Veering off topic - steamers

Not to clean your carpet or run your car, but as an alternative to an iron?

Which one did you buy and do you like it?

Cheryl

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Cheryl Isaak
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No recommendations, but my first thought was actually clams LOL!

Linda

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lewmew

Do you like it? How much - roughly.

Cheryl

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Cheryl Isaak

Hi Cheryl,

I bought Joy Mangano's "My Little Steamer". It's enough of a steamer to let me know that I should save my money and purchase a good one. This one, however, is a piece of crap.

mag

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Mag

Thanks - I didn't have any brands in mind yet, so I know one not to look at now.

Cheryl

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Cheryl Isaak

No recommendations, but my first thought was actually clams LOL!

Linda

I was thinking clams too. All the talk about Brooklyn reminded me of a place called "Lundy's" where we would go for a bucket of steamers.

As far as a steamer is concerned, I have an old one that I rarely ever use. It just doesn't do a good enough job to dig it out. If I need extra steam, I just use the burst of steam button on my Rowenta iron.

I've had better irons in the past but this one does a decent job.

Lucille

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Lucille

Now two of you are making want a big old bucket of steamers with "broth" and melted butter.

Maybe I'll stick to the iron for the work shirts.

C
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Cheryl Isaak

My father wouldn't let us eat seafood > Maybe I'll stick to the iron for the work shirts.

As a teen every Sunday night, I was stuck doing the family ironing. This was before the advent of permanent press. Many things got heavy spritzing and were slightly damp after ironing but they were wrinkle free.

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anne

Use the RAF ironing technique. Iron the cuffs, the collar and the centre portion of the front.

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Bruce Fletcher (remove denture

There was a Lindy's somewhere that had fabulous cheesecake.

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anne

Lindy's was a deli in the theater district in Manhattan. Their cheesecake was known world over. You would see all the stars from the Broadway shows eating there, either the cheesecake or the enormous, overstuffed sandwiches.

L
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Lucille

Lol Bruce , you naughty boy - okay I did it in winter when I could get away with a 'wooly pully' all the time . I celebrated when they withdrew 'hairy Mary's' as uniform even though I kept mine for fancy dress !!!! Jan

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originalmumster

I have never had one, nor used one but people who talked about them said they are not what they are cracked up to be, not if you are looking to hang a shirt up and quickly, simply iron it. Best use the iron.

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lucretia borgia

That's what I did with my husbands navy shirts. He wasn't too keen on the idea at first but since he could never remove his jacket and sit in shirt sleeves, seemed obvious to me lol If it didn't show under the uniform, didn't get ironed.

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lucretia borgia

If you are looking to deal with shirts quickly and easily (and still get a nice result), I think an iron definitely beats a steamer. If you really want to go faster, a mangle might be helpful, but sometimes that really depends on your shirts. Well made shirts that can be made to lie nice and flat can be pressed with a mangle quickly, but some shirts are cut so that you need a zillion different angles on it to get a nice result, and then a mangle won't help you much at all.

Best wishes, Ericka

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Ericka Kammerer

I liked the look of the WRAF best blue but didn't like those dreadful lisle stockings! The WRENs uniform was much superior - silk stockings and all the feminine frippery that went with them, I had a marvellous 6 weeks as an RAF patient in HMS Drake in the late 1960s!

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Bruce Fletcher (remove denture

Do they *really* need ironing, or just touching up? Most of DH's work shirts (so-called permanent press), if they're wrinkled, I'll toss back into the dryer with a small, damp towel and make sure I take them out as soon as the dryer's done, if not before. I rarely have to iron his shirts, unless they're all cotton.

Joan

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Joan E.

More likely the collar, sleeves and back; I'll be wearing a apron over the front.

Cheryl

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Cheryl Isaak

I remember going to Lundy's occasionally with my grandparents about 40 or more years ago. My grandfather ate scrod and I don't have the slightest recollection of what I ate.

Sheepshead Bay, wasn't it?

Sara

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Sara

The new dress code is for pressed long sleeve white button down shirts. I'm stretching it with 3/4 sleeves since those are "fashion" and can be found cheap. I might try and find one mens long sleeve shirt for days corporate is going to be around.

Cheryl

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Cheryl Isaak

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