When I was a child, my mom didn't have a steam iron. She'd take the clothes out of the washing machine and put them into a large heavy-duty plastic bag in the refrigerator until she could get to the ironing, usually after we all went to school the next day.
I had a lot of linen to iron recently, did NOT do this (I was traveling) and spent 3 1/2 hour ironing 10+ yards of linen just smooth enough to cut out. When these shirts are finished, I'll have to get them wet to iron them because steam irons just won't work well on their own with linen. But I don't have a Rowenta with the extra tank for the heavy steam. LynnD On 8/15/07, Lalah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My personal experience has been that ironing dampened linen works better than > steam ironing. But it probably depends on your steam iron. Mine just > doesn't produce enough steam to work well with linen. Good luck. > > Lalah, Never give up, Never surrender > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > From: "Bjarne og Leif Drews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: > Subject: [h-cost] ironing washed linnen. > Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:16:45 +0200 > > Hi, > Its ben a while since i ironed my linnen shirt, and considering that i have > to iron some fine linnen cambric i have washed and tumbled. > Wich way is the best to iron it? > Should i wet it a little and let it get damped for a while before i iron it, > or should i just steam iron it? > > Bjarne > > > > > > Leif og Bjarne Drews > www.my-drewscostumes.dk > > http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/ > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > _____________________________________________________________ > Netscape. Just the Net You Need. > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
