Description
This ironing mat is a 58 x 52cm portable pad with four corner magnets that grip metal surfaces, insulating heat and moisture so you can iron on a washer, dryer or table, with a cotton surface that leaves no square imprint, folding away for storage, for $52.99.
A full ironing board is a piece of furniture, and in an apartment or a small laundry there is nowhere to put it. So it lives behind a door, and because getting it out is a job in itself, the shirt gets worn creased. A mat that lives in a drawer and goes down on top of the dryer removes that friction entirely. The magnets matter more than they sound: without them a pad slides off a smooth appliance top the moment you push an iron across it.
Specifications
| Size |
58 x 52cm |
| Magnets |
Four corner magnets for metal surfaces |
| Insulation |
Heat and moisture, protects the surface underneath |
| Surface |
Cotton, irons smooth with no square imprint |
| Storage |
Folds up |
What's in the Box
| 1 x |
Portable magnetic ironing mat, 58 x 52cm |
Why a Mat Beats a Board in a Small Home
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Corner magnets - the difference between a pad that stays put on a dryer and one that slides off mid-stroke.
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Heat and moisture insulation - protects the appliance or table underneath from both the iron and the steam.
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Cotton surface, no imprint - a mesh or coated pad prints its own pattern into the fabric; cotton does not.
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58 x 52cm - big enough for a shirt front or a pair of trousers in one pass rather than three.
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Folds into a drawer - no furniture, no corner of the laundry given over permanently.
What Surfaces Can You Iron On?
A washing machine or dryer top, a bench, a table or a bed, provided the surface is flat and heat-tolerant. The mat insulates heat and moisture, but it is a pad rather than a barrier for a delicate surface. Do not use it directly on unsealed timber, polished furniture or anything that would mark from residual warmth or steam.
Do the Magnets Hold on a Dryer?
Yes, provided the top is steel rather than plastic or coated aluminium. Four corner magnets are what stops the mat travelling under the iron. On a non-magnetic surface such as a stone bench the mat still works as a pad, it just does not lock in place, so keep a hand on it.
How Does It Store?
It folds up and goes in a drawer, a linen cupboard or a suitcase. That portability is the main reason people buy them for travel and for holiday rentals, where an ironing board is either missing or unusable.
Who Buys These
Apartment and unit dwellers with a European laundry and no room for a board. Travellers and people who work away, where a hotel board is a lottery. Sewers and quilters, who want a pressing surface next to the machine rather than across the room. It also sells to people in share houses and student accommodation, where storage is the constraint rather than money.
Pair It With
Our Home & Garden range covers the laundry and household supplies, Storage & Organisation has the baskets and drawer organisers that go with a small laundry, and Craft & Sewing is worth a look if this is going beside a sewing machine.
Frequently Asked Questions
What size is the mat?
58 x 52cm.
Will the magnets work on my dryer?
They hold on steel tops. Plastic or coated aluminium tops are not magnetic.
Can I use it on a bed?
Many people do for a quick press. Use it on a firm flat area and never leave a hot iron resting on it.
Will it leave a mark on the fabric?
The cotton surface is chosen so it does not print a pattern into what you are ironing.
Can I use steam?
Yes. The mat insulates moisture as well as heat.
How do I store it?
It folds up small enough for a drawer or a suitcase.
Do you ship Australia wide?
Yes, including regional and remote addresses.
Fast Australian Shipping
We dispatch from Australia, so this mat reaches Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Canberra and Darwin quickly, and we post to regional and remote addresses as well. Orders placed on a business day are picked the same day wherever stock allows.
Product photography is indicative and an iron is not included. Colours may vary slightly between screens and the item in hand, and hand measured dimensions carry a small tolerance. Never leave a hot iron unattended on the mat, do not use it on unsealed or polished timber, and keep magnets away from pacemakers and magnetic-stripe cards.
