Steam iron.. the type which doesn't need ironing board

[13177]

  On 1/22/2018 at 6:32 AM, Nzy said:

They can't iron properly one la. My jackets always come back with the lapels pressed flat and the creases on my pants not at the correct place...

Maybe you need to change another laundry shop?! 

[Nzy]

  On 1/22/2018 at 7:33 AM, 13177 said:

Maybe you need to change another laundry shop?! 

 

Tried quite a number already. So far haven't tried any that will press the lapels so that it rolls correctly. They make a sharp crease at the lapel...

[Mustank]

  On 1/22/2018 at 5:21 AM, DACH said:

If I do it myself free, why should I pay?

DIY is the bestest

[Kopites]

  On 1/22/2018 at 5:10 AM, kdash said:

bro you dont know, SG women who can cook and do housework are getting rarer these days...

 

getting helper to iron clothes is cheaper than mistress ðð

My wife can cook. Bake cake. Iron clothing. She is a true Singaporean. She used to head an account team. Now retired stay at home housewife.

[Kusje]

  On 1/22/2018 at 12:06 PM, Kopites said:

My wife can cook. Bake cake. Iron clothing. She is a true Singaporean. She used to head an account team. Now retired stay at home housewife.

Cannot say retired... Her job is taking care of the family.

 

Same thing I tell my wife but she is moonlighting as well.

[Victor68]

I am sure those guys who serve in the SAF in the 70 will definitely know how to press their shirts much better than even the maids.

 

It usually takes my maid hours a few days a week pressing them but now I don't have maid, I complete them in an hour weekly. 

[Kusje]

  On 1/22/2018 at 11:03 PM, Victor68 said:

I am sure those guys who serve in the SAF in the 70 will definitely know how to press their shirts much better than even the maids.

 

It usually takes my maid hours a few days a week pressing them but now I don't have maid, I complete them in an hour weekly.

How many shirts you got?

 

Obviously your maid was eating snake right under your nose haha.

[Ct3833]

Delete.

Edited August 16, 2020 by Ct3833

[Exaltka]

I stopped ironing years ago and disposed of the old ironing board I'd inherited from an elderly aunt. It was probably pre-war and the board bit was, I'm pretty sure, made of solid wood and covered in several layers of blanket and ticking hammered tautly in place with round-headed nails on the underside of the board. I used it for ironing all my work shirts and blouses in the days when I had to look smart in an office. I had no idea what a brilliant ironing board it was: so solid and smooth-surfaced. I could use plenty of pressure and get great results even with an old-fashioned non-steam iron. Then my life changed, I stopped needing to look pressed and got a tumble drier and the ancient ironing board was chucked away.

In the last couple of years I've started trying to look a bit more groomed and have invested in a lovely new Tefal iron. I bought a cheap ironing board from Wilko but hated the grid pattern the metal mesh left on everything, no matter how many layers of padding I put underneath. I also hated the way it wobbled and couldn't take any pressure. I took that to the dump and spent £100+ on a posh Brabantia one from John Lewis and still, despite buying extra layers of padding to go under the cover, ended up being able to see a pattern on my ironing - and it was also wobbly.

Then I stumbled upon the website https://bestironingboard.net/, where I finally managed to order an ironing board that actually worked for me.