Keeping pleats pleated

[angel923]

-cough- six years - cough-

depends on the calander you use I could have been as many as 9 years ago.

[cacunn]

I've seen pants presses that are clam shell type devices. You put your pants in them and they close and press the complete pants legs at one time. With the ever growing number of kilts out there how long until they have one for a kilt?

[IEScotsman]

depends on the calander you use I could have been as many as 9 years ago.

Or 66 years ago according to the Jewish calendar.

But to bring this back on-topic, I've always heard the best way to keep pleats is by steaming and pressing them, not ironing them.

[Dirka Skene]

The turn of the century was only seven years ago!

As we all know, seven years is plenty old enough for any kind of electrical appliance.

[Frog]

Point for Dirka Skene...

Frog

[Hamish]

Best way is to gently lay your kilt flat, make sure the pleats are where they belong, lay a pressing cloth over and PRESS, not iron. Drawing the iron over them can stretch the material out of shape.


Thanks Hamish for your great words of wisdom on this.

You are more than welcome, Livingston!

You have just beaten me to it. As soon as I read Dirka's question, I knew what I had to tell her, but thought it best to read everyone else's responses first. Glad I did!

All I can do, Dirka is to endorse what Livingston (!) so wisely describes.

[mudd]

-cough- six years - cough-

-cough- he's correct! -cough-sneeze-fart-gasp-

[Blu (Ontario)]

.... All I can do, Dirka is to endorse what Livingston (!) so wisely describes.

Indeed... most important to maintain the original crease lines of the pleats as the kiltmaker ironed them.in. The back of the kilt will likely hang in waves otherwise.

[Celtic Menace]

Well, don't sit on them and you won't have anything to worry about.