How to Iron a Khaki Navy Uniform
Khaki Navy uniforms grew popular after their first appearance by the first naval pilots in 1912. Khaki Navy uniforms are not worn as much now as they have been prior to 2010. Only a few Academies still have personal that wear Khaki uniforms. Learn how to Iron a Khaki Navy uniform to keep it looking nice and neat.
Things you’ll Need:
- Ironing board
- Steam iron
- Spray starch
- Old sheet
- Hangers
- Turn your Khaki uniform inside out. This helps to protect your uniform. Both the shirt and pants should be ironed from the inside out.
- Set up the iron and ironing board. Make sure you fill the iron up with water to ensure the steam function will work. Set the iron to the synthetic fabric setting. Take an old sheet and dampen it to act as a barrier between the iron and the uniform. This prevents the iron from melting the uniform fabric and even the heat.
- Take the pants and lay them flat out, with the wrong side out along the ironing board. Make sure that the pants seams stay on either side of the paint leg, rather than together like most pants ironing techniques. Line up the creases in the pants along the seam rather then between the seams.
- Lay a damp sheet over the pants as you iron over the sheet to protect the synthetic fabrics of the uniform. To help retain the creases and give the uniform that nice crisp look, spray the uniform with starch. Open the top of the paints and slide them over then end of the ironing board to iron the pants waist. The seat and crotch of the pants should be ironed with no creases. Iron the pants legs. To retain the pants creases as long as possible, hang the pants on a hanger with the wrong side out.
- Lay the khaki shirt wrong side down onto the ironing board. Straighten out any large bulky wrinkles by hand. Fold the shirt in half down the back of the shirt in the middle, and then lay one sleeve straight over the other.
- Use starch to spray the shirt, and then lay the damp sheet over the shirt and iron it. Iron the back of the shirt first, and then iron the sleeves. Turn the shirt over and iron the other side in the same manner.
- Open the shirt on the iron board while it is laying flat. Iron out any additional visible wrinkles, and hang the shirt on a hanger.