How to iron the curtains?

Clean, but wrinkled curtains will not decorate the interior, no matter how high-quality and beautiful the fabric may be. To iron the curtains do not spoil their texture, it is necessary to take into account the type of material. Knowing the name of the fabric, and even better its composition, you can easily choose the safe ironing mode for curtains. Matching the type of material to the ironing method extends the life of the curtains. The difficulty may lie in the fact that most curtains on sale do not have a label-instructions for caring for them.

All fabrics for curtains can be divided into two large groups - artificial and natural. Within these vastly diverse groups, each fabric requires special care, sometimes unacceptable for another type of material.

Consider the most popular materials for curtains and the recommended temperature conditions of the iron with them.

• It is easy to stroke the curtains from natural linen, the main thing is that they are slightly moist. The temperature can be set as high as possible.
• Curtains made of polyester and viscose are very easy to wash, but can not stand the touch of an iron hotter than 150 degrees (one point on the indicator). Ironing is better from the wrong side.

• Organza, tulle and chiffon curtains can do without an iron if you hang them immediately after washing without squeezing them. But if wrinkles nevertheless are formed, they can be smoothed out at a minimum low temperature, be sure to through moist gauze or a sheet of tracing paper.
• Silk or taffeta is ironed without steaming from the inside at a temperature of no more than 150 ° C.
• Heavy velvet or velor must be wrapped in a damp terry towel so that the pile has one direction when it dries.It is better to iron these capricious aristocratic curtains dry, inside out, without strong pressing of the sole of the iron on the fabric without steaming.
• If there is embroidery on the curtain, then the ironing time must be moistened with water and ironed from the inside.

Before ironing material of unknown composition, it is necessary to test the operation of the iron in a small area of ​​the wrong side. It is necessary to start with low temperatures of the sole, gradually increasing it. Feeling the iron is difficult to slide, you should slightly reduce the temperature regime.

Ironing tools are no longer limited to one iron. There is an iron in every home; today it is an inexpensive, lightweight and easy-to-use device that allows you to smooth out folds on any fabric. The iron may be ordinary or with a steaming function.

Irons with a steamer are lighter in weight, they can be used for vertical ironing of curtains, releasing steam at a small distance from the fabric.

The difficulty of vertical steam ironing curtains lies in the large areas of the material. It is not convenient for everyone to spread large curtains in weight. Vertical steaming is suitable for the selective smoothing of wrinkled curtains made of velvet, organza, linen and cotton, natural and artificial silk, nylon. The vertical method is not recommended for chiffon, polyester, header.

Due to the high price and bulkiness, it is rarely seen in an ordinary apartment, it is purchased for laundries, cleaning enterprises. By the way, you can use their services at home if you do not want to iron the curtains yourself.

• Is the process of ironing curtains frightening because of their large area? Such a trick will help to quickly cope with them: stroke the top of the curtains to about the middle, then hang them on the window and proceed to iron the rest.
• A pair of chairs or stools, on which you need to fold the ironed fabric, will help to avoid jamming of already ironed areas of fabric. Chairs will be able to replace the roller, on which the ironed part is gradually wound.
• The curtain of complex tailoring should begin to iron with a fringing, then proceed to frills and lining.

• The ironing process is best to start from the top corner and move down.
• If several creases are visible after the curtains are hung, you can sprinkle them with water. In a vertical state, under their weight, they can straighten out.
• Curtains made of natural linen and cotton can do without an iron. After washing, you just need to hang them in a wet state. If the curtains are too wet, an absorbent rag or towel should be placed on the floor.

You can avoid working with the iron if you choose these types of curtains that do not require ironing:

• from mixed synthetic and natural fabrics;
• yarn curtains or pasta curtains;
• jacquard curtains.

Ways to iron the curtains are presented in this video.