Show laundering shirts washing and ironing a shirt Is not the contrary job its reputed to be even though there are many older homemakers who hate bate the thought of doing the shirts theres a trick or perhaps several of them to doing the job properly first of all make sure the shirt is clean put it through two washings to make sure it is immaculate use a soft but firm brush for sc scrubbing rubbin collars and cuffs as they soil most easily never rub the two together as this simply paves I 1 the way for fraying turn the pockets out and make sure there is no dirt grime or tobacco resting at the bottom of the pocket it if you dont do this theres bound to be trouble during ironing if 11 it is a cotton shirt you are washing make the first rinse water warm the second cool rinse twice starch while wet but consult the roan man as to how he likes his shirt starched when you youjang hang ahe the shir tto dry try to get most of the wrinkles out of it by shaking them out this makes the ironing easter easier when dry dampen slightly and roll in a towel but do not wad the shirt too tightly as Ws this will create wrinkles that just need to be ironed start ironing with the wrong side ot of the collar then go to the right side yoke and sleeves are next then iron down the front of the shirt so as to shape the shirt properly it if you make an addition to the ironing board about the size of a bread board but quite a bit lighter and pad this it can be slipped over the regular board and used for shirts |