Bcruz75 t1_iuid02f wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:41 PM

Reply to comment by Faeglantina in Buying an iron as someone who hates ironing but loves wearing clothes that need ironing by OddCelebration2525

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

theother_Jeff t1_iuiq2pg wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:08 PM

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

Bcruz75 t1_iuir5rz wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:15 PM

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

theother_Jeff t1_iuirl2x wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:18 PM

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