Dritz 82453 Heat Reflective Ironing Board Cover - 54 x 15 Inch Silver - Professional Ironing Board Protector for Home & Tailor Use - Perfect for Cotton, Silk & Delicate Fabrics

I have a standard ironing board upon which was stretched a better than average ironing board cover (with included padding, non-removable). The type of cotton material on the cover is essential for my high temperature ironing; mostly pants. The trouble with that cover is that I had to apply pressure near the narrow end for cargo pants pockets and that flattened that area down to paper thin thickness. Result of that? The pattern of the ironing board metal was ending up on my clothing. I stopped immediately and threw a white cotton towel down so that I could finish my ironing.Then I looked around for a replacement ironing pad. This Dritz Ironing pad is made of a heavy density fiber, is rectangular and was 6" longer than my board. I was able to customize it for my board by cutting it 1" larger than the surface of the board on the sides and the narrow end; the wide end doesn't get used, so an extra inch there wouldn't matter. I was just able to wrestle my existing cover over this pad, holding the padding down at the narrow end to keep it in place and working my way to the other end.Wow, is it great! I hope it lasts for at least 3 years and I may be back to update if needed.