The week gets really busy sometimes, so today I searched by books for a rule that would be relatively easy to follow. I didn't have time to do something as extensive as my "seven step room cleaning program" (see post from 1/14). Luckily, I found just the thing. It's probably the easiest rule I have found in my books so far, and it takes me no time at all to follow it. Ready? Here it is:
Never, never, never iron a plastic shower curtain.
Do you want to know what's funny? The fact that this is in the book means that someone did iron their plastic shower curtain. The editors of this book found it important enough to warn people not to do that. I can only imagine the stinky, gooey, melty mess that became of the shower curtain that got ironed.
Why would you iron a shower curtain? Does a shower curtain get wrinkly in the course of normal use? I mean, I suppose it has some creases when you first take a brand new curtain out of the package, but after your first shower the steam flattens them out. I have never once had the urge to iron a shower curtain. If I'm being completely honest, I never really have the urge to iron anything. I try to fold my clothes well and/or hang them up right when they come out of the dryer so I don't have to iron them. When I do have to iron, usually Rex does it for me because that's just how much I hate ironing.
Let's say for one second that your plastic shower curtain did get some wrinkles. I'm not sure how...maybe you were singing and dancing in the shower, got tangled in the curtain, and fell over. Then you didn't pick up the shower curtain after you ripped it off the curtain rod, and it dried all in a heap. Why oh why would your first response be "I know, I'll iron it!" That would be like ironing saran wrap - no way would it end well. My best advice to that person would be to please stop dancing in the shower. It's dangerous. If you just use your shower for cleaning purposes, your curtain should stay wrinkle-free.
Hahaha! Although I think I might know how a shower curtain gets wrinkly... If you have hard water and aren't good about cleaning your shower/curtain after every use, it can get gross. Mine gets a particularly disgusting shade of orange. But, throwing it into the washing machine makes it come out sparkly clean! :). Even though I hang it up to dry, it is kind of wrinkly for a bit. It has never crossed my mind to iron it though... Or even to think that it was a problem that it was wrinkled.
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