How do you apply starch when ironing shirts?
December 3rd, 2008
el_hordano asked:
I want the collars on my polo shirts and my button down shirts to stay nice and straight. None of that curling business. So I guess I am supposed to iron them with starch (is what i’ve been reading). What kind of starch do you use, and how do you apply it? Can it be used on dark shirts, or only white shirts? Any other tricks for keeping the collars from getting out of shape? (other than hang drying, I already know that one). thanks!
HALLIE
I want the collars on my polo shirts and my button down shirts to stay nice and straight. None of that curling business. So I guess I am supposed to iron them with starch (is what i’ve been reading). What kind of starch do you use, and how do you apply it? Can it be used on dark shirts, or only white shirts? Any other tricks for keeping the collars from getting out of shape? (other than hang drying, I already know that one). thanks!
HALLIE
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The best starch to get is in a blue aersol can. I can’t remember the name, but it says on th front GUARANTEED to not flake or stain, or stick. Anyone that says that is good. The worst one to get is the Fabric brand in a white bottle. It leaves your clothes white and flaky. The blue bottle, trust me it’s the best thing. It cuts your ironing time in half you can iron on whatever fabric and color an it leaves NO RESIDUE. Good Luck!
You can buy it in a spray can, just spray on before you iron. You want to mist, not soak your clothes.
you can buy starch in a can. and you spray only the area you are ironing at that moment. example; collar starch, iron, then starch button area then iron. and so on. DON’T starch whole shirt all at once. again starch as you go.but a polo shirt i don’t think needs starch only a iron. oh and yes you can use starch on any color, dark or white.
You’ll need to buy some liquid starch to add to the rinse cycle of your wash for the polo shirts. If you put aerosol spray starch on them, it’ll just leave white marks and look horrible. For the button downs, you can use aerosol starch - spray it on pretty heavily and wait about 10 minutes before you iron them.
You spray the starch on the shirt (I unfold the collars and spray the back so the starch won’t be directly against my neck). Spray the starch using the same sweeping motion you would if you were spray painting a piece of furniture. You want the shirt to get damp but not wet. A fine misting of the starch will do. Of course the more starch you spray on the stiffer the collar will be. After you’ve run the hot iron over the sprayed collar and gotten it looking like it want it to, then fold the collar over to it’s normal position and run the iron over the collar again a couple of time to set the fold of the collar the way you want it.
Good luck
Spray starch purchased in the grocery store.
spray-on starch from the store.
There’s a product called Magic Sizing you can buy at the grocery store.
Spray it on just before you iron, a small area at a time. Works great.