Cleaning My Iron

[Marianne-is-sewing]

Time to clean the sole plate on my iron...very funked up with Sta-Flo. I remembered that years ago a bartender told me that he cleaned up sticky soda with more soda. Hmmm...I wondered if it would work with the starch? So I sprayed my Sta-Flo mix on a paper towel and proceeded to wipe off my cold iron. Holy crap...That thick dried out semi-burnt mess came off in SECONDS. No scrubbing. I wiped it off with a wet rag and was done. 8)

[idaho]

Heck !! I'll be tryin' that !!!

[loise98]

That's good news.

[loise98]

Good to know. Thanks for sharing!

[rehak]

Guess it's a little "hair of the dog that bit you". :lol:

Nancy

[anne1]

Sharon Schamber has a hint on You Tube about cleaning your iron, she uses Mr Clean Magic Eraser or you can use something similar.
There are a lot of hints on You Tube about cleaning gunk off your iron...hope this helps.
Anne

[Reetzbobeetz]

Sherry thanks for this tip, I will definitely try it next time. I think it took me about half an hour to clean my iron last week. You would think I would learn to use an ironing cloth. :roll:

[Reetzbobeetz]

I run my hot iron over a used fabric softener sheet. Works well.

[gynconnie]

Sherry, was your soleplate metal or Teflon? I ruined a (fortunately cheap!) iron recently by using hot iron cleaner on the burnt on starch mess on the Teflon soleplate. :shock:

[suehenyon]

Connie, what kind did you use? I've been using Rowenta's cleaner lately & it works well, unlike their irons :roll:

I should ask the same of Ritzy, I've never been successful with dryer sheets.

[suehenyon]

Sharon Schamber has a hint on You Tube about cleaning your iron, she uses Mr Clean Magic Eraser or you can use something similar.
There are a lot of hints on You Tube about cleaning gunk off your iron...hope this helps.
Anne

That's how I I'd cleaned my iron before this morning. This was sooo much easier!

[suehenyon]

Sherry, was your soleplate metal or Teflon? I ruined a (fortunately cheap!) iron recently by using hot iron cleaner on the burnt on starch mess on the Teflon soleplate. :shock:

Soleplate is metal...no more teflon for me!

[suehenyon]

Guess it's a little "hair of the dog that bit you". :lol:

Nancy

Yes ma'am! :wink:

[suehenyon]

Sue, just generic, fragrance free, fabric softener sheets(they have to be used so they don't leave residue on the pressing board. I have a travel iron that I use and it does not have teflon on it.

[suehenyon]

OK ladies, what in the world does "hair of the dog that bit you" mean?