Okay, we all know the easiest way here is to ask our Mothers! But they’re not always going to be there to do it for you so now is a good time to wake up and learn how to iron for yourself!

Just remember Ironing is simple!

A plate of metal (the Iron) gets hot, you place it on your clothes and move it around and the creases disappear.
Well, okay, it’s not that simple - but almost.

Shirts
Shirts are easy to iron and take no time at all when you know how. One Method is:
Iron shirts with your iron set to medium - not hot as this can damage the material.
  1. Iron the inside of the collar
  2. Place one of the shoulders into the end of the ironing board so that the yoke lies along it and iron that.
  3. Take your shirt off the board and place one of the sides on so that the neck is at the end of the board.
  4. Place the back of the shirt on the board next (you will have to do this in two parts)
  5. Now place the other front panel on the board and iron that.
  6. Undo the epaulettes and iron them
  7. Now the hard part. Sleeves. Place the sleeve along the length of the ironing board. Use a good water sprayer and soak the crease - not too much though. Place the iron at the cuff end of the sleeve while pulling the crease to keep it tight. Press firmly on the iron and steadily move up to the shoulder end of the sleeve. Repeat for the other sleeve and you should have a perfect pair of creases.

Trousers
Iron trousers on hot making sure you place a plain cotton cloth between your trousers and the iron to prevent them shining
  1. Place front crease of one leg onto the ironing board.
  2. Pull both ends of the crease and make sure no material is ruflled up underneath.
  3. Spray the crease with your water sprayer.
  4. Place a plain (preferrably white) cotton cloth over the crease and spray this too.
  5. Now place your iron on the cloth over the crease and press firmly, and slowly move the iron up to the crease taking care not to go off the cloth and onto your trousers. Repeat as many times as necessary to do the entire crease.
  6. Repeat the process in the following order: next front crease, then rear creases.