How Long Does it Take you to Iron a dress shirt?

[Doesney]

Someone has to keep the local dry cleaner in business. That would be me

 

[katerkat]

How about fatigues? I actually HATE ironing them. I hate the new velcro that sticks to everything.

DH is a pilot, so it's either a jumpsuit or blues for him. I don't think I've even seen his fatigues since he was on casual five years ago. I assume they're in the uniform storage closet in the basement. I did try to sew his name tag on his fatigues when I was a new wife, but I learned quickly. Now all uniforms go to the nice tailor down the street.

 

[DawnCt1]

DH is a pilot, so it's either a jumpsuit or blues for him. I don't think I've even seen his fatigues since he was on casual five years ago. I assume they're in the uniform storage closet in the basement. I did try to sew his name tag on his fatigues when I was a new wife, but I learned quickly. Now all uniforms go to the nice tailor down the street.

I don't do name tags or patches. When DH's uniforms went from camo to the new digital pattern, I dropped a 6 full sets with patches off at the seamstress. When I went to pick them up and pay for them I was shocked. She would not accept any money for doing the uniforms. She said, "that's the least we can do". It brought tears to my eyes.

 

[diznygirl]

I am a horrible clutz. If you add in the time for burning myself, running it under cold water and putting on one of Johnson's and Johnson's burn cooling patches (which I should just buy by the case) then I guess it could run about 20 mins or so.

 

[DISUNC]

6 minutes!

3 mins to drive to the Dry Cleaner, and 3 minutes to return home!

Best 1.50 I ever spent

 

[nhrenee]

The truth? Probably around 15-20 minutes and it looks like Hell when I'm finished! No one has ever shown me *how* to iron and, for me, it doesn't come naturally.

Which is why I hate ironing. It's the only household chore I refuse to do. DH does his own.

 

[Keli]

It doesn't take me too long either, probably about 5 minutes or so.
I'm not one of those wives that could just tell her dh to do it himself because my dh truly doesn't care about wrinkles. He'd slip it on, wrinkles and all, and walk right out the door feeling good about himself because he looks so spiffy! I think he believes wrinkles are invisible to everyone except me because he always says "no one would notice". Ugh!

 

[DawnCt1]

The truth? Probably around 15-20 minutes and it looks like Hell when I'm finished! No one has ever shown me *how* to iron and, for me, it doesn't come naturally.

Iron the collar first, then the yoke, then the sleeves, then the front to the back and back to the front. It will go faster.

 

[arminnie]

I have one of these left over from my sewing days. It is so quick to iron stuff - especially tableclothes and napkins.

 

[Disney Doll]

I take them to the cleaners and have them done, so it takes no time at all and has saved my marriage. No more DH whining that he has no ironed shirts. I'd literally wait until the day he wore his last shirt to wash and iron a few of them.

 

[DizneeMommy]

That's my kind of ironing!

My DH is a pastor and wears lots of dress shirts. Years ago, when he discovered he LOVED 100% cotton and extra-heavy starch, that's when I retired from ironing dress shirts! He now has a wonderful relationship with his dry cleaner!

As for other clothing, I iron only if it really needs it--spray wrinkle releaser is my friend!