There are times when you have to do things yourself. For example, you have been accustomed to letting the cleaners press your lab coat for you but there comes a time when you have to do it yourself. It could be because you forgot to bring the coat to the cleaners. Or you wrinkled the coat after it was delivered to you. No matter what the reason is, worry not as you can easily iron your lab coat the right way.
The correct way to iron is to push the ironed parts of the lab coat away from you. This way, you can reduce the risk of getting the ironed part wrinkled again. Make sure that the floor is clean as the lab coat might be dirtied if the floor is not clean. As much as possible though, maneuver the coat so that it will not touch the floor.
Do your ironing in the bedroom. The advantage of ironing in the bedroom is that you can use the bed to sort your lab coats. This is especially true if you are going to iron lab coats with other clothes like
medical scrubs.
Use a sleeve board when ironing the sleeves so that no creases will be formed. If you don't have one, you can use a rolled-up towel. Place it inside the sleeve and iron gently. If you want a starched lab coat, you can make the solution at home by combining 1 tablespoon of cornstarch and 2 cups of water. Stir vigorously until cornstarch is completely dissolved. Put it in a clean spray bottle and you are ready to go.
If you are in a hurry, you can dramatically cut down your ironing time by using aluminum foil. Put it under the ironing board cover so that it can reflect the heat from the iron back to the underside of the lab coat. This way, you are ironing both sides of the coat at the same time. This is just one of the things you have to remember when ironing your lab coat.
You might be ironing lab coats made of different clothing materials. If that's the case, begin with the lab coat with the lowest temperature requirement. Gradually increase the temperature of the electric iron while you go through more lab coats which is easier than letting the iron cool down which could take a long time.
