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We all love to hate it but it has to be done. Here are a few tips that may make your ironing chores a little less of a chore.

 Aluminum Foil
 Before putting on a new ironing board cover, wrap the board surface ...

 Bedding
 After ironing or folding matching sheets and pillow-cases, place the ...

 Crease marks
 When letting down a hem on trousers or skirt, help to remove the ...

 Dampening
 Keep a small piece of damp sponge handy when ironing. When there is a ...

 Filling steam irons
 After filling a steam iron, wait until it has reached the pre-set ...

 Fresher clothes
 When you are ironing your clothes, you can make them all smell fresh ...

 Hot bath ironing
 When there’s no iron available, remove creases from a garment by ...

 Iron a permanent crease
 Did you know that there is a very quick and simple way to achieve ...

 Ironing Jeans
 When you are doing the laundry but you hate to iron them for those ...

 Ironing shirts easier
 Use the "other" end of the ironing board! You should be able to iron ...

 Jacket sleeves
 To press a jacket sleeve without making a crease, roll up a thick ...

 Lemon fresh
 Adding a few drops of lemon juice to your steam iron will freshen ...

 No iron net curtains
 There is no need to iron your net curtains after washing them. ...

 Pleated skirts
 To iron pleated skirts easily and quickly, fix pegs to the bottom of ...

 Reduce the load
 To reduce your ironing load, fold and stack sheets, pillowcases and ...

 Save electricity when ironing
 If you are always ironing, you can still cut back on your electric ...

 Shine no more
 To remove shine from trousers or skirts, sponge the affected areas ...

 Sit down
 Learn to iron while sitting down, and save your legs. If you prefer ...

 Stop ironing those knit golf shirts!
 This is a little routine that I go through when laundering my ...

 Talcum powder
 To prevent an iron from sticking to soft silky fabrics, sprinkle a ...

 Tap water
 Ordinary tap water may be used in a steam iron if l tbsp (20ml) ...

 Trouser creases
 Trouser creases stay in the right place when you rub them on the ...

 Wear lines
 After letting down a child’s jeans, paint on diluted blue permanent ...



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