How to take care of Men’s Dress Shirts

How to take care of Men’s Dress Shirts

It is important to know how to properly care for your dress shirt, keeping them in good condition and crisp. In this article we will be answering what most men ask ‘How do I take care and clean my custom shirts?’.

How to take care and expand dress shirts health

To make the material softer, remove any toxic chemicals and wash your new custom dress shirt before trying it one. Always check your custom shirt to see if the buttons are loose or if there are any loose threads.

Use washing machine on your custom dress shirts using a gentle cycle with warm water in order to preserve the fabric and color. Never try to dry-clean your shirts since the solutions used from it will destroy the fabric or even turn your custom shirts yellowish. You might just want to consider requesting your shirts to be laundered. Separate your shirts before laundering into three categories – whites, darks and colors – this will avoid the color out of your shirts or what we called ‘Color Runs’.

Spray some perfume or deodorant on your body while waiting for it to dry before wearing the dress shirt to avoid antiperspirant stains. Promptly wash your custom dress shirt before the stain sets to avoid permanent staining. Clean before pressing and check for stains because heat from iron will set the stain into the fabric permanently.

Ironing your custom dress shirts

Collar – Start from its underneath and iron it from the collar points in the direction of the back of the neck part, after that twist the shirt over and iron the same way for the front of the collar.

Cuff – Just like to the collars, iron the cuffs inside out. Always put down the sleeves flat and begin from the cuff upward, then iron the other side too.

Yoke – Start from the neck outwards to the middle of the shirt. Iron the pleats in the direction of the fold if there are pleats at the yoke.

Shirt body – Iron the torso beginning from the shoulders downward to the shirt ends and make sure to also iron gradually on both of the torso’s panel, this will make each side evenly well-ironed. Also, iron in the middle of the buttons with the iron tip.

Hanging your Custom shirts

Use hangers that are made of wood or plastic with hard shoulders to keep your custom dress shirts in a nice form because using wire hangers will destroy the shape of your custom shirts.

Keeping your Custom Dress Shirts in good condition and ensuring that they stay crisp will also make you neater and fit to be seen.