How to avoid mistakes and iron your coat correctly?

The coat may wrinkle and lose its attractive appearance during long-term storage in the closet or after improper washing.

In such situations, it becomes necessary to ironing outerwear. But how to iron the coat properly?

In order not to spoil the product, it is important to know some rules for caring for it, depending on the type of material from which it is sewn.

Is it possible?

When sewing this popular outerwear designers use different materials, including:

• suede,
• skin,
• velours,
• velveteen.

Most often, such outerwear is made from natural wool or synthetic materials that can be ironed at home. Any creases and folds can be smoothed out, it is enough to know the specifics of such care of the product.

How to iron it at home with a regular iron?

Reinvent your favorite coat you can also at home, following simple rules:

1. Ironing is easier after washing when the fabric is still slightly damp.
2. When washing the coat, you cannot rub it, it is enough to gently wrinkle the fabric with your hands, or you can simply leave the outerwear in a warm soapy solution for a while.
3. You can also machine wash by selecting the "Delicate mode" and placing the item in a washing bag.
4. It is impossible to wring out the coat, it is better to let the water drain on its own by hanging the product on a hanger.
5. Ironing will be much easier if you add conditioner to the water while rinsing, depending on the fabric with which the coat is sewn.
6. At the end of ironing, do not immediately hide the coat in the wardrobe, it must be allowed to cool and take the desired shape.
7. Do not press on the iron and hold it in one place for a long time, regardless of the type of fabric.
8. The product must be protected from burns with gauze folded in two layers.

Woolen

A coat made of natural wool has a high cost, so its care should be as correct and gentle as possible.

Follow these recommendations:

1. It is better to iron a slightly damp coat. It is difficult to smooth out completely dry wool.

   The product can be pre-washed, and without waiting until it is completely dry, start ironing. You can also spray the canvas with water from a spray bottle.

2. Outerwear made of wool starts from the wrong side.

   If the coat is thin and unlined, then in most cases such processing will be sufficient to give the canvas an ideal relief.

3. Before you start ironing, you need to stock up on paper towels to clean the sole of the iron. Such precautions will prevent the formation of burn marks on the canvas.
4. If the front side after ironing the wrong side has not become perfect, the coat must be turned out and gently ironed on the other side.
5. Special attention is paid to the seams. If you do not iron them on a woolen product, it will bulge.
6. The lapels and collar must be steamed through gauze.
7. In the process of ironing wool, you need to move along the canvas only in one direction.

Such actions will not speed up or facilitate the process of smoothing out the folds, but may cause tan marks on the coat. For safe and effective care, you need to use a special regimen.

Drape

Before you start ironing your woolen coat, you need to prepare it. The fabric should be slightly damp, the dry drape will not smooth out, you can spray it with a spray bottle.

The ironing process looks like this:

1. Turn out the pockets, iron the shelves and back from the wrong side through the cotton fabric.
2. Iron the sleeves from the inside out.
3. The cuffs can only be ironed through damp gauze, otherwise tan and bald spots may appear.
4. Turn the coat to the right side, turn on the steam mode on the iron at the lowest temperature, and process the entire surface of the outerwear.

The ironed coat must cool before putting it on or storing it in the closet.

Polyester

Outerwear made of polyester is available in a wide range of colors, it is durable and easy to clean... Ironing a polyester coat is easy too:

1. Spread out the product, turn it inside out.
2. Set the iron to the "Silk" setting, gently iron the item through a damp cotton cloth.
3. Repeat the same steps on the front side of the coat.

Given this feature of the material, polyester coats cannot be dried on heating devices.

Gabardine

Usually light spring and autumn models of outerwear are sewn from gabardine, since this material is thin and does not have a warming effect.

It is necessary to be especially careful to smooth out creases and bruises on such models:

• you can iron the thing only from the wrong side;
• in order not to spoil the product, you need to use gauze or cotton cloth;
• you need to iron through damp gauze or use a spray bottle;
• the temperature of the iron should be set to the lowest setting.

It is necessary to iron the gabardine coat until the fabric is completely dry, otherwise it will not be possible to achieve the ideal relief, it will lose its shape when dry.

Suede and corduroy

It is undesirable to iron a suede and corduroy product. If such care is really needed, processing of fabric at the lowest temperature of the iron is allowed.

How to iron a coat made of cashmere, drape and other fleecy fabrics, video tip:

Steaming

Steam treatment is considered a more gentle and gentle way of influencing the fabric. Today there are various types of special devices for carrying out such care.

However, if there is no steamer at home, you can do without it using the following methods:

1. Steam iron... At this stage, it is important to create a steam effect with an iron. Do not touch the products with the sole of the iron. The appliance should be set to the lowest temperature.

   The product should be hung on a hanger and each section of the fabric should be processed, paying special attention to the creases. Leave to dry completely and hang neatly in the cabinet.

2. Steaming in the bathroom... Hang a coat on a hanger in the bathroom, close the door and turn on hot water. When the steam effect is created in the room, leave the product in it for 20 minutes.

   After making sure that all wrinkles have disappeared and the fabric has straightened out, move the outerwear to a dry and well-ventilated area to dry completely.

How to steam a coat, the video will tell you:

Ironing tips and tricks

So that the process of smoothing out folds and creases on the coat is efficient and safe, it is important to adhere to such expert advice:

• to make the fabric soft and delicate after washing, use a special conditioner, with its help it will be easier to smooth out creases;
• it is better to iron the sleeves on special projections on the ironing board;
• ironing the shoulders, it is advisable to put a firm pillow under the material;
• you need to start steaming the coat at a distance of 20 cm from the fabric, and only when the fabric warms up well can it be reduced to 10 cm;
• the seams of the outerwear are ironed at the very end of such care, only the nose of the iron is used for this.

There are also some prohibitions, observing which you can keep the coat attractive without frequent ironing:

1. Some wool items cannot be ironed at all, as indicated on the label. To make them straighten out, it is enough to hang them on a hanger and leave them for a while or place them in a bathroom filled with steam.
2. It is strictly forbidden to iron a dirty coat without washing it first. Particles of dirt under the influence of high temperature will be absorbed into the fiber even more, and it will be almost impossible to remedy the situation.
3. Do not rush to iron outerwear without first reading the label, which contains the recommendations for care.

Conclusion

If you decide to iron or steam your coat at home, prepare well for the upcoming procedure, learn useful tips and rules for such care.

Each time, the process will be easier, faster and more efficient.