Many wardrobe items are made from a modern substitute for genuine leather jackets, skirts, trousers. Not all housewives know how to smooth eco-leather at home, because non-woven material appeared relatively recently. You can fix creases and folds formed due to improper storage yourself, knowing the intricacies of working with a popular substitute.

Ironing faux leather clothes

The iron remains a universal tool in the fight for a neat appearance. It is important to select the correct unit temperature before use and turn off the steaming mode before ironing the eco-leather. The rest of the dermantine leveling process is as follows (step by step):

1. Turn the faux leather jacket inside out.
2. Straighten all folds and creases as much as possible with your hands.
3. Take a dry and clean cotton cloth and place it on the prepared product.
4. Iron the desired area, being careful not to go beyond the intervening fabric.
5. Fill all bulky parts tightly with soft towels while the item is warm.
6. Hang it on a hanger and leave it in this position until it cools completely.

These recommendations are only suitable for items that are not lined. For outerwear, the operating algorithm looks slightly different.

How can you remove wrinkles from a jacket or skirt after purchase?

Such things, however, like clothes made from ordinary fabrics, are stored in large bales in warehouses. Therefore, skirts or jackets with creases often appear on store shelves, especially if the goods did not have time to sag after acceptance. Do not be upset if the chosen model turns out to have such minor defects – fabric-based polyurethane materials can be easily brought into a neat appearance in a simple way – by heating with a regular hairdryer:

1. You need to hang clothes on hangers or lay them out on a flat surface.
2. Turn on the unit at maximum power and direct a stream of hot air to the problem area.
3. Naturally, smooth out the folds with your hands as soon as they have cooled a little.
4. You can use ordinary clothespins as gentle weights for hanging items, distributing them along the very edge of the skirt.

If you need to remove creases from a biker jacket, you will have to put the wearer’s outerwear on after using a hairdryer and not take it off until the item has cooled completely. Or stuff it tightly with terry towels, giving it the desired shape, and only then use the machine for leveling.

Is it possible to use an iron to smooth eco-leather?

For those things that have few parts and a lot of flat elements, such as car covers or skirts, a home appliance is ideal. You just need to choose the right heating temperature for the device and prepare an ironing iron – a piece of white cotton fabric.

How to properly use an iron to smooth leatherette

Be sure to clean or wash the dermantine product before starting work. Any remaining dirt or dust heated by the unit is “soldered” into the material, and eco-leather does not tolerate stain removers and other aggressive agents from the arsenal of household chemicals.

The step-by-step, correct process for processing an eco-leather product is as follows:

1. Spread the item on a flat surface with the wrong side up, using your hands to smooth out all areas as much as possible.
2. Turn on the iron to the “Synthetic” mode without filling the steamer container with water.
3. Test the reaction of the material to heat through the fabric or lining in the most inconspicuous area.
4. Treat the product according to its purpose – jackets or car seat covers need to be ironed according to different scenarios.
5. Place a piece of clothing or accessory on a hanger and let it hang. If you ironed car or furniture covers, stretch them warm over the seats.

When using an iron clothes or accessories made of leatherette, you need to work carefully, trying not to go beyond the ironing iron and not leaving the unit in one place for a long time.

Ironing leatherette with damp steam at home

You can steam a jacket or trousers made of eco-leather using a special device for vertical processing of textiles. Most often, this device is used by traders at clothing markets, putting clothes in order after unpacking. If you have such a unit in your home arsenal, that’s great, but if your budget doesn’t allow you to spend money on additional household devices, it doesn’t matter.

You can use a regular iron with a steam function as a vertical steam generator.

The algorithm for processing a polyurethane product with wet steam consists of the following step-by-step manipulations:

1. Before ironing eco-leather using a steam generator, you should place the item on a hanger or a special mannequin and use your hands to align the parts to the maximum: fasten the buttons and zippers, unscrew the collar and cuffs, straighten the internal pockets.
2. Pour distilled water into the steamer container and turn on the desired mode.
3. If the work is carried out with an iron, bring the unit to vertical mode after reaching high temperature.
4. At a distance of 10–15 cm, “walk” through problem areas, pressing the steam release button and aiming it at your outerwear.
5. Allow the jacket or skirt to cool and dry completely, preferably with a little weight on the bottom of the product.

By the way, eco-leather is a very elastic material, so if the jacket has become small in the chest or waist, you can put on something still warm and walk around in it until it cools down completely. This will help increase the volume of outerwear by ten centimeters.

Is it possible to do without an iron and steamer?

Of course it is possible, but such work requires more time. Initially, you should spread things out on a flat surface or hang them on hangers, moistening them with distilled water from a spray bottle. This method is only suitable if the creases are fresh and the items have been washed gently. As soon as the products dry, the wrinkles will straighten out under their own weight.

If there are persistent deformations, for example, under the knees of trousers, you will have to use hot steam in the bathroom.

The procedure for smoothing a leather jacket at home made of leatherette without special equipment:

1. It is necessary to hang the product on sized hangers above the bathtub.
2. Close windows and doors as tightly as possible in the room.
3. Turn on the hot water tap; there should be enough liquid so that the jacket is suspended in a cloud of steam.
4. Leave the entire composition until the creases are straightened; you can “give it a go” from time to time by adjusting the volume of hot liquid in the bath.
5. Use a soft, dry cloth to wipe off condensation from the surface of outerwear.
6. Send the jacket to dry on the balcony out of direct sunlight.

To prevent the sleeves of the jacket from wrinkling under their own weight during the drying process, you should roll up a terry towel and tightly stuff the bulky areas of the product with it.

How to iron a leatherette jacket using folk methods at home

There are some things that cannot be tidied up with an iron or steamer. For example, if faux fur is used as a lining. In this case, you can correct the situation using one of the traditional methods, leveling products made of delicate material: