So weve inherited a washer dryer. Fantastic as half the house if no longer moldy. Only issue is its almost impossible to iron a shirt as they have creases int them that i just cant seem to iron out.

New iron? or other to improve matters?

I never machine-dry shirts for exactly this reason…

Decent steam on the iron. Or buy a dehumidifier to dry washing.

Don’t put too much in the drier with your shirts, don’t dry them too much and don’t leave them piled up after taking them out. Our drier has various settings and shirts are easier to iron if left slightly damp. The iron will finish them off.

Our drier has various settings and shirts are easier to iron if left slightly damp. The iron will finish them off.

This is a good tip.

Never had a problem. I dry upto 5 shirts at a time in the drier along with one of those drier sheet things. Once they are done give them a shake and hang them up, barely need ironed.

Don’t dry shirts until they are crispy dry. Take them out while still slightly damp and hang them.

Or if they are already crispy then hang them in the bathroom next to the shower for a bit.

got a dehumidifier working 24/7

ok will try less load. routinely ram as much as i can in there. Ive taken over responsibility for all the washing in the house to try and ease things a little so want to get it right.

Any efficiency tips appreciated.

Don’t worry – nobody ever notices creases in shirts.

What is an Iron we never iron anything. Life’s to short for ironing.

What is an Iron we never iron anything. Life’s to short for ironing.

You must know what an iron is since you’ve said you don’t iron.

I just hang shirts on a hanger when they come out the washing machine, they dry very quickly.

Use a spin setting thats a slow spin then your shirts don’t get creased.

I have to wear a clean uncreased uniform top everyday. they are washed on a minimum iron cycle then hung up to dry. I never need to iron them

The OP is already having to use a dehumidifier. The last thing he needs is to be hanging up damp clothes.

M&S do really good non-iron shirts

Turn the Iron up, full steam ahead!

…..and don’t leave them in the dryer overnight or at the bottom of a pile of clothes in the corner of the bedroom for days on end, stop just walking past the pile, I know you hate putting clothes away but it only ever really takes 10 minutes or so and the bedroom looks so much nicer without piles of clothes….. Oops sorry, disappeared into my own world there….

Edit: as above, non iron shirts are good. They only need a bit of ironing once they’ve been left in a pile for a few days!!

Our shirts get hung up on coat hangers, air dry outdoors or indoors. Virtually no creases, and ironed just before bone dry.

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Non iron shirts/blouses – especially kids school ones. I get to iron 19 a week, all tumble dried this time of year, never a problem.

Don’t put too much in the dryer, most washers will wash more than they dry. If you give the drying more room to tumble it won’t come out as creased.

The above about not letting it dry completely is also a good tip, leave them slightly damp before ironing.

ads678 – Member
Turn the Iron up, full steam ahead!

…..and don’t leave them in the dryer overnight or at the bottom of a pile of clothes in the corner of the bedroom for days on end, stop just walking past the pile, I know you hate putting clothes away but it only ever really takes 10 minutes or so and the bedroom looks so much nicer without piles of clothes…..

are you my wife?

Unless combined washer/driers have improved recently. When I bought mine, it was advised that it is a washer with ‘some’ drying capabilities.
A full load of washing should be split into two loads for drying.

yea im ignoring that bit. Maybe i shouldnt

Edit: as above, non iron shirts are good. They only need a bit of ironing once they’ve been left in a pile for a few days!!

Dry them on hangers & they need np ironing, hence the name 😉

Non iron shirts from M&S here too. Genius. As a above, straight out the machine once stopped, little shake, hang on a hanger to dry, once dry transfer to wardrobe still on said hanger.

I have to wear a shirt every day, I haven’t used an iron in years.

Get a fat bike and ride over then a few times, takes all the creases out.

Get a fat bike and ride over then a few times, takes all the creases out.

I laughed the first time, second time, meh!

Non-iron are VERY rarely non-iron, just easier to iron

Someone relatively recently proudly said to me that he never irons anything. I could tell, his shirt had so many creases it looked like a map

Shirts get hung up on a hanger to dry, then given to the cleaner to iron. Sorted!

andybrad – Member

are you my wife?

Are you into hairy backs?

“Non-iron are VERY rarely non-iron, just easier to iron”

These aren’t just any non-iron shirts, these are M&S non-iron shirts…

Not cheap, but often on 3 for 2

Top tip – only iron the collar and wear a jumper over the shirt.

Poor men, you’re all confused aren’t you?

It depends not only on how you dry them, but what they are actually made of.
If they are pure cotton – use them for rags, you’ll never iron them crease-free if they’re dried in a tumble drier.
The more polyester that is mixed in with cotton, the less creased they’ll be after a tumble in the dryer.

As someone said, only half the wash load when you’re drying, and a good steam iron if you need to.

DISCLAIMER – Assuming you mean work-type shirts, I’ve not washed and dried one of those for many, many years.

Buy a couple of crew neck jumpers, you only need to iron the collar, when you get warm take off the jumper your body heat will have removed creases, you can have this tip for nowt 😉

“Non-iron are VERY rarely non-iron, just easier to iron”

These aren’t just any non-iron shirts, these are M&S non-iron shirts…

Not cheap, but often on 3 for 2
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I only wear shirts for work (and the very rare occasion that I have to be smart), I’ve never found great shirts for this. At best they don’t look too bad and you can get away with it, but they don’t look as good as an ironed shirt. Plus there are no ironed creases down the sleeves etc

Most of my shirts are from Charles Tyrwhitt with a few others from TM Lewin etc. I find non-specialist-shirt-company shirts fit badly. I’m tall so need long sleeves compared with my neck size, and I also want them cut as slim as possible.

think about how a dryer is meant to work. The drum gets hot and the shirts then tumble around falling through hot air. If you overfill they won’t tumble and will instead just be squashed in and dried in that position, covered in creases.

Slightly OT, but…

M&S only make shirts for bifters (at least, at 65kg their smallest sizes don’t fit me).

The “non-iron” shirts from Charles Tyrwhitt etc. are slightly easier, but definitely not non-iron.

I have one very fine Ralph Lauren shirt that is 100% cotton and not treated with anything, but still simply will not crease. It’s all about the length of the cotton fibres – long fibres, shirt doesn’t crease, cheap short fibres – shirt creases like a *****.