starch?

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Dec 28, 2007

Since my scrubs are 65% cotton and 35% polyester, I do not starch or iron them. The starch leaves a white film, and the ironing may cause the polyester blend to melt if the temperature is too high. I simply wash and wear my scrubs with no folding or ironing. The wrinkles disappear within the first 30 minutes of wearing them, possibly the result of my body heat.

sleepyndopey · Dec 28, 2007

I don't starch my uniforms. I have never used starch and I wouldn't know where to start. Don't go by me though, I don't even use an ironing board. I have one, but I prefer to iron my clothes on my bed. My mother thinks I'm crazy.

hikernurse · Dec 28, 2007

I don't even starch my husband's dress shirts--a better wife might, LOL, but not me :).

I don't find scrubs ever get wrinkled enough to iron. I'm with Commuter about ironing; any wrinkle that doesn't come out within a few minutes of getting dressed is just going to have to come to work with me .

EmmaG, RN · Dec 28, 2007

I don't even use an ironing board. I have one, but I prefer to iron my clothes on my bed. My mother thinks I'm crazy.

Well, my luck I'd forget to turn off the iron and set my bed on fire. If anything else burns down, so be it... but God forbid something comes between me and my sleep.

leslie :-D · Dec 28, 2007

i LOVE my spraystarch.

and i LOVE white uniforms.

what kind of freak am i???

(uh, that was just a rhetorical question. you needn't answer)

leslie

Wise Woman RN · Dec 28, 2007

Starch??? Iron??? OHHHHHHH, nooooooooooooooooooo... LOL I admit that the starched whites do look really nice, but I spend too much time crawling around putting footrests on wheel chairs, or finding stuff for the patients that has been thrown under the bed... LOL so I do the wash and wear thing...

mcknis · Dec 28, 2007

Wash and wear here, too! Still crashing at home so when she wants to, my mom will do the ironing. I really don't care, but since the seat belt gives my clothes wrinkles, no sense in messing up fate.

lucky1RN · Dec 28, 2007

Is it ok to starch your uniform? Check the label for any warning not to. Should you? I did when I was in school. That might be because of my military background...always felt like if I had to wear a uniform it was going to look sharp! Now, I just hang my scrubs up right out of the dryer to prevent wrinkles. I got tired of spending my day off over a hot iron and I refuse to pay the cleaners to do it. I still (and will always) starch and iron my lab coat. Wrinkled, dirty lab coats look so unprofessional to me! But I rarely wear mine so I don't have to do the extra work very often.

Good luck and have fun in school!

lvnandmomx3 · Dec 28, 2007

I did when I was in school Ironed with light starch on pants only. I don't wear uniforms to work so now I don't need to iron uniforms.

MIA-RN · Dec 28, 2007

I always iron my scrubs after washing them but instead of starch (which leaves this kind of whitish stuff on them) I use very lightly scented ironing water I get at the dollar store. The spray mist helps take out the wrinkles and the scent is very very mellow and about as noticeable as fabric softener would be.

I did used to starch my school uniform....for about the first semester lol. Then I found the ironing water.

misslo · Dec 28, 2007

The main reason for me wanting to starch them is to keep stains down. We have to wear white scrubs (yikes) and I am a stain-a-phobe..ok, I know that isn't a word but it works! My husband said he used to starch and iron his ex's scrubs and she told him that it was against policy to use starch. Just thought maybe it was a germ thing.

MissLo