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Title: Can ironing clothes make them more creased?
Post by: Anthony on 24/05/2010 12:30:01

Anthony  asked the Naked Scientists:
   
My mum always tells me not to iron my t-shirt if it is a little bit creased.

She says that if I iron it once, it will get wrinkled and creased faster, and so I'll have to iron it every time. She says if I don't iron it, then it will not get creased very much (it will stay a little bit creased but not get worse).

Is there any scientific reasoning behind this? or is it just an "old wives tale"?

Thanks.

antd from london

What do you think?

Title: Can ironing clothes make them more creased?
Post by: Bored chemist on 24/05/2010 19:42:46

I sense an experiment; iron the left half.