The affect of the iron wont be there. How about you try to get a old t-shirt and try it.
Ironed with a press like in a dry cleaners.
Why a wet handkerchief dries up when iron.
the iron is so hot it is making the moisture in the clothes evaporate at a high speed and it produces condensation (steam)
in the laundry
The water is merely going from a liquid state to a gas state. Its chemical identity remains the same.
Washed and ironed the clothes.
Washed
The heat from the iron dries it.
So what is the question .
they melt.
ironed
Because the iron is extremely hot and this heat is transfered coneticly. (contact)