How to press a shirt

First of all, you put up the ironing board on a firm and even surface; you then make sure that the base for the ironing procedure is absolutely smooth. Please take a look at what the label inside your shirt tells you about the ironing temperature. The levels here are one, two respectively three for the highest temperature. Should, by any chance, the label be washed out or happen to have disappeared, you should choose the lowest temperature, level one, to be on the safe side. If you press jeans shirts, however, the temperature is less relevant.

You then switch your iron to the appropriate temperature and put the collar of your shirt in front of you: inside out. You then start ironing the collar properly, and make sure that by no means do you leave the iron without moving it for any longer period since this might cause the fabric to burn in places.
Having mastered this first step, you may turn the collar and start pressing the other side, too.

You then move on to the lower area of the sleeves, the so-called cuffs. As with the collar, these will ironed first from the inside, then from the outside. Please note: In this context, it is essential that the part leading from the cuffs to the actual sleeve which is of a thinner fabric is tightened properly in order to avoid unnecessary creasing.

You then continue with the sleeves. Place one sleeve at a time in front of you and taughten it. You may want to iron the sleeves with a slow movement straight from the cuffs up to the shoulder area. Repeat this for both sleeves, on both sides, until you are fully satisfied with the result.

The front of your shirt deserves your special attention. You first put the side featuring the button border on the ironing board, and apply the same ironing technique as with the sleeves.
At that stage, you should leave the button board untouched. In case your shirt sports a breast pocket, you move gently across it applying even strokes.
The worst part is over by then. The back of your shirt will be ironed in the same manner as the front, with the exception that taughtening the fabric is even more essential here. If you have achieved a crease-free result, you button up your shirt and move between the buttons with the tip of your iron.