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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike1
    Hmmm, Ron, I did some looking into buying one of the Gizmo Steam 'N Crease irons and found this page on Amazon -

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...350139-1148615

    After reading those reviews, methinks I'll keep looking. You can save a sawbuck at Amazon, if anyone's interested.
    It seems that most of the reviewers got the thing to iron/steam entire garments, and they are right, it isn't good for that. It takes entirely too much time. If I want to do an entire garment, that's why I have the ironing board.

    However, I've got one and it works great for touchups. Especially if you just need to press a few pleats that got wrinkled from being sat upon too long. I just hang up the kilt, clamp the Gizmo where it's wrinkled, and give it a short blast of steam.

    It's also small enough you could easily throw it into your luggage for touchups on the road. Be sure to drain the water out beforehand though.
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    I picked up a full size garment steamer from home depot and its fantastic. It only takes about five minutes to make a kilt look sharp as a tack.

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    Unhappy Glad I found this thread and it isn't too old

    OK, my sixth kilt is also my first wool one, my xmarks kilt was 'pressed' by me sitting on it in a car for about 45 minutes in quite a bit of heat. Most of the pleats I feel will 'hang out' with some steam, but there is one, that really looks like it was pressed, and clearly not pressed correctly, what is the proper way to correct this?

    I have access to a full garment steamer, (right HoseHead), if you think that will work.

    Thanks for the advise

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