Never iron again: Five tips for wrinkle-free laundry - without an iron
Created: 06/24/2022, 09:17
By: Andrea Stettner
Ironing costs a lot of time and nerves.
If you know the right tricks, you can get your laundry smooth even without an iron.
Do you know that too?
Dirty laundry is stacked in one corner and unloved ironing in the other.
No wonder many shy away from going to the ironing board.
It is not even necessary to painstakingly iron every piece of clothing.
Ironing sucks!
With a few tricks, however, you will have to iron significantly less laundry in the future.
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Iron less – thanks to these tips:
Not only the iron ensures perfectly smooth laundry.
It is often enough to wash the laundry properly and smooth out the dried laundry.
If you stick to the following tips, you will hardly waste any more time on the ironing board in the future:
Do not fill the washing machine too full:
Make sure that you do not load the washing machine too full, but rather fill it loosely.
Ideally, the drum should only be half full.
This prevents the worst creases in clothing.
Do not spin too high:
A high spin speed also causes a lot of creases.
If you want to iron less, you should only set the spin speed to 800 revolutions.
The laundry comes out of the machine wetter and therefore more malleable and the creases hang out on the clothesline in no time at all.
In addition, a low spin speed protects the textile fibers.
Hang them up immediately after washing:
wrinkles in T-shirts, trousers, etc. can be easily avoided by taking the laundry out of the drum immediately after washing, shaking it vigorously and hanging it up.
Using a tumble dryer:
The same applies if the laundry ends up in the tumble dryer afterwards.
Here, too, please take the items of clothing straight out of the tumble dryer, flatten them out and fold them up - this makes the iron almost superfluous.
Home remedies for smooth laundry:
If your favorite shirt is badly wrinkled, this trick should help: Fill a spray bottle with a mixture of 1/4 vinegar and 3/4 warm water.
Spray the mixture on the garment, hang it up and voila - after drying, the wrinkles are gone.
If you use warm water, the scent of vinegar will dissipate after a short time.
These washing tips from grandma are a thing of the past
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Is your iron already looking worn out and no longer working as it should?
Then it might help to thoroughly clean and descale the iron.
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