Thirty bucks well spent
Mar. 29th, 2008 05:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gurdymonkeyhttp://www.conair.com/compact-fabric-steamer-p-208.html
There is nothing that is such a pain in the backside as trying to iron something considerably longer than one's ironing board. Some of my Japanese pieces are considerably longer than I am tall and the prospect of pressing them, packing them for CostumeCon and taking them out again only to find that they need to be pressed AGAIN does not appeal.
I figured that $29.99 was not a hideous investment in a garment steamer, so I figured I'd give the Conair a try. I followed the instructions, filled it to the fill line, plugged it in, switched it on and waited the requisite six minutes. It produced a steady flow of steam once heated.
My test was on a wool cotehardie that had a lovely array of wrinkles from being machine washed and hung to dry after having had to be unwound from the agitator. I had to move the steamer nozzle slowly, but it de-wrinkled the wool most satisfactorily.
Next, a tunic in a heavy cotton/linen blend. The steamer worked quite handily on this.
Finally, a silk dupioni kosode. Light wrinkles came out pretty easily, but the steamer did not do as well with heavy creases. These will have to go downstairs and be ironed the old fashioned way.
That said, I still think it will be worth packing along to CostumeCon for touch-ups.
There is nothing that is such a pain in the backside as trying to iron something considerably longer than one's ironing board. Some of my Japanese pieces are considerably longer than I am tall and the prospect of pressing them, packing them for CostumeCon and taking them out again only to find that they need to be pressed AGAIN does not appeal.
I figured that $29.99 was not a hideous investment in a garment steamer, so I figured I'd give the Conair a try. I followed the instructions, filled it to the fill line, plugged it in, switched it on and waited the requisite six minutes. It produced a steady flow of steam once heated.
My test was on a wool cotehardie that had a lovely array of wrinkles from being machine washed and hung to dry after having had to be unwound from the agitator. I had to move the steamer nozzle slowly, but it de-wrinkled the wool most satisfactorily.
Next, a tunic in a heavy cotton/linen blend. The steamer worked quite handily on this.
Finally, a silk dupioni kosode. Light wrinkles came out pretty easily, but the steamer did not do as well with heavy creases. These will have to go downstairs and be ironed the old fashioned way.
That said, I still think it will be worth packing along to CostumeCon for touch-ups.
