Remove Wrinkles from Luxury bed Sheets Without an Iron

Easley Rid your Bed Sheets of Wrinkles.

Updated 1/2020
What more delightful feeling is there than hopping into a clean, wrinkle-free bed?
Unfortunately,100% cotton sheets can wrinkle.

  

Cotton-poly sheets wrinkle less than 100% cotton sheets, but they don’t feel as nice next to the skin.

Some people ask, do I have to iron my sheets? The answer, of course, is no, you don’t have to, but smooth sheets feel wonderful next to your skin. 

So, here are your options:

• Do nothing.
• Iron them.
• Better yet, find someone else to do this – housekeeper, your children, your spouse, or simply send them out to be laundered (not dry cleaned).

Or take a lesson from our playbook, identified below. 

To start, minimize the wrinkles from the start.
To do this:

• Only wash one set of sheets in your washer at a time. Overloading the washer will not get them as clean, and they can get balled up, creating a strain on the fibers.
• Many people, when unmaking the bed, roll the sheets up into a ball. No problem, but unfurl them when you place them in the washing machine.
• As well, untangle them when you place them in the dryer, you want them to tumble freely.
• When they are done drying, don’t let them sit in the dryer, take them out slightly damp, and hand press them or put them back on the bed. 

Now here is the trick.
Water, combined with tension, will remove wrinkles.

 So, here is what you need to do.

• Find a spray bottle of water. We like to use fragranced water, and we sell it here, but regular tap water works just fine.

Fitted sheet:

• Put your fitted sheet over the mattress, then spray a light mist of water on it. Because it is already under tension, the wrinkles will fall right out.
• Don’t worry if you spray too much water on it, it will dry in a few minutes.

Flat sheet:

• Place your flat sheet on the bed, tuck it, then go to the head of the bed and grab one corner.
• Pull-on it so that it is taut, then give it a light spray.
• Repeat these steps on the other side of the bed.

Pillowcases:

• Stuff your pillowcases.
• Grab the case by the cuff or opening with one hand, then spritz both sides of the case.

• Set the water bottle down and, with both hands on the flange, give the pillowcase an up-and-down shake. This will create the necessary tension to remove the wrinkles.

Your bed sheets should now look as if they have just been ironed.

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