Our grandmothers selflessly and thoroughly boiled, washed, starchy and stroked pillowcases, sheets and duvets. But today, researchers around the world talk about the dangers of iron and starch, not only for fabric, but also for the health of the person who will sleep on such products.
Why do you smooth?
- The main argument in favor of ironing is the ability of a hot iron "kill" bacteria and larvae of dust ticks, which, after washing, remain on the tissue of bed linen. Especially if you prefer to wash at temperatures below 60 degrees.
- Another advantage of ironing, the hostess call the aesthetic look of the ironed sheets and duvettes.
- Wearness increases - in the process of ironing the fabric is being swattered, not allowing fibers to split.
- After stroking the cloth becomes softer.
- You always have to have a pair of locked kits for expensive guests.
When it is necessary:
- It is necessary to iron bedding on which children will sleep, especially newborns.
- When someone in the house suffers from skin or infectious diseases. They should have separate linen sets that need to be washed at high temperatures and stroke with sweeping.
Arguments against ironing
American scientists conducted a number of tests that have proven that a person overnight distinguishes about two hundred grams of sweat. Process of the ironing of silk and satin bed linen sharply reduces its hygroscopicity of the tissue - the ability to absorb moisture. The temperature balance of a person leads to health problems is disturbed.
The ironing of linen leads to the accumulation of static electricity in it, which in turn leads to a breakdown of sleep, anxiety and fatigue of a person who tried to relax on such linen.
European psychologists have conducted their research. After studying the test results, impressive results were announced:
- Those people who prefer to sleep on glazed sheets, poorly carry criticism, hot-tempered and malicious.
- Sexual relations in families where husband and wife sleep on the ironed bedding, are much less common than those spouses who do not smooth underwear.
The exception remains bed linen for newborns and babies to three months. Specialists are advised not to neglect ironing, since the appearance on the sheet of folds can injure the gentle skin of the baby.
Today, the chemical industry offers all sorts of conditioners for linen, which allow you to take it carefully after washing, and after drying it is to remove the form in the "Majat".
If your washing machine is equipped with a similar mode, then it is not necessary to iron bedding. It is enough to straighten and smoothly cheat so that the folds are not formed.
"One shot you kill two hares" - save electricity and your personal time.
It is also not recommended to iron terry bedding - it makes fabric tight and less fluffy.
No one can unambiguously answer this question. And every hostess itself decides - to iron bed linen or not stroke.
Several tips for those who decided to iron:
- Linen and cotton products must be ironed only from the front side, but only if there is no embroidery on the fabric.
- Bed linen stalling slightly wet, it will be faster and easier.
- Before stroking - disappear all the angles and folds, and stroke the strokes so that they do not roll and not crushed.