Random question- My DH has still been wearing his dress shirts even though he is working from home (video conferences back to back) and he likes his shirts cleaned and pressed, but of course the cleaners are closed. He is not thrilled at the idea of my washing them and I am not thrilled at the idea of ironing them! Do any of those “dryer dry cleaner” things work and if so, which ones?
Never tried dry cleaner things, but have tried the starch iron spray thing and it worked well… An old trick is to wear a sweater over the shirt.
If you wear a tee shirt underneath, don’t spill anything on yourself, and just sit at a desk all day, there’s no reason why you can’t wear a shirt multiple times before you need to clean it.
The dryer works but not as good as a even mediocre ironing. He or you should iron them, just do the basic which isn’t too time consuming if you just iron the main area of the shirt. Beggar can’t be chooser, and he just needs to look good for the camera, which mostly from his chest up.
My husband does the same for his shirts, minimal ironing. We always do dry-clean once a month for his work clothes, but since everything closed he does his own minimal ironing. He said if I do it, i would spend more than than needed and do a really good job at it, and that it’s NOT essential that the shirts have to look perfect.
@jym626. I will be washing and ironing mine soon but a quick trick. Dampen a wash cloth. Throw the shirt and the damp wash cloth in the dryer. Stick a dryer sheet in to freshen the shirt. Put on medium for like 20 minutes… It works especially for this purpose. Wear an undershirt helps.
I love ironing. I know, I’m an outlier.
I buy only wrinkle-free dress shirts and avoid the whole issue.
Nordstrom Rack has great wrinkle-free shirts.
We are past that point. The shirts can probably walk themselves over to him in the morning.
I think we have some starch in the laundry room, No dryer sheets, but I forgot, our dryer has that “steam” setting, and I can spray febreeze on a washcloth and see if that works! Thanks everyone!
Someone posted a link to a cool online/digital jigsaw puzzle but I can’t find it. Can anyone help please?
@jym626
I posted it on “Your Good Buy of the Day” thread.
Thank you, @SnLMom !!!
Thanks @SnLMom. I did a few of them yesterday and had fun with it.
I have a love hate relationship with my MacBook/Apple boxes. They are excellent and would love to reuse them. I cannot get the inners out! They are seriously glued. And, the inner is plastic. I’ve been cutting away at the plastic, edging the sides with scissors, etc. Ideas?
Why is it that we say someone goes to “the hospital” as opposed to “a hospital”?
I think in the U.K. they say that people go “to hospital”.
Thanks @snl
I LOVE ironing. I find it calming, usually do it while watching TV.
My older brother taught me how to starch & iron a men’s dress shirt. He used to do his own shirts & it was impressive.
Seems quaint now.
In Europe I believe they say- she went to hospital, or she goes to university.
In US - she went to the hospital (to delivery her baby).
It would sound strange I guess to a hospital unless it was a random one.
She was on her way to the hospital when the labor pains were too close together. They decided to go to a hospital in the closest town.
Or, -she went to a walkin clinic, or she went to the student campus clinic. Also, she went to a doctor (anyone) for a consultation, she went to the doctor for a followup (someone she knew).
Back in the early days of our relationship, we’d always do this because we couldn’t afford dry cleaning. Can’t say I enjoyed it though.
In Canada also, someone “goes to university” (rather than “goes to college”) to study for a bachelor’s degree, since “college” there typically means something more like a community college or trade school, rather than being inclusive of a four year bachelor’s degree granting school like in the US.