How to steam pleats in an older worn kilt

[Paul Henry]

Actually, I am going to disagree with some of what this blog says. The kilt has been pressed, but the pleats are not correct. If you look closely at the final product, you will see that there is an accordion or fan effect as the hem is approached. If the pleats had been basted first so as to lock the pleats into the correct location, and then pressed, the final result would have been better.

Agreed, there are several things I would query in addition, the use of distilled water in the iron as well, most modern irons actually say NOT to use distilled water, so it is very important to do whatever your instructions on the iron says.
If a kilt was as badly creased as the example, the only way to make it perfect will be to measure and baste, so I would suggest caution in following this, as a side note I thought tutorials had to be added by a Mod rather than a "normal" member , so that they could be checked?