How to iron a leather jacket

For the autumn-spring period, there is nothing better than clothing made of leather. It is not blown by winds and protects well from rain and damp. Leather products always look stylish and never go out of fashion. And so, getting your favorite leather jacket from the closet, we find out with horror that you can not put it on! She was very wriggled. A crumpled thing does not have a look, so it's impossible to go out into the street. So what do you do with a lot of folds and creases? Naturally smooth. The best option is to take the jacket to a dry clean. There are specialists who can handle the skin correctly, and they have professional equipment for this kind of work. There you will iron out the jacket and give as a new one. But what if there is no dry cleaning? How to give the skin a presentation in the home? There are many options, from the most simple to complex.

Option 1. Slow down
One of the simplest options is sagging. Hang the jacket on the hanger and let it hang. You can spray a little water over the jacket, so to speak, to moisten it a little. Then the creases will be straightened somewhat faster. Only spray the water must be very finely, preferably from a nebulizer. This method is bad because even when spraying moisture over the jacket it will be necessary to hang it from a few days to a week.

Option 2. Steam ironing
At home, this requires an iron with steamer. We hang the jacket on the shoulders, take the iron and do not bring it to the jacket for 10-13 cm, let off steam. It would seem that everything is simple, but with this treatment of the skin, we must take into account the thickness of the skin (it is thin, medium and thick), dressing the skin (which we simply can not know), whether there is a coating on top and what kind (often make a coating that protects skin against moisture).

For steaming thin skin, you can not give very hot steam, otherwise it can stretch out and "go bubbling". Set the iron control to 2 and start steaming from a greater distance, centimeters from 20, smoothly bringing the pairs closer to the jacket, but not closer than 10-12 cm.

If the skin on your jacket is of average thickness, then you can process the iron regulator first by 2, and then, if the skin does not deform, at 3. It is better to start feeding steam from a longer distance, slowly bringing the iron to the jacket, but not closer 10-12 cm.

When steaming thick skin, you can put the regulator directly at 3, and bring the steam slowly, from a distance, cm from 15-18.

Since we can not take into account the dressing of the skin, we turn to the coating. Cover the skin to repel moisture and for a beautiful shine. Hot steam is the same hot water. So when steaming hot steam we can deprive the jacket of anti-water impregnation if not from the first time, then from the next two for sure. As for the beautiful shine, it can just fade. Consider this when deciding to steal a leather jacket or not.

And most importantly, do not rush! Do not forget that the skin is not a fabric! It is smoothed out slowly. Passed the ferry once, give the jacket time to straighten the folds and slightly dry out. Only then you will see if it is necessary to pass the ferry again or not.

Straighten the crease is not a jacket by hanging over a hot bath is not correct. From the bottom, the jacket will receive more hot steam and get wet, but on top less. Deformation is ensured.

You can iron only thick skin. Thin and medium thickness can be strongly deformed. When ironing, you need to turn off the steam generator in the iron and set the regulator to the lowest mode. Still need a dense wrapping paper, which can not be replaced with a cloth.

The jacket is ironed quickly, only through paper. We try not to touch the open skin with an iron. Long hold the iron in one place can not be, so that there is no deformation. If there is such a possibility, then the skin should be ironed from the wrong side.

An extinguished jacket should be hung on the hangers and allowed to cool completely. Immediately after the iron jacket can not be worn!