Urgent help needed! Military pressing of shirts

[Tarmac]

This weekend I was supposed to take my police academy shirts to the cleaners this weekend to get a "military press."  To make a long story short, I had car trouble Friday and Saturday and completely forgot about it until now.  The original plan was to take it to the cleaners and have them do it the first time, but now it's Sunday and they're all closed.  

Googling has only come back with this post by "fatoldguy" http://www.scouter.com/forums/viewThread.asp?threadID=57990

Can anybody describe how to do it, or better yet, provide a link to instructions?  If I can wing it with one shirt and get through inspection on Monday I won't need my dress uniforms again until Friday, and can take the remaining uniforms to the cleaners Tue-Thurs.  

Thanks in advance.

[VOR]

Ohh, the stress. Wish I could help ya Tarmac, but my shirts (on the rare occasions I wear them) go to the cleaners. Good luck bud

[Horn]

Originally posted by Tarmac
Can anybody describe how to do it, or better yet, provide a link to instructions?  If I can wing it with one shirt and get through inspection on Monday I won't need my dress uniforms again until Friday, and can take the remaining uniforms to the cleaners Tue-Thurs.  

http://www.aircadetcentral.com/site/essentials.asp?eid=5

Use these directions. Add a can of quality spray starch and re-iron using the starch AFTER you've used the water spraying for removing wrinkles. Iron on medium heat. Take your time.

h

[Gunslinger]

If they are anything like they were in the Marine Corps military creases are as follows. There is a total of 5 of them not counting the sleeves.

There are two STRAIT UP AND DOWN accross the (on the front obviously)breast pockets....they go all the way to the upper seam. The should be completly strait and intersect the button over the breast pocket.

ok that's two of them.

Now there are three in the back. ONE directly center down the back that goes all the way up to the first seam NOT ALL THE WAY TO THE COLLAR

and the other two ARE DIRECTLY IN THE MIDDLE (use a ruler) between the center crease.....and the sleave seam on either side of the center seam


I could probably post some pics of my old uniforms a little later. Make sure your iron isnt too hot....AND USE STEAM! Only lightly starch your dress shirts.

[_Schadenfreude_]

Get a good quality steam iron, put the starch on the inside otherwise you get a shine on the material.

Collar first, then right side, back, shoulders, left side, do the area between the button by ironing the inside of the shirt - use a lighter to get rid of any loose threads.

Trousers are far worse than shirts, try not to get tramlines - ie double crease down the front.

[Tarmac]

Originally posted by Horn
http://www.aircadetcentral.com/site/essentials.asp?eid=5

Use these directions. Add a can of quality spray starch and re-iron using the starch AFTER you've used the water spraying for removing wrinkles. Iron on medium heat. Take your time.

h

Thanks for the help.  That link doesn't say anything about the location of the creases though, or how to actually put them in.  

From the link in the first post:

A military crease or "press" (military press is also a weight lifting method) consists of vertical creases that go through the centers of the pockets in the front. The back has three creases: one in the center, one on either side of the center crease that line up with the ones in front. In a shirt with a yoke, the creases stop at the yoke.

I'm hesitant to follow these instructions because our instructor said something about creases down the sleeves, which this guy doesn't mention.  Still pretty stumped on the locations of creases, and how to actually get that many creases to be centered and perfectly vertical, etc.

[Tarmac]

Sweet, more posts!

That's exactly what I'm looking for, gunslinger.  

How do you do the front pockets?  Does the crease go through the pocket flap also?

Thanks a ton so far for the help!

[Tarmac]

Another question, gunslinger:

the two creases in the back that are between the center crease and the sleeve seam... by sleeve seam do you mean the seam that the sleeve attaches to, or the seam that run below the sleeve from the armpit to the bottom of the shirt?

[Nash]

Ahw forget teh ironing.

If your superior gets his panties in a bunch over it, just say... real slow-like in yer best Jack Nicolson a la Easy Rider voice... "but, that's my STYLE.... man."

[Gunslinger]

Here you go Tarmac.  Please excuse the discracfull appearance, this shirt hasnt been worn in 4 years.







hope this helps.....again use a warm iron but not HOT....you dont want to burn your shirt

Another question, gunslinger:

the two creases in the back that are between the center crease and the sleeve seam... by sleeve seam do you mean the seam that the sleeve attaches to, or the seam that run below the sleeve from the armpit to the bottom of the shirt

This is referring to the seam were the sleeve attaches to the shirt.


AND YES....also there are two creases that go down the center of the sleeves.  on this particular shirt it splits the chevrons.

[Tarmac]

That's exactly what I'm looking for.  

Thanks a ton!

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by Tarmac
That's exactly what I'm looking for.  

Thanks a ton!

Just remember if you ever pull over a white 93 jeep wrangler w/ a semper fi sticker on the back.....cut him some slack

[Tarmac]

Originally posted by Gunslinger
Just remember if you ever pull over a white 93 jeep wrangler w/ a semper fi sticker on the back.....cut him some slack

Will do.  Buy ya a beer, too.  

One more question... do the front creases go through the pocket and through the flap over the pocket?  And if there are patches on the sleeves are those creased also?

[Gunslinger]

I cant really speak for police depts.  but if its a "military crease" the pocket flap and I would say yes...the patches as well have a crease in them.

Just remember the NUMBER 1 rule to ALL inspections.....The 5 senses minus taste unless you're in the Navy.

Sight......present a clean orderly overall profesional appearance

smell.....wear some calogn but nothing to flashy or strong

Feel.....Make sure your uniform feels crisp and feels right on your body....if something just doesnt feel right to you the inspectors gonna know it.  This also goes with shaving....make sure  you can run a credit card over your chin and not here any real noise

Hearing....Sound confident in your answers even if they are wrong.  If I'm inspecting a troop and he acted like he owned the inspection he scored high w/ me.

keep in mind if the overall is good usually they wont dig.

[Tarmac]

Cool, thanks again.  I really appreciate the effort to take those pictures and post them (enjoying that A60, huh?).  They were a huge help.  As for the shirts being 4 years old and not in perfect condition... you're excused.  

(PS... any tips for finding a short circuit in a '91 saturn? )