Bed linen should be changed often enough: once a week, maximum once every 10 days. If there are several people in the family, then you need to wash and iron several sets of linen. This is a serious investment of time and physical effort for the hostess. Are these costs necessary? Let’s try to find out whether it is necessary to iron the washed bedding.
Why do you usually iron sheets
Opinions on this subject are different. Some people think that bedding must be ironed, others never do it, while others think and try to understand why it is ironed and where the truth is. Bed linens are usually ironed to make them look more attractive. After all, it is much more pleasant to go to bed, made with a perfectly ironed bed set, than in a rumpled and untidy. In addition, folds and creases can interfere with comfortable sleep.
Even bed sets are ironed in order to get rid of dust mites and germs under the influence of high temperature. There are people who iron simply because they are so used to it. They do not think at all about the appropriateness of this. They simply take and iron all the sleeping sets after washing.
Habit or real need
In the modern world, in the new conditions, many actions are not becoming so necessary as they were 20 or 30 years ago. This also applies to ironing. When things were washed in activator-type washing machines, rinsed and wrung by hand, naturally after drying they looked very wrinkled. Then without ironing was just not enough. Now most people wash in automatic washing machines. In them things are squeezed out, thanks to the speed of rotation of the drum, that is, they do not twist and are not subjected to mechanical stress, they are in the drum in a more straightened form.
In addition, some models have an ironing function. The ironing effect is achieved due to the fact that the drum during spinning changes the rotation speed several times, and no creases or folds have time to form on things. Washed in such a way, linen should only be carefully removed from the machine and hung, carefully straightened and smoothed. After that, the dried duvet covers, sheets and pillowcases are folded evenly, ironed with folded hands and placed in a closet. When it is time to make a bed, all bedding will look like after ironing.
To get rid of dust mites and germs, there are currently easier methods than ironing. The first way is a machine wash - an automatic machine at a temperature of 95 degrees. The second method is steaming the folded laundry. Steaming helps to destroy all microorganisms and smooth small folds. This can be done with a steam iron using the "steam boost" function or with a steamer. So, with the help of modern technology, it is quite possible to do without ironing.
When ironing is vital
In some cases, it is better to play safe and iron the bedding set. There are not so many cases. Be sure to iron the bedding for newborns, and on both sides. It is necessary to iron linen on both sides to people who suffer from infectious diseases, skin or others. Especially carefully you will have to iron the bedding for patients with scabies and pediculosis.
