Hangers! T-Shirts! And Ironing! What do you think?

I've heard that this is sometimes a good idea, to take clothes out of the dryer whilst they are still damp and then hang them up on a hanger, this then supposedly takes the wrinkles and lines out and when the item is eventually dry it really looks ok. Well, I have never tried that anyhow. Jeans are a really strange piece of clothing as I hardly ever notice any creases or no major creases anyhow when I pull them out of the washing machine. Let me guess, your iron is beginning to gather dust like my own? Well, I'm glad that my iron still works to tell you the truth! I just blow the dust off and get ironing with any new t-shirts that I buy. Andrew

well i m not sure this would work rather u shud han them without drying

I've hung shirts up on a hanger that were damp and it does take the wrinkles out as they dry. I rarely do this because they feel stiff. I try to get shirts out of the dryer as soon as they're dry, before the dryer cools down. No wrinkles.

Hi wolfie, I can certainly relate to you on that note! I really find ironing boring to tell you the truth! I would much rather pay some chap or lady at the local dry cleaners to iron my clothes, I hear that they offer those services now! This is quite funny because I was in the Sea Cadets during my teenage years and I remember ironing such sharp creases in my uniform that they felt like a knife edge! That is history though and I really don't want to give the time of day to ironing anymore! Andrew

Well, that sounds like you have a good plan that works for you. They come out with all these complicated instructions like "Iron on reverse!" and "Do not iron logo!" My, my my, who needs that!! If ever the times comes when I have to wear a shirt again then I may seriously consider plugging in my iron once more! A plain white shirt definitely has to be ironed and hanged I think! Andrew

I have seen labels that don't say anything, you have symbols instead, even I cannot always understand what they mean!

That certainly makes a lot of sense! Thankfully I have never had to wear a work T-Shirt but that definitely makes sense, a work T-Shirt should always be ironed! I also wear certain t-shirts around the home that I never really bother about in terms of ironing. As mentioned somewhere else in this discussion my iron is constantly gathering dust and serves only as an overweight paper weight! Andrew

Yes, I agree with you that t-shirts look better when they are ironed however I think that I have just lost the habit, I tend not to care as much, maybe this is the wrong attitude I don't know but it certainly works for me. I have certainly had a problem with shrinking t-shirts in the past but this relates to my washing machine being extra hungry! My chest of draws tends to be crammed full of t-shirts and sometimes it's hard to pull a t-shirt out. I may or may not put my iron to good use once again, at the moment it really is acting like a paper weight! Andrew

Well, if you're happy with not ironing that's great. I wouldn't if I could get away with it! Unfortunately, I have no hanging space left, and couldn't fit any more t-shirts in the drawers if they weren't ironed.

That sounds like a good plan to me! I've had my iron for so long that it's one of those old ones but it seems to do the trick whenever I make the effort to iron something! I guess school uniforms are important and should be ironed although I never wore a school uniform whilst I was at school, very casual, that was me! Nice chatting with you. Andrew

I think a lot of people are mentioning this hanging whilst damp technique! I've never tried that but it seems to be working for a lot of people so I really may experiment with that one! The iron weighs about a ton anyhow so that really gets to me at the best of times! Andrew

That's good, whatever suits you. Alok is very lucky to have someone iron his clothes for him though, I wish I had someone to do this for me. Still, I'm thinking that it only takes about five minutes to iron one t-shirt so it's not a serious problem! Thanks bluehibiscus! Andrew

Well hello thea, nice to be chatting with you once again. I remember once upon a time when I showed exactly the same enthusiasm for this task and yet this seems to have diminished, a lot time ago infact! Well, I guess I like to look smart when I go out and so I'm thinking that I should just grind my teeth and get on with it! Ironing is not the end of the world! Andrew

Indeed it is not Andrew, it's much worse to mop the floors and try to wash up with only a trickle of water. On the bright side though just imagine if you insisted on wearing shirts.

Hi rosepedal, this all seems like a tremendous task to me! I wish I had more enthusiasm for the task of ironing! It's just so easy to take my t-shirts out of the wash, hang them up, wait until they are dry and then get dressed quickly regardless of the wrinkles! If I'm meeting up with someone for the first time though, maybe a total stranger then I think that I would make more of an effort to iron the wrinkles out of my T-Shirts. Nice talking to you again. Andrew

There are several T-Shirts in my wardrobe and the thought to hang them up after they are washed and dryed, just sounds like a lot of work for me. I guess we have something in common. We both always look for the easy way. I don't mind to do that do you? Have a good day...