# how do I get tight wrinkle free sheets **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 5, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-tight-wrinkle-free-sheets/690089 "2014-06-05T02:35:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ginman999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@ginman999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ginman999)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-tight-wrinkle-free-sheets/690089/1 "2014-06-05T02:35:38Z")
I want to sleep on flat wrinkle free sheets that don’t pull up from the corners. I have expensive sheets and have tried several things to fix this but I still end up with the corners pulled up and folds and cresses in the sheets that I end up on sleeping on. How can I fix this problem? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-tight-wrinkle-free-sheets/690089/2 "2014-06-05T02:39:04Z")
> [@ginman999](#): > > I want to sleep on flat wrinkle free sheets that don’t pull up from the corners. I have expensive sheets and have tried several things to fix this but I still end up with the corners pulled up and folds and cresses in the sheets that I end up on sleeping on. How can I fix this problem? Make sure you buy ones that specify deep pockets. Many mattresses are thicker than mattresses used to be and sheets will pop off if the pockets aren’t deep. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-tight-wrinkle-free-sheets/690089/3 "2014-06-05T02:40:23Z")
We use sheet straps on our king bed. They hook to the sheets and hold the corners tight. > **[Elastic Bed Sheet Straps - Sheet Straps, White Set/4](https://www.mileskimball.com/buy-elastic-sheet-straps-set-of-4-325278)** > > Banish the struggle of sheets that slide off bed corners w/ our set of four elastic bed sheet straps from Miles Kimball. Buy your set of bed sheet straps here. This is an example of one kind. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-tight-wrinkle-free-sheets/690089/4 "2014-06-05T20:52:44Z")
When I was a hospital candystriper in the 1970’s, we didn’t use fitted sheets: we tied the corners of flat sheets tightly together under the mattress at top and bottom. Kept them smooth and firmly attached even for bedbound patients who tossed and turned a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-tight-wrinkle-free-sheets/690089/5 "2014-06-05T22:00:25Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > When I was a hospital candystriper in the 1970’s, we didn’t use fitted sheets: we tied the corners of flat sheets tightly together under the mattress at top and bottom. Kept them smooth and firmly attached even for bedbound patients who tossed and turned a lot. Same story, same timeframe. And if you want sheets that are truly wrinkle-free, you need to iron them. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-tight-wrinkle-free-sheets/690089/6 "2014-06-05T22:01:20Z")
starch is a help.