Linens question

[Greg2406]

All right, I'm an engineer and to be honest, I am stumped by this one.   Some of you will laugh at this, but it's serious to me.    We started hosting early this year and we went through an extensive remodel.   Bought all new bedding and sheets.    Here's the question, the bed linens we have are microfiber and they are absolutely wonderful to sleep on.       The issue is that no matter how these are dried, no matter how many dryer sheets are added, the sheets continue to come out wrinkled.   We have tried literally everything.  Can't iron them, they would melt.    All the Guests say they are the best they have ever slept on, but the **bleep** wrinkles are bugging me.   Back in the day when cotton sheets was all there was, you could use a steam iron and they come out perfect every time.     No Guest has mentioned anything about the wrinkles (yet),  but I have gone to the extent that in the welcome note, I offer any Guest a very nice bottle of wine if they have a solution to this.     Any ideas would be appreciated.    I don't want to change because these sheets are the bees-knees.

Any help anyone has would be appreciated.   This is a real pi@@er to me.   

[Fiona256]

Perhaps dry them naturally, not in a drier. The heat in the drier may be the issue. Fresh air drying is better and cheaper.

[Greg2406]

@Fiona256 

I would love to do that but we live in a very dusty area and the sheets would end up very dirty.   

[Angela3989]

@Greg2406 Hello! It's strange that it wrinkles because one of the hallmarks of microfiber fabric is being wrinkle resistant. Perhaps it some sort of blend? Are there no tags? Maybe check the manufacturer website for care details? If you do want to iron them you can just place something cotton, like another set's pillowcase etc, on top of the microfiber so the iron doesn't touch the microfiber directly. Don't use the highest setting. Also you can dry them partially and then hang them up. Although sometimes, when sheets have been wrinkled a while, they can really be set in and will need to be flattened with your hands while still wet and then hung up. Best of luck!

[Ana2038]

@Greg2406 , we have both cotton and microfiber bed sheets. Microfiber is used more for our personal use and we don’t have an issue with wrinkles. We only use cotton (high thread count) for our Airbnb listing and iron the flat sheets, pillow cases and the fitted sheets. We use all white bed linens as I personally think it gives a bed a cleaner look. I would actually prefer cotton sheets for our own beds but the wrinkles would drive me nuts….

Best—

[Greg2406]

@Ana2038 

Used the microfiber for years and we love them.   We had cotton on the two queen beds and left microfiber on the king.   Asked the Guests and they all said that the microfiber was the best.    Don't believe the wrinkles are set into the sheets, but I am going to try the corner bottom sheet bands.   A real pain to have to remove them every time, but believe that it may solve at least the fitted sheet issue.    

[Inna22]

Are these the actual sheets you are using? I would recommend trying a different pattern. If they have a light pattern to them, they will not show "hard to come out but not horrible enough to throw the entire set out" stains and will probably conceal the wrinkles. I have hosted several properties for a number of years and pretty much heard it all as far as guest complaints. No one has ever mentioned wrinkled bed sheets so I think overall you are overthinking it.

[Greg2406]

@Inna22 

Ha, probably overthinking it is right and definitely O.C.'ing on it.   Earlier suggestion was to contact vendor to ask them why, as they do advertise 'wrinkle free' in the specs. 

[Laura7797 · Accepted solution]

@Greg2406 

The secret is dryer balls and avoiding fabric softener.  The pores in the microfiber will cause the fabric softener to build up and make the sheets tend to be more wrinkly, and eventually look dirty when they are clean.  Use dryer balls and a medium heat setting with a cooling cycle at the end. 

I also leave a note on my beds that says "Please forgive the wrinkles!  We don't use fabric softener as we have great respect for sensitive skin."  When they see it as thoughtfulness, they are less likely to complain.

[Greg2406]

@Laura7797 

Yes, we never use fabric softener and always us the wool dryer balls.   I believe that I need to turn the heat setting down and go with the cooling cycle.     Thanks, 

[Greg2406]

@Laura7797 

Just as you suggested, turned heat down, and dried with just air for the last few minutes and 90% of wrinkles gone.     Thanks again.  

[Quincy]

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