Dirty Iron - How do I clean it?

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07-19-2011, 05:08 AM

#21

Baloonatic

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bstock

Mr Clean magic eraser. or a used dryer sheet.

What I was gonna say

07-19-2011, 05:35 AM

#22

carslo

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I save my dryer sheets and wad about 4 up in a ball and use that to scrub yuk off my iron :)

07-19-2011, 05:41 AM

#23

cbpirate

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if older iron with no coating on it, i have used SOS pad to clean it off, run lots of water over it and through it, then make it slide good with waxed paper.

07-19-2011, 06:06 AM

#24

Vera Seemann

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Cheri_J

With all the applique I've been doing, I discovered that I've got a dirty iron. I've been trying to clean it after each use, but I've got some sticky stuff that is turning black. My mother-in-law thought I was nuts when I asked for a Rowenta Iron for Christmas and I don't want it ruined. How do I clean it? I thought about Goo-Gone, but it will leave a oily residue. What do you recommend?

Take a piece of wax paper, put salt on it, with hot iron rub back and forth across the salt until the iron is clean. Good luck.

07-19-2011, 06:52 AM

#25

Quiltbeagle

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I also use a Mr Clean Magic Sponge.

07-19-2011, 07:44 AM

#26

decky

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Rowenta irons have a tube of stuff that will clean the plate. Go to JoAnn or Hancock fabrics they sell the tube. If its bad you may need to do it a couple of times to get the iron clean.

07-19-2011, 07:47 AM

#27

jaciqltznok

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if you do a lot of fusible do what I do..I do use a teflon pressing sheet..just a cheap generic one, that works really well..but often we are in a hurry and might forget it..so I bought a cheap, but decent black & decker iron at a thrift shot for $3.00...it gets really hot, has steam so I can still do steam a seam, and if it should be ruined, no big deal...but at least I am not ruining my Maytag cordless that can't be replaced!