For some people, ironing is a tiring household activity. Not without reason, the ironing process requires quite a lot of attention and concentration. You even have to pay attention to every part of the clothing to make sure all the wrinkles are gone and the fabric is not damaged .
Ironing while standing for a long time while bending over can cause tension in the muscles of the back, shoulders and arms. If not done with correct posture, ironing can cause pain and muscle fatigue. Therefore, ironing takes a lot of energy and of course time.
Even though you know, there is a trick to ironing so that clothes can become slippery quickly. Interestingly, this trick doesn't require any extra effort, you know. This trick was shared by mothers via the Instagram account @ratnatjahyo. In one of the uploaded videos, he admitted that he relied on a kitchen appliance to make the ironing process easier.
Reported by BrilioFood from Instagram @ratnatjahyo on Wednesday (31/7), the kitchen tool in question is aluminum foil. Yup! Aluminum foil paper, which is often used to wrap food, can be used to simplify the process of ironing clothes to save time and energy.
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For further instructions on how to use it, just prepare a piece of aluminum foil paper. The size can be adjusted to the width of the ironing base, yes. After that, place it on the top of the base (cloth or table) of the iron.
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Next, cover the aluminum foil with cloth. Make sure all parts of the aluminum foil are covered evenly. Only then can you iron your clothes as usual. In the video, Instagram user @ratnatjahyo irons a T-shirt that has a screen print on it. In one burn, the cloth immediately becomes smooth and straight. Even though only one side is ironed, the side of the t-shirt underneath is also smooth and neat, you know.
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Apart from being more practical, this method also tends to save energy. Not without reason, you don't need to turn your clothes inside out to make the fabric neat. Just iron one side, then fold the shirt as usual. Basically, aluminum foil has the ability to reflect heat. When you iron, the heat produced by the iron not only acts on the top side of the fabric, but is also reflected back by the aluminum foil to the bottom side of the fabric. This allows the heat to work effectively on both sides of the fabric, so wrinkles disappear more quickly.
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Not only that, using aluminum foil under the ironing pad helps spread the heat more evenly across the surface of the fabric. This will eliminate the need to re-iron the same piece, as wrinkles can be removed in one go. As a result, you can complete the ironing process faster with better results.