want my clothes looking fresh, clean and perfectly pressed, nothing beats an iron.

想要我的衣服看起來清新、乾淨又平整，還沒有什麼東西可以勝過熨斗的

The concept of using a heated object to smooth out fabrics, that dates back to the

使用熱的物品來燙平布料的概念，可以回溯到

first century but 20 centuries later, today, at 21st century, when we need our

一世紀，但二十世紀以後，二十一世紀的今天，當我們需要

clothes to look their best we're still using irons.

衣物能展現它最好的模樣時，我們仍會用熨斗來達成

To honor this handy household appliance, I am going to share with you some of my best

為了對這個好用的家用設備致敬，我要和你們分享我一些最棒的

ironing tips. Start at the lowest temperature and work your way up. When you

熨燙訣竅。從最低溫開始，再逐步進展。當你

are preparing a load of clothing to iron what you want to do is sort through and

準備要燙一大堆衣時，你要做的就是為它們分門別類

look at the fabric care label. That's going to tell you the temperature that you

查看它們的洗標。洗標會告訴你燙那件

should be ironing the garment at.

衣物該調的溫度

That way you can order your clothes from coolest temperatures to warmest

你可以把衣物由它該被整燙的溫度從低到高排列

temperatures and your iron can work its way up and heat as you work your way

然後當你依序整燙那堆衣物時，你熨斗的溫度也可以漸次提升

through the piles. By doing this you ensure that every piece of clothing that

藉此，你可以確保每一件衣物

you're ironing is being ironed at its optimal temperature. So no scorch marks.

都是在最佳溫度下熨燙，所以就不會有燒焦的痕跡。

Keep your iron clean. If you ever noticed strange marks or stains on your clothing

讓熨斗保持乾淨。如果在你使用熨斗之後，曾經在衣物上發現

after you've ironed, it's a really good chance that stain came from your iron.

奇怪的痕跡或髒汙，那麼有很大的可能汙漬是來自於你的熨斗。

It's really important that on a regular basis you're keeping the plate of your

經常保持熨斗金屬板的乾淨是很重要的。

iron clean. Cleaning the metal plate is quite simple. Just create a paste using

清潔金屬板的方法相當簡單，只要用

two parts baking soda, one part water and apply the paste to the iron. You also want

二份的小蘇打粉、一份的水攪拌成糊，再塗到熨斗上，並避免

to avoid any of those steam holes when you're applying the paste that way you

塗到蒸氣孔，這樣你就不用

don't have to worry about cleaning it out.

擔心還要清理孔洞

You can apply this using a soft cloth or even a cleaning toothbrush. Then use a

你可以用軟布，甚至是牙刷來塗小蘇打糊，然後再用

clean cloth and wipe everything clean and dry. Iron in a back-and-forth motion. If

乾淨的布把熨斗擦乾淨，再讓它乾燥。前後來回的熨燙。如果

you iron in a circular motion, you can actually stretch out your garments and who

你用繞圈的方式來燙衣服，你真的會把衣服越拉越大，但誰

wants that? If you iron in a steady back-and-forth motion so you are not going

想要那樣？但如果你穩定地前後來回熨燙，速度不會

too fast and you are not going too slow and you using somewhat of a heavy hand.

太快，也沒有很慢，並且稍微施加一點力量

You will be sure to get out those wrinkles but without ruining the fabrics.

就能確保衣服上的皺痕被消除，而且還不會傷到織品

The aluminum foil trick. If you are looking for ways to cut time when you're

鋁箔妙計。如果你正想辦法縮短燙衣服的時間

ironing you might want to give this a try. Take tinfoil and line the underside of

這招你可能會想試試。把錫箔紙襯在

your ironing board with the shiny tinfoil facing up. Then replace your ironing board

熨斗板的內層，光亮的那面向上。然後把熨斗板的

cover and start to iron your clothing. What you'll notice is that the tinfoil

護套再安裝回去，然後開始燙衣服。你會發現到，錫箔

retains heat and it reflects it back onto the clothing. So every time you pass your

會保溫，然後再將熱反射回衣服上。所以，每一次你用熨斗燙

iron over a garment, you're not only applying heat to the top of the garment

衣服，你不只是從衣物上方加熱而已

but the tinfoil is helping the bottom of the garment get ironed as well. It's

錫箔也在下面幫忙燙衣物。這絕對

definitely a good time-saver.

是個省時妙招

Hang your ironing ASAP. The whole idea with ironing is getting rid of wrinkles in

盡快把你燙的衣物掛起來。燙衣服的概念就是去除你衣服上的皺褶，

your clothing. But how can you make that happen if you throw your freshly ironed

如果你把你剛燙好的衣物丟進洗衣籃，那怎麼行？

stuff in a laundry basket? So, the idea here is as soon as you finish ironing something

所以這裡的想法就是，一旦你燙好了，就要盡快地

grabbing a hanger, stick the item on hanger and hang it up. If that means you

拿個衣架，把衣物固定在衣架上，然後掛起來。所以如果說你

iron in your bedroom, great or you hang up a little rack like what I have, perfect.

