I realize no one knows I've decided to start blogging again, so this post may remain unseen for a while. I'm hoping that someone with expertise in this subject area will stumble upon this and offer tremendous insight. Here is my dilemma:
I can't iron. I hate ironing and I'm not good at it. I have a Jiffy esteem travel steamer and it works pretty well for most things. But it doesn't work at all for my heavier pants. I also have a cheapo regular iron and a dorm-sized tabletop ironing board. When I try to iron my pants with this set-up, the iron intermittently turns itself off and drips and the weird size of the board means I end up adding even more strange creases to my pants. I have several possible solutions to this problem and I'm not sure which is the right one.
1) Buy a good iron. But what is a good iron? Need some help here.
2) Buy a full-sized ironing board. These things are much more expensive than I thought they would be.
3) Buy 1 and 2
4) Don't buy an iron at all but instead invest in a commercial-grade steamer. I kind of want to do this since I hate ironing so much but obviously it is the most expensive choice. And then in the reviews there is always someone who says not to waste your money and to keep your regular iron — but who are these people? Do they require extremely pressed clothes?
I am a regular wrinkly person with a modest budget. What should I do?
July 28th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Actually, those of us who kept your blog in our feed readers know that you're blogging again!
As for your dilemma, I would say, #3, definitely. You absolutely need a full sized ironing board, and you will use it for the rest of your life, so it's not a waste. As for the iron, I don't know what makes a good iron, but it sounds like your iron isn't it! It shouldn't be turning off. And when you lose heat because it's turning off, then it just won't do a good job.
Good luck.
July 28th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Iron: $10.
Ironing board: $15-20.
Available at walmart in south philly.
Have someone who likes ironing show you how to do it the right way (which takes the least amount of time and gives the best results) and/or find someone who would like to iron your clothes for you.
July 28th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
As a reader of your feed, I also noticed you were blogging again. Unfortunately, I have precious little to offer in the way of ironing advice, as I own both an iron and a board I rarely use. Wait… maybe you're in the market?
;)