Hi Steve and Phil

Here's something else on pressing kilts from a previous reply in a different thread http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2747
Provides a bit of background for what Steve says above. As Steve says, the pressure is crucial, but so is the heat and the moisture (to get the little plates in the wool to open up).

As Steve says, once a crease is pressed, it's there forever, and if the dry cleaner presses a kilt wrong, it's almost impossible to fix it. Some dry clenaers lay a kilt out all nice and smooth with the pleats fanned (yikes!) when they press, and the result is a horrible, wavy bottom and wedge-shaped pleats. I'm not inclined to have a kilt dry cleaned unless it's absolutely necessary, and then I always tell the dry cleaner not to press the kilt. If I really want him to press it, I'd have it cleaned, I'd take it home, baste it, and then bring it back for pressing. Better than a disaster! But, if you have a dry cleaner that does a good job on kilts, that's great!

Cheers,

Barb