How to properly steam and iron a wedding dress at home?

A wedding is a solemn event that is incredibly important for every girl. Many bright events take place on this day, it is extremely hectic and rich in impressions. When it is necessary to smooth out and tidy up a wedding dress, women start to panic, because this is a rather difficult task. But this care for a seemingly difficult piece of clothing is not too difficult, you just need to know about some aspects.

A wedding dress must be smoothed out if it is wrinkled during transportation, being prepared for sale or storage, or after the item has been washed. It is important to remember that not every fabric can handle ironing with a regular iron. If it is dense (for example, gabardine or viscose), then the iron is unlikely to cope with smoothing the thing.

Most of these outfits have a wide variety of rhinestones, beads and lace. The areas on which they are located are quite difficult to smooth out, eliminating irregularities. The most effective and easiest option is steaming, which allows you not to worry about damage to the fabric. This method removes irregularities from the dress without any problems in five to seven minutes.

There are several options for steaming a dress at home: steam, a steamer and an ordinary iron with wet gauze.

To get rid of the irregularities of the wedding dress with steam, you first need to fill the bathtub with hot water. The dress is placed on a hanger and then positioned above the water at a height of twenty-five centimeters.After the wrinkles are smoothed out, you need to hang it out for three to four hours so that it is completely dry. How long the outfit will take to smooth depends on the density of the fabric. This method has some disadvantages:

• When steam penetrates into the fibers of the fabric, it becomes heavier, absorbing a large amount of moisture. This may cause the dress to fall into the water. Care must be taken to ensure that this does not happen.
• If your outfit has an abundance of different rhinestones, it is better not to use this method, as they can come off.
• This method is a bad option for a dress made of heavy material, as well as for outfits that have fluffy layered skirts.

The most effective and simple method that any housewife can use. The vertical steamer is able to smooth out even the most fragile element of the dress. Smoothing occurs as follows.

• Liquid is poured into a special container in the device. Then you need to turn on the steamer.
• The outfit is placed on a hanger for easier smoothing.
• The steaming process starts from the lower tiers. Steam must be applied first to large areas of the product, and then to smaller items.
• After the end of the process, you should leave the outfit suspended for three to five hours.

This method is used if the hostess does not have a steamer. He is quite risky, because if you are not too careful and inattentive, you can ruin the dress. The correct mode is selected on the iron (which depends on what fabric the outfit is made of). It is best to use the lowest temperature to avoid damaging your clothes. Before starting the process, you must thoroughly clean the sole of the iron, as it should be as clean as possible. In order for the dress to smooth out well and not deteriorate, you need to put several layers of gauze fabric and iron it from the inside out.

Ironing a wedding dress at home is quite simple.

1. It is necessary to start ironing from the bodice. If there are a lot of decorative elements on the fabric, iron it on a terry towel. This will keep your jewelry safe and attractive.
2. Next, the skirt is smoothed out. It is worth starting to iron the bottom layer, which is in front.
3. Then the sleeves, belt and other, smaller areas are carefully ironed.
4. At the end of the process, you need to treat the product with an antistatic agent.

The nuances of ironing at home, depending on the material.

• Satin the outfit needs to be smoothed from the inside out. Do not use liquid, as unattractive streaks will remain on the material. The “silk” mode is set on the iron. After ironing, the satin should "cool down". Otherwise, it will begin to break, and all the work will be in vain.
• Chiffon - fabric that should not be ironed on the board, but by weight. The material is incredibly delicate, so steaming is used for it, because it burns easily if ironing is neglected. But even when leaving with a steamer, it is better to hold the device at a decent distance from the outfit.
• Lace a wedding dress is a beautiful but fragile outfit that must be treated with the utmost care. You should not use high temperatures, as they turn the fabric yellow.Most often, the dress is covered with a white fabric, and then ironed through it.

Tulle is a delicate and fragile material that makes the bride's image light and immaculate. You need to take care of him extremely carefully, otherwise the thing will be damaged. Many people believe that the material is easily burned with an iron. To avoid such troubles, it is worth following some tips and tricks.

• Before starting the ironing process, slightly dampen the fabric with water.
• It is important to enlist the help of loved ones. It is best for someone to gently hold the already ironed fabric in place so that it does not wrinkle.
• If you are using a steamer, you need to stretch the tulle a little. At this time, it must be held by the edges.

To learn how to iron a wedding dress, see the video below.