How to Iron a Shirt: Essential British Army Training Tips

How to iron army style. First things I would recommend, top tips, get yourself a really good iron, like so, and a really sturdy ironing board, which has also got quite a bit of padding underneath. Ok, ironing a shirt then, first thing you do, shake it out, and then start on one side, it doesn't matter either side. You want to put it on nice and tight onto the ironing board, and once your iron is at the right temperature, when the light goes off, you can start putting pressure on the iron, on the shirt itself, removing all the creases that you can see. Most important bit on this shirt then, is getting the collar nice and flat. So what you're going to do, you're going to fold the shirt over, as you would when you're wearing it, and it should sit quite naturally on the line there. You're then going to put the crease into the shirt, into the fold itself. Once you're happy with that crease, you can see the crease has been put in, that should help it sit down once you're wearing it. The iron should have a steam option. Ok, moving on to the sleeves then, probably the trickiest part of this shirt, pull it onto the ironing board as far as you can, you can see it's quite creased, it creases out, and then to reach the bottom of the shirt, get it flat as best as you can, try and use the seam for guide, you can see there, the sleeve is crease free. And that is my shirt squared away.