How To Use a Garment Steamer To Iron Difficult-To-Iron Areas?

In our daily use of steam irons, clothes can be easily ironed, but some parts of clothes are prone to wrinkles or complex designs, such as collars, cuffs, around buttons and folds. Mastering the correct techniques can make these "difficult-to-iron parts" ironed flat and smooth.

1. Collars

Collars are usually hard and easy to produce obvious creases. When ironing a collar, first unfold the collar and lay it flat, starting from the collar tip and slowly moving toward the middle. Use the steam nozzle to move slowly along the collar line to ensure even heating, while using the other hand to gently straighten the collar to reduce wrinkles. If there are stubborn wrinkles, you can bring the steam iron close to the collar, but do not directly touch the fabric, keep a distance of 2-3 cm, and use the heat of steam to "smooth" the collar.

2. Cuffs

Cuffs are similar to collars, with a harder structure and stitches. When ironing cuffs, flatten the sleeves and expose the cuffs. You can use the pointed steam nozzle of the steam iron to slowly slide along the edge of the cuffs and iron evenly from left to right. For thick fabrics, you can extend the steam spray time slightly, heat one side before turning it over and ironing the other side to ensure that both sides of the cuffs are flat.

3. Around buttons and zippers

The area around buttons and zippers is a difficult spot for many people to iron. Direct contact with buttons or zippers may cause damage to the steam nozzle or even damage the buttons or zippers. Therefore, you can use the pointed nozzle of the steamer to spray steam at a small angle close to these areas, and keep the nozzle away from the buttons and zippers directly. Use high-temperature steam to stretch the fabric fibers, and then gently flatten the fabric with your hands to avoid leaving wrinkles.

4. Wrinkles and design details

Many clothes have wrinkles or decorative details in their designs, and direct ironing may destroy the original aesthetic effect. When dealing with these areas, you can adjust the steam of the steamer to a lower level to reduce the impact of excessive water vapor and temperature on the design details. Use the nozzle perpendicular to the surface of the clothes and move slowly to ensure that the steam is evenly distributed. For the wrinkled parts, you can gently stretch the wrinkles with your hands, hold for a while after spraying steam, and wait for the fabric to cool and set.

5. Notes

Control the nozzle distance: Avoid direct contact between the nozzle and the clothes, especially delicate or decorative fabrics that are easily heated.

Appropriately adjust the steam volume: Different fabrics have different heat resistance. For thick clothes, the steam volume can be appropriately increased, while for thin clothes, the steam volume can be adjusted to a low level.

Ironing order: Generally, iron the easy-to-flatten areas first, and then deal with the difficult-to-iron areas to avoid repeated operations on the previous parts to produce new wrinkles.

Mastering these techniques will make it easier to use a steam hanging iron to iron difficult-to-iron areas, so that your clothes will always be neat and elegant.