Starch

[Mumma T]

I have the absolute most perfect works 100% of the time solution for you:

Teach your DH how to iron his own shirts.

Then you will never have to worry about the fiddly bits ever again.

My only concern here is that my DH leaves the iron on after using it and his shirts still don't look ironed and I end up reironing them.

but back to Little O's DH now....

[little_O]

Lol MummaT what would these men do without us!

I've done some googling and apparently it will helped relsease the creases and also keep the shirt crease free for longer in the day.

I just don't know how much or when to use it.

[AnyDream]

Ok, well failing that, or even with that measure in place, here is some more information about starch.

Back when DH used to wear ironed uniforms every day, he used to get a liquid starch in a large 1L bottle and mix it up in a spray bottle and use it like ironing spray. It seemed to work a treat. I personally wouldn't use anything in an aerosol can, but the spray bottle means you can make it as wet/starchy as you like (or not) depending on which part of the thing you are ironing. eg. collars = lots of spray. back/front of shirt - not so much.

FWIW you might find ironing easier if you hang the shirts all smoothed out on a coathanger to dry. Always pre-moisten them a bit before you iron.

Also, I'm not 100% sure what kind of fiddly bits your DH's shirts have on them (does he moonlight as a Liberace double?) BUT there are methods to get the collar, cuffs, shoulders etc done with a minimum of hassle. There are a few youtube videos on it. This one proves that men can and do iron shirts well.