I've recently started unpacking storage for about four years of many things from my parents' house. A recent puzzler is a box of my father's ties that I selected to save. Tartans and silks - all nicely made (Brooks Bros mostly) but they wrinkled in the box in which they were stored. I've got them hanging on tie racks and hoped the silks would flatten out on their own. I moved the racks to my bathroom so I could expose them to steam whenever I shower. So far, the wrinkles are not much improved. Only the silks are a problem - the wool tartans unwrinkled easily. Any other ideas?
Wrinkled Ties Solution
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Depending on how valuable (money or sentiment) the ties are, you may want to either have a go with a local dry cleaner, or try these guys.
Cannot vouch for this technique, but maybe give it a try
http://www.ehow.com/video_4791150_wrinkles-out-silk-ties.html
http://www.ehow.com/video_4791150_wrinkles-out-silk-ties.html
I just 'gently' iron the wringles out using low heat w/o steam. 
"You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing". Meryl Streep
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Thanks guys! A couple of great ideas... I'll try them.
Good thread! A common problem, that I do not have a good solution for.
I do think, contrary to the advice given in, say, the video, that you can gently take a clothes steamer to a wrinkled silk tie and sometimes have some luck. And certainly a iron on low heat with very light pressure can help. Everything always stepwise, gently, slowly, lightly, though. The upside is that if things do not work and you were going to toss the tie anyway, you have not lost anything.
Also, tiecrafters, recommended by Doc4, really, really know what they are doing when it comes to anything tie-related. I would be interested in what they have to say about getting wrinkles out.
It seems to me that most of the time when I have had ties dry-cleaned, even by tiecrafters, they lose something of their silk luster, and never look all that great to me. Not that I do not wear them. Oddly, though, I can think of at least two instances where I have had silk ties dry cleaned, at the regular old cheap dry cleaners I usually use, and they have come out very nicely. One of them was stained with chocolate after my younger sone wore it. I was surprised to have it come out even wearable, but it really came out pretty much like new. Both of the ties that came out well were fairly light in color. I think both were Brook Brothers, but most of my ties probably are at this point. I really have no idea why some ties would come out so well while others were marginal. In any event, if they are going to be tossed anyway, nothing ventured but the cost of drycleaning.
For that matter, I do not think I have every had good luck spot cleaning any tie for any type of stain with any type of cleaner.
If anyone has any recent experiences with tiecrafters or knows any alternative outfits that perform a similar role to tiecrafters, I would love to hear about them!
I do think, contrary to the advice given in, say, the video, that you can gently take a clothes steamer to a wrinkled silk tie and sometimes have some luck. And certainly a iron on low heat with very light pressure can help. Everything always stepwise, gently, slowly, lightly, though. The upside is that if things do not work and you were going to toss the tie anyway, you have not lost anything.
Also, tiecrafters, recommended by Doc4, really, really know what they are doing when it comes to anything tie-related. I would be interested in what they have to say about getting wrinkles out.
It seems to me that most of the time when I have had ties dry-cleaned, even by tiecrafters, they lose something of their silk luster, and never look all that great to me. Not that I do not wear them. Oddly, though, I can think of at least two instances where I have had silk ties dry cleaned, at the regular old cheap dry cleaners I usually use, and they have come out very nicely. One of them was stained with chocolate after my younger sone wore it. I was surprised to have it come out even wearable, but it really came out pretty much like new. Both of the ties that came out well were fairly light in color. I think both were Brook Brothers, but most of my ties probably are at this point. I really have no idea why some ties would come out so well while others were marginal. In any event, if they are going to be tossed anyway, nothing ventured but the cost of drycleaning.
For that matter, I do not think I have every had good luck spot cleaning any tie for any type of stain with any type of cleaner.
If anyone has any recent experiences with tiecrafters or knows any alternative outfits that perform a similar role to tiecrafters, I would love to hear about them!
Do not take them to the dry cleaners!
+1 on not taking them to the dry cleaners. More delicate pieces lose their luster. Wool, cotton, linen can be dry cleaned nicely. Like The Knize said, a steamer does wonders. Rolling them gently helps too instead of having them hung.
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