[Yorkiemom1]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Polyester napkins might look better without ironing, but they stain faster from minor oil stains. Cotton napkins are the best for being able to get stains out, but they usually require ironing. There are many types of cotton and some cotton, such as combed cotton, doesn’t always require ironing. Napkin rings are nice because you can put a slightly wrinkled napkin in it and it hides imperfections. If you want a formal ironed napkin with no wrinkles, you should probably iron the napkins while they are still damp or spray liberally with water to get all wrinkles out and even then I use a shot of steam. Another option is folding them into fourths and smoothing them when you take them out of the washer, and letting them air dry, this works pretty good with some types of material.


History side note: Before there were water sprayers, (can you believe I'm that old?) we use to sprinkle clothes with a coke bottle filled with water and a nozzle that had lots of holes in it, you got rather big drips not a fine spray, so you had to take a damp towel and fold everything in the towel, and set it in your refrigerator for a few hours so that the material was evenly damp but not as damp as when you take it from the washer. They did come out nice though!

HELLO!!!!!!! My mother used to do that...I was about 5 and can still remember it...called it "sprinkling the clothes"....then roll them up in a damp towel and put them in the fridge!!!! THANKS FOR JOGGING THE WONDERFUL OLD MEMORIES!!!!!