# De-wrinkling a stack of clean clothes **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 27, 2021, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-wrinkling-a-stack-of-clean-clothes/953303 "2021-10-27T12:01:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-wrinkling-a-stack-of-clean-clothes/953303/21 "2021-10-27T17:08:02Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Similar to your ideas-- sometimes I soak a washcloth, wring it out really well (no drippage), then toss in the dryer with wrinkled stuff on med high for 20-ish minutes. Works pretty well. What she said. I use the permanent press/wrinkle free/cool down setting and then make sure to be there with a hand full of hangers when the dryer stops. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-wrinkling-a-stack-of-clean-clothes/953303/22 "2021-10-27T17:34:02Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Been doing it for years and years. I find it therapeutic… Same here. The Zen of Ironing. Or as Cool Hand Luke’s Captain said, “You got to get your mind right”. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-wrinkling-a-stack-of-clean-clothes/953303/23 "2021-10-27T18:21:31Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Just hang one in the bathroom while showering. Will knock out enough of the wrinkles for a casual knit shirt. This is brilliant. Hang the day’s shirt during my morning shower. I shall try this tomorrow. mmm ---
**Author:** ![jjakucyk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3d9bf3/32.png) [@jjakucyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjakucyk)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-wrinkling-a-stack-of-clean-clothes/953303/24 "2021-10-27T19:47:56Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Just hang one in the bathroom while showering. Will knock out enough of the wrinkles for a casual knit shirt. I’ve never found this to be effective at all. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-wrinkling-a-stack-of-clean-clothes/953303/25 "2021-10-27T21:16:27Z")
It helps to snap the shirt hard, or to run your palm firmly over the biggest creases. Give the steam treatment a bit of help. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-wrinkling-a-stack-of-clean-clothes/953303/26 "2021-10-27T21:47:49Z")
Maybe I’m just wrinkled enough myself, that I always felt the “snap” **purplehorseshoe** describes, plus the shower treatment, was “good enough”! ---
**Author:** ![Ranch\_Dip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranch_dip/32/5238_2.png) [@Ranch\_Dip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranch_Dip)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-wrinkling-a-stack-of-clean-clothes/953303/27 "2021-10-27T21:52:49Z")
Honestly, if they are from last year, I would probly just wash them anyway, unless doing laundry is a hardship for you. I realize not everyone has access to washers and dryers. If they are things that tend to wrinkle, I’d probably hang them to dry so you don’t have wrinkles moving forward. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-wrinkling-a-stack-of-clean-clothes/953303/28 "2021-10-27T22:44:16Z")
Me, either. Not even turning on the shower for 20 minutes. And I too find ironing a pleasant activity ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-wrinkling-a-stack-of-clean-clothes/953303/29 "2021-10-27T22:52:30Z")
I think a decent hanger helps. I do most of my drying my hanging it on an indoor rail in the only place I had available, which happens to be above a radiator. It dries crinkle free. Even linen trousers dry neatly. They’re all on velvet lined hangers so they stay well in place on the hanger, and I hang everything neatly with any buttons or zips done up. It’s all about keeping the shape they’re supposed to be in. So hang them in the bathroom, but neatly, done up, and on a decent hanger. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-wrinkling-a-stack-of-clean-clothes/953303/30 "2021-10-28T05:32:27Z")
> [@jjakucyk](#): > > I make my own wrinkle-release spray. It’s equal parts water, rubbing alcohol, and liquid fabric softener. Straight water sprayed (lightly misted) works great. No need to add anything to it. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-wrinkling-a-stack-of-clean-clothes/953303/31 "2021-10-28T05:34:16Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > sometimes I soak a washcloth, wring it out really well (no drippage), then toss in the dryer with wrinkled stuff on med high for 20-ish minutes. Works pretty well. This always works. Just spraying with a light mist of straight water also usually works, and you don’t even have to re-hang them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-wrinkling-a-stack-of-clean-clothes/953303.md?page=1)