Great success with a steamer

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With an eye toward freshening the drapes in my living room, I picked up a "Shark Press and Refresh" Garment Steamer (Model GS500) when I happened to see one on sale a few days ago.

I had read in a few threads here, about the success of steaming out the occasional wrinkle in wool, when a full pressing isn't warranted. So I tested it on an old wool blazer I had in the closet. It really worked a treat to revive a garment that had suffered some nasty wrinkles. I next tried it on the wool dress slacks for my CGAUX uniform, and it again worked great!

Today, a Tweed Argyle jacket and waistcoat arrived, that I'd purchased "pre-enjoyed" from another XMark member. It had a couple wrinkles from shipping. The steamer removed the wrinkles with just a couple passes, and the jacket looked brand new!

The particular steamer that I purchased is a bit heavy for a hand-held device. But it comes with several brush heads and bonnets to protect and groom the fibers, and it quickly generates steam like nobody's business. It comes with a pad that hangs from any door, and allows for a garment to be hung up against the pad while steaming. The pad keeps the steam from penetrating through to the door, and allows for VERY quick work, completely eliminating the wrinkles!

This is the unit I bought. For garments, there are less bulky units available, certainly (but again, I bought this to do big heavy drapes, on the rod.)

I almost can't wait for one of my kilts to get a wrinkle, so I can try it on one of them, as well. So far, it's worked fabulously on the wool garments I've tried. I'm curious to see how it works with the P/V kilts... and oh, yeah... the drapes, too.