Top 5 Tips On How To Use A Clothes Steamer

Position Your Body Correctly

Tip Number One

Stand in the right position, pay attention to the hose and don’t tangle it. Hold the steamer with one hand, hold the material with the other (try the hand mat?)

Perfect Your Technique

Tip Number Two

Just like driving a car or making a sandwich, steaming takes a certain amount of skill which comes with practice. Our natural inclination is to use the steamer like an iron with a flat plate against the clothes. This doesn’t work. There’s no room for the steam to come out. doing this will result in a clammy mess. Instead, lean the steamer head forwards and only stroke with the top curve. With your other hand, hold the material taut. Stroke the material up and down to pop out the creases.

Take Your Time And Go Slowly

Tip Number Four

If you’ve never used a clothes steamer, it does take a certain ‘knack’. Waving around a steamer quickly can often not get the creases out and might even lead to burning yourself. Although a clothes steamer can sometimes look like a magic wand, getting it to perform like a magic wand takes practice. Start on thinner and more delicate materials and work your way up to more complicated clothes.

Use All The Accessories In The Box

Tip Number Five

If your steamer came with lots of accessories, use them! A hand mat can be excellent for general steaming and replacing a hard surface provided by the ironing board. Fabric brushes can remove dust, lint and fluff which refreshing fabrics. The clasp attachment is excellent for putting hard creases in trousers, pleats and the arms of a shirt.

Our hanger can be really handy too. Unlock it like this. Put clothes on the hanger like this, or use the pegs. Make sure that when you’re steaming shirts, hang them up facing away from you and do the button up over the pole. If you’re in a shop environment and are only removing packet creases, it might be easier to use the hooks on the side with your own hanger, however using the onboard hanger will be more steady. Our f1400 model has an adjustable hanger too, so if you want to hang larger wool coats you can extend or retract for smaller kids clothes.

We hope this article Top 5 Tips On How To Use A Clothes Steamer has helped! We’ve love to hear from you too about using a clothes steamer! I know that some of you have worked in retail or have a clothes steamer at home, please let us know your comments below. Head to the Fridja shop to see our range of clothes steamers.