Use Aluminum Foil to Better Iron Delicate Clothes
Fri, Feb 6th, 2009 |
Got a rayon, silk, or otherwise delicate garment that can't take ironing but gets seriously wrinkled? A sheet of aluminum foil can help straighten out, and do a few other neat tricks.
Photo by tanakawho.
Grab your tube of Reynolds or store-brand foil, set up the ironing board, and set up an indirect ironing station:
To get wrinkles out of silk, wool, and rayon clothes that can't take direct heat, place a piece of foil on your ironing board, then lay the garment flat over it...
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