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Faeglantina t1_iufh6qm wrote

I find that line drying my clothes cuts down on the amount I have to iron. If you dry a shirt on a coat hanger, it comes out a lot neater. Depending on the formality of the occasion, you may have to go over it with an iron, but it’s a much easier job.

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OddCelebration2525 OP t1_iugvg66 wrote

I do dry all of my dress shirts on clothing hangers, for some materials it's enough but other shirts are now being ignored because they aren't representable enough without ironing...

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Faeglantina t1_iuh4qhv wrote

In that case, I’d go with the other poster and recommend maybe a steamer. I don’t use one myself, but if don’t need a crisp crease it should be good.

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Bcruz75 t1_iuid02f wrote

How do you address the bumpy shoulders created at the end of the hanger?

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theother_Jeff t1_iuiq2pg wrote

That’s most likely just because the hangers don’t fit the shoulders very well. Switching from plastic and wire hangers to the wooden(bamboo?) hangers from ikea has helped with that issue for my dress shirts, as they’re a bit wider and fit the width of the shoulders on my shirts a bit better. Narrower and skinnier hangers don’t support the garment as well and thus put more pressure on the ends of the hanger and create those shoulder bumps more often

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Bcruz75 t1_iuir5rz wrote

I'll give it another go. I have pretty broad shoulders (6'4 and larger frame) but I have some suit hangers that would probably do the trick.

Here comes an incredibly obtuse question....I assume you need to steam once the garment is dry? I had to ask.

Thanks

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theother_Jeff t1_iuirl2x wrote

Yup, otherwise you’re just adding more moisture to an already wet garment and just making it potentially take longer to dry. I sometimes iron shirts when they’re almost fully dry and let the iron use the moisture left in the shirt to steam it simultaneously, but generally I get better results when I just wait till it’s fully dry to iron or steam the garments

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