How To Get Creases Out Of Silk

Recently I purchased a couple of Hermes ties for my son for his altogether.

Hermes Tie, Attack Tie

When he opened them a few days agone, one of the ties had an odd, niggling wave consequence going on toward the bottom of the tie.

Hermes Attack Tie

Each tie had been packaged in its own box, and the boxes had been standing upwardly vertically in the handbag. I guess this particular tie slipped downward and sorta crumpled up a bit in the bottom of the box, resulting in this weird niggling wave. I tried placing a heavy book on information technology for a couple of days, but that didn't solve the trouble.

Getting wrinkles out of a tie

My son told me that he's had this happen with ties in the past and they really look weird when worn, so he ends upwards just non wearing them. I don't arraign him. I'm certain a cleaner could become the wave out, simply I don't desire to take a make new tie to the cleaners, at least not however. Ummm…how to get the moving ridge out?

I did a scrap of research online and learned a few things. I read that it's not a good idea to iron silk, it's bad for the silk fibers and can change their appearance. Also, if you wait closely at a tie, y'all'll notice they are not actually flat on the sides/edges. The sides of a necktie are rounded over, another reason ironing a tie isn't a great idea.

Fortunately, the wrinkle is down nigh the tip of the tie and then I retrieve I could place a cloth between the tie and the iron (if it comes to that) and remove the moving ridge without ever ironing the sides/edges of the tie.

Getting Wrinkles out of neckties

But the method that I saw most recommended online was to lightly steam the wrinkle or moving ridge out of the necktie. So, a few days ago I purchased this steamer for my son and girl-in-law. Yous may think when I purchased this same steamer for myself and shared information technology in this post: Looking forward to Ironing Less and Playing More this Summertime. It has excellent reviews and you lot'll find it available here: Steamer.

I've really enjoyed this steamer and accept used it several times this jump, just I've never tried it on a silk necktie.

Best Clothes Steamer for removing wrinkles

Information technology arrived today so I'll be putting it together this evening and giving information technology a try. Have you lot e'er tried steaming a silk tie? Have any tips for getting waves/wrinkles out of a silk tie without ironing it and risking flattening out the edges of the tie?

I'll be sure to share how it works. I plan to keep the steam on a very depression level, so wish me luck!

Best Steamer for Clothes

Update:

Adding a photo to this post sharing how the tie looked after a very light, extremely brief steaming…as in about 3 seconds of steaming. I followed a suggestion left in the comments by Jeanne to put a sock over the nozzle of the steamer to prevent water droplets from getting on the material and it worked great! I steamed the moving ridge at the terminate of the tie, steaming the tie from the dorsum.

I steamed the necktie for near two seconds, then took a wait at the front of the necktie and the wave was almost completely gone. I steamed it for most two-iii more seconds and it was completely gone. My son wore the tie to work the very next day. I wish I had thought to take a photograph of it while he was wearing it. Very pleased with how piece of cake information technology was to steam out the wave at the bottom end of the tie.

I would definitely always use a sock over the nozzle of the steamer when steaming a silk tie. The next day I used the steamer to steam wrinkles out of the linen dress and footling droplets of water concluded up getting on the linen fabric from the steamer. They dried quickly and the linen clothes was fine, but I wouldn't have wanted that to happen on this silk necktie, in case the droplets could accept left spots. So I would definitely recommend using a white (non-colored) sock over the nozzle of the steamer earlier attempting to steam a contraction from silk. Thanks so much to Jeanne for that awesome suggestion!

Silk Hermes Tie After Steaming

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