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Proper Ironing Methods
  1. For Ironing Blue Dress Shirts
    1. Fill a spray bottle with distilled water. Don't add the water to the iron. It's easier to spray using a hand spray bottle. (See tip #1)
    2. Check the tag at the back of the neck. That should tell you the temperature the iron should be set at.
    3. Turn on the iron to the setting suggested. (See tip #2)
    4. Turn the arms inside out.
    5. Spread out one side of the shirt and smooth any wrinkles that are visible.
    6. Go slowly. You would be amazed at how easy it is to iron in new wrinkles.
    7. Place half of the back of the shirt over the ironing board. Smooth out all wrinkles.
    8. Iron slowly.
    9. Repeat Step 7 for second half of the back of the shirt.
    10. Rotate the shirt until you have the last un-ironed section of the shirt in place on the ironing board. (See Tip 3)
    11. Repeat Step 8.
    12. Turn arms right side out and slip a portable ironing board into the sleeves. (See tip #5)
    13. Turn your attention to the the collar, the strip with buttonholes, and the pocket and you are done.
    14. Immediately hang the shirt onto a hanger, buttoning at least one button to prevent it from landing on the floor minutes later.
    15. Pay special attention to the sleeves making sure that creases are visible in the center of the sides of them. Use a small amount of spray starch if necessary.
  2. Tips:
    1. The spray bottle should give you a fine mist. You don't want to saturate the shirt.
    2. Different materials need different settings and using the setting suggested is the only way to avoid disaster. Ignoring the settings usually means the shirt takes forever to iron, or you burn it.
  1. For BDU pants and shirts (not created yet)

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