Ironing:-(

melv16 | 19:01 Tue 23rd May 2017 | Home & Garden

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What's the best way to iron a linen suit. Do I iron it through a tea towel or do I put the iron straight onto the material?

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Tilly2

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Tea towel and steam iron.

19:11 Tue 23rd May 2017

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Tilly2

Tea towel and steam iron.

Tilly2

.......good luck!

DTCwordfan

hope it isn't a 'brown suit'?

B00

What's an "iron"..?

melv16

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//hope it isn't a 'brown suit'?//
No, dt, its a rather fetching blue.

melv16

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Thanks for the replies. Boo, an iron is something we use on the east side of the Pennines ;-)

MallyJ

Dry cleaners..... my best advice!

Cloverjo

And don't sit down in it afterwards.

atalanta

You can iron on it direct, if you don't mind it becoming shiny. Linen is best ironed wet, or very damp. You used to be able to get a sort of "sleeve" or "shoe" for the iron which prevented the fabric from going shiny. But if I were you, I'd get a dry-cleaner just to press it. Some dry-cleaners will just press stuff you have washed yourself.

melv16

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Used a damp tea towel to iron the suit. It looks great...till the next time I wear it :-)

Old_Geezer

Well B00, it's what use use when too near to use a wood, and too far away to used the putter.

Old_Geezer

USE

mikey4444

In fact, don't sit down, or move in any way while wearing a linen suit....just stand perfectly still.

I had some linen trousers many years ago, and when I had to drive anywhere, I took them off and drove the car in my pants. Good job I never got stopped by the boys in blue !