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Steaming clothes

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Watching some commercial about steaming clothes, it's a cleaner X5mop.  Do you steam your clothes?  H20X5.  

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When I travel I steam out wrinkles in the shower.

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Not routinely but I have a handheld steamer that I sometimes use to remove wrinkles or freshen up a garment.

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No, but I do use a steam iron.
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Re: Steaming clothes

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Yes. I avoid ironing and will use my clothes steamer (it is not a mop) to remove wrinkles that do not hang out after the wash. There are some wrinkles and creases that are very stubborn and will occasionally need an iron. 

 

I also use my steamer to smooth out frizzies in some of the wigs that I wear. It's a very handy device.

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I've never owned a steamer and I don't own an iron.  My clothes are never wrinkled. But I don't wear all cotton tops so that helps.


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Don't own an iron or a steamer. If by some odd chance something is wrinkled it goes in the shower. I make sure not to buy anything that wrinkles. 

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When I worked in retail we always steamed the clothing before we put the clothing out "on the rack". The items really looked better because the items were folded for shipping. 

 

Just for presentation purposes it was well worth it. It made the little girl dresses or the adult shirts look so nice.

I had always ironed clothes but after using the steamer at work, I bought a little hand held steamer. It seems the only time I use it now is on dress shirts. And we don't dress up as much as we used to. 

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Yes I steam and I iron. I have a steamer that is on a stand. I've had it for years!  Same for my iron. 

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I bought a small handheld steamer to use on some drapes years ago but never use it. I have to starch DH's uniform shirt and put a crease in his uniform pants and a steamer won't do that, so I have to pull out the iron on a weekly basis anyway and then I'll just iron anything else that needs it, while I'm at it.