Morningcoffeegal

And oh yes, I remember the sprinkler bottle with holes my mother used to use. She would sprinkle the clothes and roll them and store in the refrigerator until ironing day.[/quote}

My mom did the same our fruit bins in the fridge didnt have fruit they had rolled clothes in them! LOL That was before premanent press fabric came on the market! Hard to find those sprinkler tops ours was on an old Coke bottle!

cabbagepatchkid

My mother had one of those. Looked like a painted catchup bottle with holes in the cap. She used to sprinkle the clothes, roll them up and then put them in the refrigerator. When she was ready to iron them she would just take them out. I'm not sure if she did the refrigerator thing all the time but I do remember her doing that.

Where you you get distilled water? Years ago they sold a plastic bottle with a filter on it, in the laundry section of the store. You put tap water in it and squeezed it through the filter directly into your iron.

trueimage

I never use water in my iron because of this. I use a spray bottle with water and a dry iron. I actually like the results better too!

trueimage

I never use water in my iron because of this. I use a spray bottle with water and a dry iron. I actually like the results better too!

MarthaT

Yes, she did. And she would sprinkle her clothes, roll them up and put them in a plastic bag overnight and iron them the next day. I guess that helped them be evenly moist for ironing.

babindg12200

I had two of them too, and hated them too. Never will I buy another one. Got one from Wal-Mart and love it.

Quiltbeagle

Another Floridian here with extrememly hard well water with lots of minerals and rust in it. My iron stays dry all the time and I even have to use distilled water in my spray bottle or I'll get rust spots!

purrfectquilts

Guess I'm old also then. I have been trying to find some of those to purchase!!

Pete

I have a Rowenta and I use Ozarka spring water. It does spit - but clear.

Pete

[quote=Morningcoffeegal]And oh yes, I remember the sprinkler bottle with holes my mother used to use. She would sprinkle the clothes and roll them and store in the refrigerator until ironing day.[/quote}

I brought my mother's home with me and the TSA people almost tokk it from me - they had no idea what it was. Thankfully there was one older TSA worker who recognized it.