Distilled water
#3
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Some Rowentas require distilled, some require tap. If you still have the booklet you may want to check or possibly you can check online. Mine never spits rust colored water and I leave tap water in it all the time. Worst I get is white flakes when it needs a good cleaning.
#4
sounds to me like your in a hard water area or you have lots of iron or sediment in your water. Run some vinegar water through your iron to clean it and then use distilled after that till it runs clear. This can happen with any iron or coffee maker. Don't leave the unused water sitting now that you know! It's happened to me also. Bummer isn't it!
#5
I buy cheap irons and I rarely put water in them anymore. I'd rather spray water onto the fabric and then iron it (just like my Grandma did, she taught me how to iron). But if I do put water in, I use distilled and then dump it out when I'm done.
#8
I happened across something on TV once and the guy speaking was the guru of some iron company. Anyway, he said if you want any iron to work well for many years, then always use distilled water-period. We have extremely hard water here, and despite having a water softener, I always use distilled. It will eliminate sediment and rust both.
#10
Had 2 rowentas, they weren't worth the powder to blow them up. Now I buy my irons at garage sales. The older heavier, hotter ones that don't shut themselves off after 3 minutes...grrrr. Our Moms and Grandma's really knew something about ironing stuff the right way.
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