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xCustomx
Joined: 06 Jan 2006
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 Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:25 pm Post subject: Shiny shirts/suits - melted this morning |
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| Recently, my girlfriend bought me a shiny black and grey dress shirt that I could wear to work. I find the shiny grey suits that a lot of businessmen wear laughable, but the shirt she gave me wasn't too bad. Anyways, as I was ironing the shirt this morning, smoke started to rise and after I pulled the iron off, I saw two holes in the shirt. The iron melted right through, as if the shirt was made of plastic. What the hell are these shirts made of? |
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asams
Joined: 17 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:31 pm Post subject: Re: Shiny shirts/suits - melted this morning |
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| xCustomx wrote: |
| Recently, my girlfriend bought me a shiny black and grey dress shirt that I could wear to work. I find the shiny grey suits that a lot of businessmen wear laughable, but the shirt she gave me wasn't too bad. Anyways, as I was ironing the shirt this morning, smoke started to rise and after I pulled the iron off, I saw two holes in the shirt. The iron melted right through, as if the shirt was made of plastic. What the hell are these shirts made of? |
how hot was the iron? i would suggest taking most dress shirts to a dry cleaner, or using very very low heat, as they may have some kind of satin-like material in them.
and i just outed myself as a metrosexual |
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Gimpokid
Joined: 09 Nov 2008
Location: Best Gimpo
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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I dunno. The same thing happened to a pair of pants I bought here. Not holes, but a bunch of smooth, shiny patches all over.
My luggage got stolen before I came to korea and I had to buy all new clothes here. I am wearing a cardboard watch, a rubber belt, and a plastic shirt with a nylon, drawstring tie...needless to say: I stay away from open flames. |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| always iron clothes inside out. |
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crescent
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| poet13 wrote: |
| always iron clothes inside out. |
Yep.
Mother taught you well. |
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xCustomx
Joined: 06 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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| poet13 wrote: |
| always iron clothes inside out. |
I doubt that would have helped. These weren't small holes, and they left a melted plastic kind of residue on my iron. |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Ok, turn the heat down, and put something that you know is cotton over the material. Honestly, it's not that hard. |
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Korussian
Joined: 15 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Gimpokid wrote: |
I dunno. The same thing happened to a pair of pants I bought here. Not holes, but a bunch of smooth, shiny patches all over.
My luggage got stolen before I came to korea and I had to buy all new clothes here. I am wearing a cardboard watch, a rubber belt, and a plastic shirt with a nylon, drawstring tie...needless to say: I stay away from open flames. |
The latter is particularly good advice, since it sounds like you're not wearing any pants. |
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seosan08
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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| What is it with that fashion? These guys with those shiny suits look they got mugged with a roll of aluminum foil or something! |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| What did you think it was made of? Do you know many naturally shiny materials? |
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seosan08
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| What did you think it was made of? Do you know many naturally shiny materials? |
I thought it was made out of your mom!  |
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SeoulShakin
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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Satiny materials are always the lowest possible heat you can use.
If you'd rather be safe than sorry, I use a thin towel or a pillowcase as a buffer between the iron and the article of clothing being ironed, so it isn't a direct heat source. |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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| They're probably nanotech woven vinyl. |
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