Iron out the wrinkles
By ARM
@responsiveme (22926)
India
December 5, 2018 10:37pm CST
In our hot climate cotton and linen are best suited for the weather. Unless of course, your work environment is air-conditioned.
That makes for a lot of ironing.Lightweight and steam irons are good for clothes washed at home.
However in case of cotton clothes we starch them after a couple of washes.And that's when we need to rely on the neighbourhood ironing man.
More often than not he has a wooden table covered with a thick cloth or blanket under a tree or in a corner of some apartment complex.They come around in the morning collecting clothes from different people and deliver them back in the evening.
And an iron like the one in the picture. Red hot charcoal is put inside and the heavy weight makes sure the wrinkles are smoothened out.
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27 responses
@xFiacre (12594)
• Ireland
6 Dec 18
@responsiveme I remember those irons being used when I was a child living in Africa.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
6 Dec 18
They are still used here.I can't manage my saris at home
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
6 Dec 18
I have an old iron something like that one. But I use an electric iron when I need something pressed.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
6 Dec 18
Do you need to put charcoal inside.?
At homes we use the electrical one too
@allknowing (130066)
• India
7 Dec 18
In our household the iron rests in a corner never to be used We have a laundry that does that work for us (lol)
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
7 Dec 18
@responsiveme Our bed linen is washed there too.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
7 Dec 18
Nothing like Pike's of neatly ironed clothes coming back
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@sofssu (23662)
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6 Dec 18
@responsiveme Hmm.. Papaya is awesome for skin.. I eat all of it... never apply it though greedy me.. 
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
6 Dec 18
Same here...He is very particular about his clothes.
For the other type ...papaya mask
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
6 Dec 18
@sofssu you can scoop out a spoonful, mix it with honey....The tip came in my morning paper today
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
6 Dec 18
No cord.. charcoals.
Why did you have the top piece only.Not that this type of iron can be used at home
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
6 Dec 18
@responsiveme I don't know, I found it in the basement of the house I bought. Don't know where it came from but it was only the flat iron part. No little bucket below.
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@Hannihar (129418)
• Israel
6 Dec 18
@responsiveme
Is that his iron in the picture? I hate ironing.
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@Hannihar (129418)
• Israel
6 Dec 18
@responsiveme
I am glad in winter I do not have to iron because I wear things that do not have to be ironed.
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@shaggin (71664)
• United States
8 Dec 18
Wow very neat that looks so antique to me. It's so amazing to hear how people do things in other countries. I refuse to buy any clothes that have to be ironed as I hate doing it so much. I just wash my clothes throw them in the washer and dryer add a dryer softener sheet and no need to iron.
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@shaggin (71664)
• United States
9 Dec 18
@responsiveme I'm not sure if they have them there or possibly call them something different. I think they are actually called Fabric softener sheets not dryer softener sheets sorry.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
9 Dec 18
Now I got to ask you what is a drier softener sheet?
India is such a mix of the modern and the antique
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
6 Dec 18
@responsiveme They earn so much. With the heavy iron box the work is easy.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
6 Dec 18
@Sreekala it is so heavy to lift the iron
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
6 Dec 18
That is an old-school iron. Are these still being used in India?
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
6 Dec 18
Yes,not in homes.
But there are lots of people who earn their living thus way
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
6 Dec 18
I only wear ironed clothes when going to special occasions, most the time I wear " wash and wear" denim pants and T-shirts. I have a similar charcoal iron in my collection, we call it " plantsa de uling "
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
6 Dec 18
Yes, because of the effort many young people wear wash and wear clothes.
Or clothes that just need a light ironing.
This is for clothes that have been attached too
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
6 Dec 18
Amazing to me. I had no idea that charcoal irons were used.
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@JudyEv (325653)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Dec 18
@responsiveme In Australia, I think you'd only find this type in museums.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
6 Dec 18
that kind of iron is heavy and it straightens out creases in clothes.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
7 Dec 18
@responsiveme the burning charcoal should be changed always if the coals cool down.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
6 Dec 18
I bet those old irons work pretty good too
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
6 Dec 18
They do. The clothes come out very well. It is hard work though
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
11 Dec 18
Our countries seem to have a lot in common.
It makes sense to keep such an iron as standby when there is no electricity
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
6 Dec 18
I rarely need anything ironing
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
6 Dec 18
@responsiveme yes and mostly as I only used pressed shirts for interviews, or important meetings
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
7 Dec 18
I guess this is something you haven't seen
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@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
7 Dec 18
@responsiveme No I have not seen it ARM
Gosh my comment must have got lost..I meant to say more than that..this type of old fashioned iron no I have never seen.
Gosh my comment must have got lost..I meant to say more than that..this type of old fashioned iron no I have never seen.1 person likes this
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
11 Dec 18
Using this would be a bit too much for anyone. Thankful for electric irons
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
15 Dec 18
@responsiveme Very true. With all our modern gadgets we have become a bit spoiled though, admittedly.
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@nawala123 (20852)
• Indonesia
7 Dec 18
@responsiveme yes, it takes much time using the old one
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