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Wrinkle releaser

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  1. SRD
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    When I was in NA this summer, I spotted a bottle labelled ' wrinkle releaser' in the travel toiletries section of a shop. It's made by (and looks like) Downy fabric softener.

    Thought it might be worth a try. I didn't find it terribly good on linen or cotton while travelling in the southern hemisphere, but used it to day to good effect on commuter clothes.

    I'd ironed a pair of light wool-blend dress trousers this morning, but they'd wrinkled badly by the time i got to work. I sprayed on the Downy and hung them up, and by the time I got our of the shower, the wrinkles were gone along with so were my nicely ironed crease marks :(

    Doesn't seem to be available here yet, but possibly something useful to pick if you're travelling. It even has http://www.naden.de/blog/bbvideo-bbpress-video-plugin -->

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    Posted 12 years ago #

  2. Wilmington's Cow
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    In a similar(ish) vein, hoping to get a Shirt Shuttle to test for citycycling in the near future.

    Normally creases fall out of my shirts within half an hour or so of wearing them, but would be nice to have something coming out looking freshly laundered (plus would be more protection for the shirt). And the size would easily fit in my Carradice (looks about the same size as the sleeve I use for my iPad).

    Wrinkle releaser does look intriguing.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  3. Nelly
    Member

    WC - that looks the bizzo, let us know about that review - like you, I fold carefully, place in my carradice, and trust to asome kinda blind luck that it comes out ok.

    Non-Iron shirts also help, of course.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  4. Instography
    Member

    That looks intriguing for when I have a to cart a smart shirt to the office or London, which is pretty rare. Otherwise, I'm finding folding the sleeves in and then rolling rather than folding works very well.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  5. Darkerside
    Member

    My usual 'look presentable at work' tactic is:

    • Non-iron shirt, ironed beforehand
    • Lay flat, fold in sleeves, then fold in half
    • Place socks and suitably ravishing boxers in a roll at the bottom
    • Roll the whole thing up into a chunky sausage for the journey in
    • Pair with some of M&S' 'eternal crease' (or similar nonsense) trousers kept at work, which manage to look ruthlessly pressed regardless of trauma sustained on the way in every Monday

    More detail than you ever wanted on my luggage packing techniques.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  6. Darkerside
    Member

    *Yeah, what Instography said!

    Posted 12 years ago #

  7. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Nothing wrong with a wrinkled shirt. Wrinkles are the new ironed in our office. Well at my desk at least

    Posted 12 years ago #

  8. cb
    Member

    Save the planet - wear a wrinkled shirt.

    We've discussed wrinkles before. Looks like SRD is serial starter of threads with "wrinkle" in the title:

    http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2854

    Posted 12 years ago #

  9. SRD
    Moderator

    Guilty as charged, but it was recollection of previous thread - and useful suggestions from folks - that made me feel 'obligated' to report my new find.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  10. Pocopiglet
    Member

    I was always taught the roll up for no wrinkles method of packing (particularly for packing into rucksacks). You roll items up and then pack vertically in the fag packet style of packing for a backpack. I used that method when packing my clothes into a rucksack for going to work in Paris and I had wrinkle free clothing when I got there.

    I was also taught that if you take your wrinkled clothes (on a hanger) into the shower room (not the shower!) with you, they'll be wrinkle free by the time you get out.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  11. LivM
    Member

    We have an iron and ironing board at work. Not that I ever use them, being a slovenly type, but it gets some good use.

    Posted 12 years ago #

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