是在臥室燙衣服，那很好，或者你把衣服掛在像我這樣的架子上，那也很完美

If you don't have that find something to hang it on, a belt loop, a doorknob, I

如果你沒有像那樣的架子可以掛，找個東西把它掛起來，皮帶扣，或者門把，我

don't care just get it vertical.

都不管，只要讓衣物垂直就好

Keep your ironing board cover clean. Like any garment the first thing you want to do

保持你的燙衣板護套的乾淨。就像一般的衣物一樣，你首先要做的是

is check the care label. Because many of these ironing board covers are indeed

查看一下它的洗標，因為很多這種燙衣板護套真的都是

machine washable. If it is, put it in your machine with gentle detergent at a gentle

可以用洗衣機洗的，如果可以的話，就把它放到你的洗衣機裡，加入一些溫和的洗潔劑，並使用溫和洗程

cycle and hang it to dry. Then you want to reapply it back onto the ironing board and

然後再把它晾乾。一旦乾了以後，你要把它重新平鋪回燙衣板上，

tie it up nice and tight once it's dry so that way it will stay nice and shaped so

繫好繫緊，那樣它就能維持好的狀態而且定型，

you can get as good iron out of it. Now, if it is not machine washable, it might have a

那麼你就可以在上面好好燙衣服。但如果護套是不能用機器洗的，那麼可能是它有

special coating on it or it might be made out of a special fabric- no problem. Just

特別的包覆層，或者是特殊的織品所製成，那也沒問題，只要

take a sponge, dip it in in some soapy water, all you need is a little bit of

拿一個海棉，把它浸泡在一些肥皂水中，你需要的只有一些

dish soap or a little bit laundry detergent. Clean off any of those stains,

洗碗精或一些洗衣精。把所有的污漬去除，

work that product in, rinse it well, dry it in your ironing board

讓肥皂水滲透進去，沖洗乾淨，放在燙衣板上讓它乾，

cover is good to go.

然後護套就隨時可以開始用了

I hope that straightens things out for you when it comes to your pressing ironing

我希望以上說明有直接了當的回應到你們急切想知道的那些燙衣服

questions. But you know what? The good news is I have lots more ironing

的問題。但你們知道嗎？好消息是，我有很多關於熨燙

information on the way and a lot of it is up on the website already. You can visit

的知識已經正籌備要推出了，而且有很多已經放在網站上了。你可以到

that cleanmyspace.com. This week's comment question and it's an important one, "what

我的cleanmyspace.com的網站。這個星期想要你們留在評論欄的問題很重要，

are your ironing questions?" I know this is been a burning hot topic for a long

「你們有什麼和燙衣服有關的問題嗎？」我知道這個議題已經是評論欄裡長期以來

time around here, I know I'm full of puns.

相當火熱的月經文了，我知道我用了很多雙關語

Leave me your questions down below because I think we are going to get more ironing

在下面留下你的問題，因為我想我們未來將會推出更多關於燙衣服

videos out for you. If you are interested in what Clean My Space is up to during the

的影片給你們，如果你在平日對於「清潔我的空間」團隊在忙什麼感興趣的話，

week, you might want to check us out on Facebook. It's Facebook.com/cleanmyspace.

你可能想要來看看我們的臉書，網址是Facebook.com/cleanmyspace

You could see all kinds of really cool behind-the-scenes stuff, cat pictures,

你可以看到各種很酷的幕後花絮、貓的照片、

things that Chad and I are up to. So make sure to visit us there. There's button

還可以看到我和查德都在忙些什麼。所以一定要到那裡拜訪我們。下面這個有個按鈕

down there so let me know you care so click it if you liked this video and click

可以讓我知道你關心這個頻道，如果你喜歡這個影片，就按一下，然後按

this button right here to subscribe and begin your journey to a cleaner life.

一下這邊這個按鈕來訂閱，並且開始你的清掃人生吧

Thanks so much for watching and we'll see you next time.

感謝你們的觀賞，我們下次見

Well it's the end of the video and it is that time of the week where I get throw

嗯，已經到了影片的尾聲，也就是我要每週介紹給

you to a couple of other videos, I think you're going to love. While we are on the

你們兩支其他的影片的時間到了，我想你們會喜歡。就在我們

topic of household appliances, why don't we learn we learn how to clean, I don't

談到家庭設備時，我們何不來學習一下如何清理．．．不知道，

know, a microwave? While you're at it if you're a coffee drinker or a tea drinker or a

像是微波爐？如果你喝咖啡、茶或者

hot chocolate drink, why don't you figure out how to clean your Keurig?

熱巧克力，你何不弄清楚怎麼清理你們咖啡機呢?

Remember to visit us at cleanmyspace.com. That's our website with all kinds of great

記得要來 cleanmyspace.com拜訪我們，我們的網站有各式各樣很棒

cleaning information and of course our newsletter- The Dirty Dish and we will

的清潔知識，當然，還有我們的電子報—髒盤子。我們會把

have all the links for you right there down below.

所有相關連結都放在下面給你們

Thanks guys and I will see you next week.

感謝你們的觀賞，我們下週見