How to Take the Stretch Out of an Elastic in Clothing

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Turn on the iron and dampen a cloth.. Prepare your pants.. Place the damp cloth over your elastic.

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1

Turn on the iron and dampen a cloth.

Step 1

Turn on the iron and dampen a cloth.

2

Prepare your pants.

Step 2

Prepare your pants.

3

Place the damp cloth over your elastic.

Step 3

Place the damp cloth over your elastic.

4

Iron the elastic.

Step 4

Iron the elastic.

5

Repeat as necessary.

Step 5

Repeat as necessary.

6

Find a chair.

Step 6

Find a chair.

7

Stretch your elastic clothing over your chair.

Step 7

Stretch your elastic clothing over your chair.

8

Let it sit.

Step 8

Let it sit.

9

Turn the clothing inside out.

Step 9

Turn the clothing inside out.

10

Find the inside seam.

Step 10

Find the inside seam.

11

Put a small slit on the inside of you clothing.

Step 11

Put a small slit on the inside of you clothing.

12

Cut the elastic.

Step 12

Cut the elastic.

13

Pull the elastic out.

Step 13

Pull the elastic out.

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