How do professional iron press laundries get shirts pressed so well?

Monday, March 30th, 2009 at 1:41 am

Claire Asked:

How do professional iron press laundries get shirts pressed so well? I do my own ironing and I'm pretty good at it, but when I send my shirts off to a laundry, they come back pressed far, far more effectively than I can ever achieve. Do they have special machines for this? Do they use more steam, or higher temperatures? How can I achieve the same effect?

Reply:

they have powerful jet stream irons. i used to work in a laundry
and was a fivestar fabric technician. the secret to finishing your
garnents to perfection is.
once you've pressed a certain part of the garment, leave the fabric on the board until it has cooled and repeat this method all over. trust me it works