I have one of these, I bought it ages ago for something I cant even remember.....it was something silly like £10 from Argos, I think I got it for cleaning the cooker....... I wonder if this kind of thing would be good for steaming creases from a wedding dress? It might be worth just taking it with me to the venue to get rid of any new creases that packing it in the car to take to the venue made....
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CommentAuthorMrs brown - 19/08/12
If you have done a dress before id say yes go for it, I would dare do mine myself just incase something goes wrong. Im paying £10 for the dress shop to do mine x
CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
To be honest my dress hasn't got delicate details or beading on it so I will probably just iron it anyway, but for those with lots of tulle layers or intricate bead-work, an iron is not really a good idea so steaming might be the way to go. mine has a long handle type thing as seen on the side of the box, so that would prevent any water droplets landing on the fabric.....I think its worth a shot maybe for flattening out the tulle petticoats my girls will be wearing.....I am going to give it a go anyway...they are underneath the dress so IF anything went wrong it wouldn't be obvious....but I cant really see what can go wrong....its only steam after all.
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CommentAuthorMrs brown - 19/08/12
Thats a good idea :) I didnt know if you had a big dress with loads of detail. U'll have to post and let us all know how it went x
CommentAuthorMrs Davro
I'm planning on just using the shower to get my creases out. Hanging it up somewhere for around a month before wedding in a duvet cover then hanging it uncovered in the bathroom at the hotel.
well I know I used this steamer for pressing a photo backdrop......and it was good enough for that. when I have finished the net petticoats.....and we all know how creased they can get, and you cant really iron it because netting has got a plastic fibre woven in to it, an iron would melt it, so steaming would be good for that...and my underskirt too.
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CommentAuthorLegoWife
RaggedyAnne- Can you straight iron materials like taffeta or do they need something over the stop to protect it? My dress doesn't have any detail on the skirt so I could probably get away with just ironing it, but I don't wanna just try in case I ruin it lol.
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CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
When I iron taffeta I always put a damp hanky over the top, I don't know f it NEEDS it, but you cant be too careful can you. start with a low temperature, and if it doesn't shift the creases turn it up a tiny bit at a time.
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CommentAuthorLegoWife
Righty, Thanks!
Something to try if they don't drop out on their own/ shower steam doesn't do the job.
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CommentAuthorJonathanM14
Taffeta is 100% man made which mean you DO need something over it otherwise it will 'mar', you know that shiny effect you get on seams if you iron black polyester trousers. The best thing to use is an 'ironing mat' which you can get on ebay for about two quid. Its a square mesh where the steam is allowed through but at no point does any part of the iron come into contact with the fabric. This goes for any man made fibres including satin.
Tulle you have to be very careful with and i would not recomment you use the steamer you have in that photo as it produces a powerful steam that is used to clean ovens! Tulle can melt if the steam is too powerful and then you get holes in the tulle. In this case place a piece of fabric over it as well as the irnoning mat with a steam iron, rather than a steam power cleaner, albeit a hand held one.
CommentAuthorLegoWife
I couldn't find what you described by typing in 'ironing mat' but it did come up when I searched 'ironing mesh' so thank you thank you :)
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CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
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CommentAuthorJonathanM14
Thats the one!
CommentAuthorJonathanM14
OH and make sure you have a good quality steam iron, not the ones that leak drops of water in between steam bursts otherwise you then run the risk of water marks! The ironing mesh will stop heat marks but not water ones.
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Ooooh, what a good tip! x
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CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
Jonathan yes I understand that the steamer would be too powerful if used with the nozzle as is pictured on the box, but I thought if I used the hose.....also pictured on the box, then it would possible not be too harsh? as it has travelled down the hose and lost some of its power....?
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CommentAuthorJonathanM14
As long as its not anything too delicate like Tulle etc. I have a steam generator and the vertical steam from that burnt a hole in tulle once, i seem to remember, but it was very delicate tulle, it just cant take the heat. If its satin or taffeta then it should be fine. Test it on something else of similar fabric first. If you're still unsure then hold a scrap of fabric over the dress whilst steaming so the dress gets pressed underneath and is not in direct firing line of the steam.
