Prssing them on the ironing board or a table covered with towels is your best bet. Remove the wrinkles from linen drapes. Any suggestions for this awkward wall? I agree with the advice you've gotten to iron them on low my iron has a silk setting. Don't try the Downey. I tried it on a pair of drapes and it stained.
Fortunately, they were washable and it came out, but silk isn't as forgiving. A lot of the wrinkles from packing them will fall out after they hung for a while, at least they did with mine which are Dupioni Silk. I also decided to steam iron them but instead of ironing them on the lining side which is very thin I just used a flat sheet as a liner between the iron and the curtain and I didn't use a severely hot iron.
I didn't think to use the kitchen table, wish I had because it was challenging with the ironing board! Thanks everyone for all your suggestions! I will give it a week or two and then try ironing them on the reverse side on a table lined with towels. I have 12 panels so I sure hope the wrinkles fall out first!! But, be sure to read the care label to see what it says about using steam or not.
Some silks will water stain from the steam iron, particularly if it spits. Also, if you are thinking of using a steamer, be sure again that the care instructions allow that. I would take them to a dry cleaner and have them pressed. They will come out much better than home pressing, and they will probably put them on hangers so that they transport well and arrive home looking great. Good advice on the ironing, but I'd be careful about using a table as an ironing board even with towels underneath the drapes.
I ruined a table finish that way a few years ago and just this past week one of my friends did the same thing. I'd second Les's suggestion of having them pressed, given you have so many panels I don't love to iron LOL But, I iron dupioni all the time so don't be afraid of it I make sure my iron is on silk setting with steam, and make sure not to start ironing until the iron is up to temp or the water will spit.
Then I iron on the face of the dupioni with a quick brush over the fabric, no liners etc I do it all the time I sew quilts out of silk instead of cotton. Silk satins are a totally different ball game, but dupioni is very durable. One thing you can try to help now is to pull your panels all the way back on their rods to the fully folded position.
Finger gather them as they're supposed to be I don't know what your headers are and then SOFTLY tie a large ribbon or piece of cotton around them to hold them, use 3 per panel if they're less than 9' long to hold them in place your drycleaner will return them to you like this.
If the wrinkles are going to drop they'll do so better tied up like this and the drapes will lay on the folds better in the future. If you go the professional route, when you get them back they'll be tied like this anyhoo. Hang them with the ties still on and leave them be for a couple of days to drop out any wrinkles that you get in transport. Ohhh and ladies, if you are ironing on your dining or kitchen tables, or even your bed, which does not work well because it's not hard buy a cheap blanket, like a boiled wool looking cotton or synthetic with a tight weave, thick And don't go nuts with the steam I know your pain.
Those panels can really look wrinkled. With some simple tools and materials, you'll get your silk dupioni back to its luxurious, wrinkle-free shine. Take a scrap of silk or a piece of silk dupioni that won't be easily seen, lay the cotton cloth over it and iron. Press down firmly, then move the iron back and forth swiftly. Examine the newly ironed piece of silk, lifting up the cloth and running your fingers over the fabric, to make sure the iron setting is right.
The silk should feel smooth. If the fabric has hardened, the setting is too high. If it's still wrinkled, incrementally adjust the iron to the next setting until the wrinkles are gone. Make sure that the silk item is not pressed against the door or wall so that the steam from the shower can circulate around it. If you live in a hot, humid climate, you could even hang the silk item outside in the morning and leave it outside for a few hours or all day. The moisture in the air and the heat should be enough to work out the wrinkles in your item.
Take a shower or run the shower on hot for a few minutes. Close the bathroom door and any windows in the bathroom to keep the steam in. Then, take a shower as you normally would.
If you don't want to shower, turn on the water as hot as it will go and let it run for about 3 to 5 minutes, or as long as it takes to fill up the bathroom with steam. This will suck the steam out of the bathroom. Transfer the silk item to a closet and let it dry overnight. After you finish your shower, take the item to a closet or hook outside of the bathroom. Hang it up and let is dry overnight or until it is no longer damp. The moisture from the steam will help to add weight to the item and this will gently smooth out the wrinkles as it dries.
Use a handheld steamer to work out stubborn wrinkles. If your item still has a few wrinkles left in it after it dries, you can use a handheld steamer to get them out. Switch on the handheld steamer and move it back and forth over the wrinkles to remove them. Then, let the item dry on a hanger again.
Fill your kettle about halfway, bring it to a boil, and remove it from the heat. Then, aim the spout at the wrinkled areas of your item to steam them. Method 3. Turn the item inside out and hang it up.
Flip the item so that it is inside out to protect the silk from damage from the hair dryer. If you wash your silk item , you could simply hang it up to dry and the wrinkles will work themselves out under the weight of the damp item.
To speed the drying process, aim a fan at your silk item after you hang it up to dry. Spritz any wrinkles on the item with a spray bottle of water. Fill a spray bottle with plain, lukewarm water. Then, spritz the wrinkled areas of the silk item thoroughly. If the item is only slightly wrinkled, you don't need to use much water. For heavy or deep wrinkles, however, spritz the areas until they are very damp or wet.
Aim the nozzle of a hair dryer on the cool setting at the wrinkles. Switch on a hair dryer and turn it to the cool or lowest setting. Then, aim the nozzle at a damp area of the silk item and begin to move it back and forth.
Continue to move the hairdryer back and forth over the area until it is dry and the wrinkles are gone. Make sure not to keep the dryer aimed at 1 section for too long if you are using it on low heat. Move the hairdryer back and forth over the area for about 15 to 20 seconds, and then work on a different area.
Repeat for the other damp areas until the wrinkles are gone. One of the key tips in properly ironing silk is to minimize ironing back and forth. When ironing silk, focus on key areas of wrinkling. Gently press downward through the press cloth. Lift the iron, allow the area to briefly cool, and then repeat on another section of fabric. Keep in mind that pressing silk does not mean leaving the iron in place for a long period of time.
Minimizing the length of time the iron is in contact with the fabric even with the press cloth will prevent the silk from burning.
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