How to Use Grove Co.’s Wrinkle Release Spray to Banish Wrinkles and Look Like You’ve Got Your Life Together

I’m not the most put-together person in the world — and that’s okay. With age comes wisdom, and I know myself well enough at this point to realize I will always mysteriously attract filth, and my hair will forever err on the side of ‘rat’s nest’ despite my best attempts to achieve ‘artfully disheveled.’

But sometimes, it’d be nice to look like I didn’t just pull my outfit out of a pile of clothes that’d been sitting in my laundry hamper since last Tuesday (even though I absolutely did).

As such, I was unable to deny the siren call of Grove Co.’s Wrinkle Releaser Spray. It claims to banish wrinkles without an iron, shower steam, clothes dryer, blow dryer, or any of the other tedious methods you resort to when you need to look put-together in a pinch.

So I snagged myself a bottle and tried it out on my most neglected garments to see if I could really remove wrinkles without an iron. Will this spray give me renewed clearance to continue my slovenly ways? Let’s find out.

Will the Wrinkle Releaser leave my clothes crunchy or musty?

Nope! All of my clothes were nice ‘n’ fluffy after using the spray. The Wrinkle Releaser is super conditioning and dries without leaving any sticky or crunchy residue behind. Plus, the delightful lavender and rosemary scent left my clothes smelling refreshed.

How long does the Wrinkle Releaser Spray take to work?

Once you spray the fabric, it immediately starts to lubricate and flatten any pesky folds. The part that takes the longest is waiting for the fabric to dry, but none of the items I’ve used the spray on have needed more than 10 minutes to fully dry.

Are there any fabrics you shouldn’t use the Wrinkle Releaser on?

Grove Co.’s spray is safe for most fabrics, but they don’t recommend using it on silk, rayon, or 100% polyester fabrics. It’s always a good idea to patch test before you use the spray all over your clothes, regardless of what their fabric content is.

Step 1: Spray

Give the bottle a hearty shake before you use it, then spray it on the wrinkled areas of your clothes. I suggest doing this on a towel — or at the very least hanging the clothes on your shower rod so you don’t get the wall or floor wet.

Step 2: Pull

Once the wrinkles are damp, use your hands to pull the fabric straight. The wrinkles should cooperate and stay flat.

Step 3: Hang

If you didn’t hang your items on a shower rod, now’s the time to put them on a clothes hanger and place them somewhere to dry.

These 100% linen trousers are very chic — when they're not severely wrinkled, that is. The contrast between the before and after is seriously impressive on these. You’d never be able to tell they’d spent the last month lurking in the back of my dresser drawer.

I avoided wearing this shirt for a while out of embarrassment for how wrinkly it was. The splayed collar hem on the bodice and sleeves were all over the place. A few squirts of Grove Co.’s Wrinkle Releaser Spray, and voilà! It’s not perfect, but it’s definitely better than it was before — the collar, especially. I can’t believe the spray got it to lay flat again, and it smells amazing now — something an iron couldn't do.

I call this skirt “perma-wrinkled.” I even hang it in my closet like a responsible adult, but it wrinkles if I look at it wrong. In the after photo, I used the spray on the left side but not the right side so you could really see the difference.

A note about rayon: Grove Co.’s spray says not to use it on rayon, but you know me. I live on the edge. I didn’t have any issues using it on this skirt, but definitely do a patch test if you plan to de-wrinkle your rayon rags.