Tips for ironing correctly Page EN-21
Blouses and shirts
Wide ironing boards are ideal for
ironing blouses and shirts.
– Iron in the following sequence:
– yoke and collar inside-out,
– yoke and collar right-side-out,
– button facing and buttonhole
facing inside-out.
– cuffs inside-out first,
– cuffs right-side-out,
– front of the sleeves,
– back of the sleeves,
– front,
– back.
– For the front:
Lay the garment on the ironing
board so that the tip of the iro-
ning board is up against the
yoke. Iron across the entire
length of the first half and then
the second half of the front.
– A sleeve board is very helpful
when ironing blouses and shirts.
This will help you to also smooth
hard-to-reach areas.
– Then hang the garment on a
clothes hanger to let it dry off.
Trousers
– Iron trouser pockets and the
waistband, first inside-out and
then right-side-out.
– Pull the top part of the trousers
over the ironing board and iron
from both sides.
– If the trousers are supposed to
have a crease, place the left
trouser leg on the ironing board
so that both side seams are di-
rectly on top of one another. In
the process, pay attention to
existing creases.
– First iron the inside of the trouser
leg, then the outside.
– Repeat the steps with the right
trouser leg.
– Hang the trousers on a clothes
hanger to dry them off.
– Use shots of steam to smooth
any new wrinkles that are cre-
ated.
