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A cold iron is not very effective for straightening or smoothing your clothes. You will get better results using a hot iron on slightly dampened clothes. A steam iron used at the correct temperature for the fabric will give the very best possible results.

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What is the purpose of a flat iron?

to help you straighten your hair


Why was the clothes iron invented?

The clothes iron was invented to remove wrinkles and creases from fabric by applying heat and pressure. It helps to straighten out the fibers and make clothes look more presentable and neat. The invention of the clothes iron revolutionized the way people could maintain the appearance of their clothing.


What is a iron used for?

It is used for many things, the most popular is to straighten out either hair, or your clothes, by taking out the wrinkles and kinks.


How do you have straight hair?

People can be born with straight hair. If your hair is not straight, there are styling tools that can help you straighten it. A flat iron is the best hair tool to help a person straighten their hair.


Why does a hot iron help straighten your clothes?

An iron is hot in order to turn the water you put in it into steam. The steam is the key ingredient here. Basically you're making the fabric hot and damp, and using the weight of the iron to flatten out creases. The steam and warmth helps the fabric fibers to relax whatever shape they've gotten bent into.


How do you straighten pants?

iron them


How can you get your hair straighten with a texturizer in it?

Just straighten it. You can still use a flat iron.


Help you forgot your straitners and you NEED to straiten your hair?

You can straighten your hair by using an iron. what you do is place a towel underneath your hair and place the iron on top of your hair and simply just glide the iron down your hair, as you would with straighters. and this straighten it =). Its not as effective as actuall straighteners but it gets the job done.


How can you straighten your hair?

You can straighten your hair wish a blow dryer, a flat iron/hair straightener, or with chemicals.


Is it safe to straighten your hair after dying it?

If you just colored your hair, it's fine, if you straighten with a flat iron, don't thermal straighten it.If you bleached, do not straighten your hair. Try not to do this too often anyway as flat iron's are worse for your hair than perming it!I am a licensed cosmotologist.


How do you straighten hair fast?

you ca straighten your hair fast by using a flat iron or getting a relaxer (perm)


When was Clothes iron created?

Clothes iron was created in 1882.