Any suggestions for "wrinkle spray" replacement?

[GenB]

I admit it. I love Downy wrinkle spray. The clothes smell good, most of the wrinkles disappear, etc. etc. It is expensive and I know all the perfume is not a good thing. Anyone got any substitutes that might be less perfumy and more economical? Thanks!!!!

[spu]

I hang DH's shirts when they come out of the wash. If they're still wrinkled when they dry, I spritz them with h2o in a spray bottle and rub my hand down the rinkles. Works just as well as wrinkle spray. And he doesn't smell like a flower.

susan

[GenB]

I'll give that a shot! DH complained just yesterday that he thinks the smell was too much when I spritzed his shorts. I have a rack in my basement but for some reason the clothes never make it onto the hangers to be hung. This is something I'm working on, however, and will go fill up my spray bottle right now. Thanks!

[MomToKandE]

I've found just water works well on most things. Now if I could just keep the kids from taking my squirt bottles to play with...

[GenB]

Yes but they're FUN to play with! I tried the water today and it did indeed work. Amazing. I've been spending so much on this stuff for so long. What's worse, I use it in a home that has an asthmatic teenager and a dh with discoid lupus! I guess we just don't think about these thing until we sit down and start to read about these products. I am truly amazed at the stuff I bought for years (and sickened at the money spent) that I didn't need! Thanks for the advice!!

[Vanessa]

If you still want a fragrance, you can add a *tiny* amount of liquid fabric softener to your water bottle. It works great.

[GoddessKristie]

If you'd like something more natural I've heard people add a little essential oil to it, or you could do a herb bag in the dryer those are nice.

[kluella]

Another option for getting wrinkles out is to hang items in a steamy bathroom. If I have a shirt I want to wear that is moderately wrinkled, I will hang it on the back of my bathroom door while I take a shower. The moisture and heat will relax a lot of the wrinkling. It doesn't help with severe wrinkles, but if you just have a few to get out it's perfect.

[malyita]

My faworite is the spritz-shake-hang overnight. It's pretty self explanatory. And really, if you can manage it simply taking everything out of the dryer and hung immediately usually keeps it wrinkle free. This is obviously not always going to happen.

[GenB]

Thank you for all the great suggestions! I'm trying all of them and they're all good! Best of all, we don't have to smell like a floral bouquet!!:

[Ilovelife]

An iron?

[OnTheBrink]

Originally Posted by Ilovelife

An iron?

Eek! You said the I-word! Very scary! Please don't do that again!

[punkie4god]

I've heard that you can also add a small amount of lotion to it if you want a smell. I know quite a few moms who also throw a cloth with a little lotion on it into the dryer in place of dryer sheets. I've never tried it though

[ikesmom]

My old roomate use to hang garment on a hanger and spray it liberally with water bottle (fine mist). Take it off the hanger. Grab each end of the bottom or top and shake it hard to straighten all the wrinkles. You may even hear the fabric kinda snap if you do it vigorously .

He did this with jeans, t-shirts, work polos, shorts and hardly ever ironed except for dress shirts. He worked multiple jobs and carried around a backpack of clothes and the bottle. I have used this on trips/vacation and it works well.

[GenB]

I have to agree with Onthebrink. Anthing is preferable to cranking up the old ironaroo. Ironing in my old (small) house is difficult. Because of the lack of storage the ironing board is in the basement and sometimes when kiddos or dh is in a hurry there's just not enough time. I save ironing for my linen napkins and dress clothes. The rest I just pull out of the dryer and hang up or if they get wrinkled in our woefully small, cramped closets, I'll use on of the above methods. They all sound good!