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[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

If you're not handy with an iron and you don't have a garment steamer/are not going to invest in one (I strongly recommend them though - they are useful things) then remember to use a very low setting on your iron and for extra safety place a clean piece of fabric on top of your flag before ironing.

The fabric will help temper the heat coming from the face of the iron and it will reduce the likelihood of melting or getting weird shiny patterns due to the very tips of the flag's material getting melted down.

Remember that it's better to go slow and steady, using a decent amount of downward pressure, to iron synthetic fabric or blended fabric because if you go too hot it risks irreparably damaging it; you can always increase the heat of the iron if you need to but you can't un-melt your nice flags if you iron them too hot.