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[Burzan]

How are linen trousers to maintain? I don’t dry clean my wool trousers unless I have to. I just hang them and the wrinkles settle out. Excessive Dry cleaning is not good for clothes but do these need to be because they wrinkle so much? I don’t like to iron nice trousers myself and steaming them helps but doesn’t get all wrinkles out.

I machine wash and iron all my linen and cotton linen garments.

 

[Torzano]

It’s not like wool where it can make it shine?

I wouldn't be afraid to iron them, it's the only way.

 

[kammerer66]

It’s not like wool where it can make it shine?

Just iron them inside out. High temperature, damp garment. Or use a steamer and enjoy the look of linen

 

[Torzano]

That doesn’t work. Coming from someone who has tried that. It creates an inverted crease. Think about it.

Just iron them inside out. High temperature, damp garment. Or use a steamer and enjoy the look of linen

 

[kammerer66]

That doesn’t work. Coming from someone who has tried that. It creates an inverted crease. Think about it.

I was thinking about not creasing. I just ordered some linen canvas chinos, that must have clouded my mind.

How about an old trick... iron the crease through some very thin and slightly damp cotton fabric.

 

[DFWWingnut]

I was thinking about not creasing. I just ordered some linen canvas chinos, that must have clouded my mind.

How about an old trick... iron the crease through some very thin and slightly damp cotton fabric.

I just send them to my dry cleaners. They cold water wash and steam press them.

 

[Burzan]

Wait, why aren't you guys just ironing them normal? It's not like linen is delicate at all. Just spray it slightly damp and iron as you would any trousers.

 

[aj805]

To maintain wool, unless you are for some reason getting them very dirty or sweating through your clothes you can do an occasional sponge & press, or spot cleaning to remove a stain, which is easy and fairly "risk-free" in your home. I would only dry clean in a pinch or if the garment was overly dirty--and in those cases ask the cleaner to not press as this is when the often break buttons and such. When pressing, I just use a plain ol' iron on the 'wool' setting; if the wool is dark colored, I have a piece of linen that I put over the wool when pressing, that eliminates creating the shiny spots. Wool jackets containing fusibles you need to take care not to hit with direct heat in those areas.

For linen, I will home launder (cold wash, hang dry only) as I get much more wear and these get dirtier more often, though sponge & press and spot cleaning are preferred. I also am careful about getting the right size as this means the garment will likely shrink, so normally the first thing I do is launder (cold rinse/hang dry twice) and then have them altered. Press similar to wool.

 

[kammerer66]

Wait, why aren't you guys just ironing them normal? It's not like linen is delicate at all. Just spray it slightly damp and iron as you would any trousers.

When I was just learning to iron, ironing through damp cloth was considered normal for both wool and linen. This was to keep the shine out for a very long time. I still have my high school graduation bespoke suit that looks new to prove it

 

[Burzan]

When I was just learning to iron, ironing through damp cloth was considered normal for both wool and linen. This was to keep the shine out for a very long time. I still have my high school graduation bespoke suit that looks new to prove it

A pressing cloth is very handy indeed. I use one for my moleskin trousers as well.

 

[dazedstate]

Ironing =/= pressing trousers

 

[marker2037]

Wait, why aren't you guys just ironing them normal? It's not like linen is delicate at all. Just spray it slightly damp and iron as you would any trousers.

I agree. Have you guys unsure about linen ever actually tried to iron or even handle it?

There is a reason an iron has linen as it's hottest setting. You can use a cloth over if you want, but I don't think it's too necessary.

 

[theh00d]

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[goatamous]

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