How To Iron a Dress Shirt

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Few things in life are as satisfying as slipping on a crisply ironed shirt—except maybe getting the shirt that way in the first place.

To complete this How-To you will need:

A dress shirt in need of ironing
An ironing board
An iron
A spray bottle of water
Spray starch
A towel

Step 1: Start w/ clean, damp shirt

Start with a clean, damp shirt. Either remove the shirt from the dryer before it's fully dry or wet it with a spray bottle of water before ironing.

Tip: Most irons now have a water reserve for a steam and spray function—use it to keep your shirt damp while you iron it.

Step 2: Put iron on appropriate setting

Put your iron on the appropriate heat setting: high for 100% cotton, and medium for cotton blends.

Step 3: Lay shirt face down

While the iron heats up, lay the unbuttoned shirt on the ironing board "face down" with the collar spread out.

Tip: If you want to starch your shirt, spray it and roll it up while the iron heats so the starch has time to soak in.

Step 4: Iron back of collar

Iron the back of the collar with the nose of the iron, smoothing the fabric with one hand to avoid creases.

Step 5: Iron cuff, placket, & sleeve

Unbutton and open a cuff; then iron the inside of the cuff, placket, and sleeve.

Tip: Put a towel under the sleeve to cushion the face-down buttons.

Step 6: Iron back of sleeve

Place the same sleeve parallel to the ironing board, with the back of the sleeve face-up, and iron it.

Step 7: Iron front of sleeve

Then flip the sleeve and iron its front.

Step 8: Iron outside of cuff

Finish the sleeve by ironing the outside of the cuff.

Step 9: Iron other side

Now iron the other sleeve, again beginning with the inside of the cuff, then the outside of the sleeve, and then the outside of the cuff.

Step 10: Iron inside of shoulders & back

Iron the inside of the shoulders and the inside of the entire back of the shirt.

Step 11: Iron outside of shoulders & back

Flip the shirt over and iron the outside of the shoulders and the back of the shirt.

Step 12: Iron front panel

Drape the shirt so that one front half lays flat on the board and the rest hangs below. Iron this front panel.

Tip: Don't iron over the buttons—use the nose to work around them.

Step 13: Iron other front panel

Move the shirt to iron the other front panel.

Step 14: Iron outside collar

Finish the shirt by returning to the collar—iron the outside of it.

Step 15: Button top button & hang shirt

Immediately after you're done, button the top button and hang up the shirt.

Step 16: Unplug iron

Turn the iron off and unplug it.

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[aradder]

argh. what a waste. if you want to show people how to do things, ACTUALLY DO IT RIGHT on camera.

[briank555]

Was this supposed to be funny? What a joke and that guy is horrible...

[AtenRa]

Hurry up and get that shirt ironed with this awful vid so YOU can take off your father's $5 tiger sweater from the Chinatown mall!

[Peterduhazn]

How to destroy a shirt

[qazyhoods]

1:56 lol! him ironing the outside of the shoulder

[Akoblenz]

lol the guy was my roommate freshman year of college.

[Pumanila]

God, those sound effects are obnoxious.

[Artwurx614]

Why do I want to punch this loser in the face?! Worse Vid!!!

[withhugeprobability]

worst how to video ever!

[ococ05]

uhm i do iron my own shirts. oh but I'm sorry, I guess you know me and know what I do. Thank you for telling me

[SirRight]

tut sucks

guy sucks

backround sucks

urdoinitwrong

[brentfoto]

Agree, the noises and background applause is totally obnoxious and not funny. What was otherwise a good video now sucks. Good luck and keep your day job!