shirt, lay it on the board, collar towards you so the rest of the shirt is hanging over the long edge of the board; this gets the yokes ready for ironing.

once done, do each sleeve one at a time, finishing with the shirt on its back panel downwards. Then slide the hanger up thru the shirt prior to hanging to avoid any creases.

Simples!

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By *0hnnyBrav0Man
over a year ago

Great Wyrley

Depends what you get used to.

Collar

Then shoulders

Then left hand front

Rotate to left hand side

Rotate to left back

Rotate to centre pleat

Rotate to right beck

Right side

Right front

Left arm front

Left arm back

Left arm top to iron out the crease

Right arm front

Right arm back

Right arm top

I need to get a life.........

COFFEEEEEEE!!!.................

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pick up phone...

35 shirts, returned same day, ironed, on hangars, in cellophane packs of 5, £20,.... Job done for eight weeks...

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