Ironing 101 Tips. A Pressing Cloth. Why You Can’t Live Without One.

Pressing Cloth Facts. Facts. Facts.

Do you ever reach for a tea towel? Or a handkerchief? To put over a garment to stop you from scorching or burning it?

A pressing cloth is a better option. Because. It has no hems. Is much bigger than a handkerchief. And much better than a tea towel because it’s never been in your kitchen.

So. Once again. Why use a pressing cloth?

Because scorching and burning clothes is very easy to do when you’re ironing. Set your iron a little too high and your delicate and synthetic fabrics melt and crinkle in an instant. You can scorch a cotton shirt by wetting it too much and leaving the iron on it a few seconds too long.

Logos on your T-shirts are notorious for melting under the heat of your iron.

Men use pressing cloths on their suits. Because those fabrics tend to shine when they come into direct contact with an iron.

None of the above problems happen when you use a pressing cloth. And it’s such a simple solution.

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Ironing 101 Tips. Felt Underlay. Why Is It Important?

Felt Underlay Facts. Facts. Facts.

Felt underlay. Why use it?

Not everybody knows that you need to insulate the metal mesh on your board from the heat of your iron.

This is the reason why.

We set our irons to very high temperatures. And the heat from that very hot iron will make the metal mesh on your board feel like you’re ironing on a hot plate.

Which means you’re scorching your garments. And you’re burning the life out of your ironing board cover. Including Teflon covers.

So what do you do? What do you use to insulate your metal board from a hot iron?

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Ironing 101 Tips. What Makes An Ironing Board Cover Perfect?

Ironing Board Cover Facts. Facts. Facts.

I’ve spent 24 years talking to men and women about ironing board covers. And your demands are very simple.

A good ironing board cover should:-

Cover the top of your board. Lengthwise. And widthwise.

And have a generous margin of fabric sitting underneath your board. There should be no skimping under the board.

It should always be smooth. Wrinkle free. Crease free.

It should never move on your board. Or slip. Slide. Ride up.
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Ironing 101 Tips. A Sturdy Ironing Board. How To Choose The Best One.

Ironing Board Facts. Facts. Facts.

An ironing board is exactly like the foundation of your home. It supports the weight of the rest of the house.

Your ironing board needs to be strong enough to take the weight of your pressure on your iron.

Without rocking back and forth.

The mesh needs to be a solid, heavy metal.

You don’t want it to cave in when you’re leaning on it. Or putting pressure on your iron.

And the legs need to easily slide up and down.

So the mechanism that controls this has to be easy to access.

Easy to release.

And easy to lock the legs in place.
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The Fitz Like A Glove™ Ironing Board Cover And Other Goodies is the hook I hang my business hat on. My beautiful rural property in the picturesque Central Tablelands of NSW is the hook I hang my heart on. ~Carol Jones, Ironing Diva❤
 
 

Ironing 101 Tips. Christmas Preparations. My Iron Will Be Running HOT!
 
 

Every year, Christmas takes me by surprise.

Business wise, it’s amongst our busiest time of the year.

The rush starts in November. And doesn’t end until Christmas Eve.

Yes! We’re still posting parcels on Christmas Eve.

Christmas is just a week. And a bit. Away.

So here’s what I’m doing to get my house ready.

All my table napkins will be washed. And crisply ironed. And ready to be used fresh for every meal.

Ditto for the tablecloths.

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The Fitz Like A Glove™ Ironing Board Cover And Other Goodies is the hook I hang my business hat on. My beautiful rural property in the picturesque Central Tablelands of NSW is the hook I hang my heart on. ~Carol Jones, Ironing Diva?
 
 

Ironing 101 Tips. Vinegar. A Wonder Cleaner From The Last Century. Cleans Your Iron To Perfection.
 
 

Vinegar.

One of the wonder cleaners of the last century.

For those of us who want to keep our houses clean. Without chemicals. We rely on vinegar.

There are two types of vinegar.

Distilled vinegar.

Which we use in salad dressings. And cooking.

And cleaning vinegar.

Which I use to clean my windows. And mirrors.

In my dusty. Remote property in rural Australia. Where I live on a dirt road.

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The Fitz Like A Glove™ Ironing Board Cover And Other Goodies is the hook I hang my business hat on. My beautiful rural property in the picturesque Central Tablelands of NSW is the hook I hang my heart on. ~Carol Jones, Ironing Diva?
 
 

Ironing 101 Tips. Salt. Cleans The Bottom Of Your Iron To Perfection.
 
 

Some tips for ironing just knock you off your feet.

Salt.

Do you know the benefits of salt?

Personally?

According to the Himalayan Salt people.

Salt:

Stabilizes irregular heartbeats.

Regulates your blood pressure, in conjunction with water.

Extracts excess acidity from your body’s cells, particularly the brain cells.

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The Fitz Like A Glove™ Ironing Board Cover And Other Goodies is the hook I hang my business hat on. My beautiful rural property in the picturesque Central Tablelands of NSW is the hook I hang my heart on. ~Carol Jones, Ironing Diva?
 
 

Ironing 101 Tips. Which Kind Of Water To Use In Your Iron?
 
 

Fads come. And go.

First it was the low fat. Low salt diet.

Which saw people dying of heart disease almost reduced by half. No one can deny that the low fat. Low salt diet. Really worked.

Now it’s the safe fat diet.

Where we’re told sugar and salt are the culprits. Which are added to foods that are low in fat. To make them palatable.

That there’s now good fat. And bad fat. And it’s up to us to know the difference.

We’re also told the sugar lobby is responsible for all the negative talk about. Fat.

And we can’t deny how successful they are. At pointing the finger. At. FAT!

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The Fitz Like A Glove™ Ironing Board Cover And Other Goodies is the hook I hang my business hat on. My beautiful rural property in the picturesque Central Tablelands of NSW is the hook I hang my heart on. ~Carol Jones, Ironing Diva?
 
 

Ironing 101 Tips. Hate Ironing? Not If You Have The Right Tools!
 
 

Why is it that we think that a carpenter must have the sharpest saw? To make the best cuts?

That a plumber without a pipe cutter can’t do his job.

That a mechanic without sockets. Ratchets. And hex wrenches. Can’t work on your car.

Yet.

We give scant thought to what makes ironing pleasurable.

Yes. Ironing. Pleasurable. In the same sentence.

Who would have thought?!

As with any skill. And ironing is a skill. It’s only a chore if you don’t have the right tools to transform it into a skill.

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The Fitz Like A Glove™ Ironing Board Cover And Other Goodies is the hook I hang my business hat on. My beautiful rural property in the picturesque Central Tablelands of NSW is the hook I hang my heart on. ~Carol Jones, Ironing Diva?
 
 

Ironing 101 Tips. The More You Pay. The Better Your Iron Is.
 
 

Much as we’d like to think so.

Not all steam irons are equal.

You’ve heard this before. And it’s true.

The more you pay.

The safer.

And better.

The iron.

Yes!

This is the truth about cheap irons.

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