Originally Posted by bearisgray

"Back in the day" (1950's) - the starched clothes were line dried, then sprinkled and rolled up until "evenly slightly damp" - and then ironed with a dry iron.

The starch used then was Argo - cold water was added to the starch, and then boiling water was added to the mixture - along with a rectangle of some blue waxy stuff. Don't remember what that was called.