Why iron on foil - secrets for those who don’t like to iron things for a long time

I figured out on my own that things can be ironed on foil. However, the fact that half the world's population made a similar discovery much earlier prevents me from filing a patent. But no circumstance prevents me from telling about this idea to those who still don’t know how to simplify and speed up ironing things.

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It all started with the purchase of a pink linen suit. Why I needed it, I still don’t understand, but the fact remains: when I came to my senses after a short stupor, it turned out that this product of the domestic light industry was already hanging in the closet. And it doesn’t just hang there, but seduces with its whole appearance - “put it on me, put it on me, put it on.”

Putting it on is not a problem, but it wouldn’t hurt to iron it first. Anyone who has at least once tried to put something made of thick linen in order knows that it is comparable to bailing out water from the Atlantic Ocean. As soon as a thing becomes smooth and beautiful on one side, the second is immediately covered with creases and folds. To achieve the perfect appearance of trousers or a jacket, you have to spend an hour poring over an iron in your hands.

From that very moment my experiments in ironing began. I tried to iron the suit on various surfaces and in various ways, but it seemed to mock me, becoming covered with folds in all sorts of places.

Salvation came unexpectedly in the form of ordinary food foil.Looking at how one of the craftsmen shielded the space behind the battery with it, I decided to try another option for ironing. Arriving home, I decisively removed the cover from the ironing board, laid foil on the backing (shiny side up) and returned the cover to its place. According to my calculations, the silver surface should reflect heat, so that both sides of the pant leg would be ironed at the same time. And it really worked - if you got the hang of it, you could iron the suit with minimal effort.

Other foil secrets

When I realized that foil as a spacer between the ironing board and things speeds up and simplifies the ironing process, I wondered if it could be used in any other way. Over time, suitable ideas appeared:

• If you run out of pencil for cleaning the iron, and you don’t want to scratch the sole with a blade, you can wrap it with a piece of foil. In this case, the matte side should be adjacent to the sole, and the shiny side should be adjacent to the fabric. The only drawback of this method is the inability to use steaming. Even if you poke holes in the foil with a needle, there is a risk that hot water will partially wash away the carbon deposits from the iron and ruin the item, leaving brown marks on it.
• When you need to put your clothes in order, but there is nowhere to get an iron, an ordinary enamel teapot, saucepan or mug will come to the rescue. It is enough to boil water in one of the listed containers, and then wrap the bottom with foil and use it as an iron, carefully moving it over the fabric. Be careful not to get burned by boiling water or steam. You can use this method even far from civilization, if you can make a fire.

As you can see, foil is indispensable not only in the kitchen, but also in the dressing room and even in a travel backpack.

If you have never ironed on foil before, be sure to try it - at a cheap price, this method saves a lot of time and some electricity. It is especially good when you have to iron bed linen, towels, cotton T-shirts, shirts and other things made of thick fabrics.