Help clearning my iron!!
#23
Okay, just did it again. Let the vinegar sit in the iron for 3 hours. Then turned the temp and steam to high and tried not to breathe. Ick. I think I need to move, the smell is that bad.
Anyway, towards the end I kept hitting the extra burst of steam button (to try to finish out the vinegar... I was dying) and all this brown watery stuff started coming out. It happened a little through the vinegar tank but when I just wanted to be done and kept hitting and hitting and hitting, then it's all coming out. So I did that with the rest of the vinegar and with a tank of water. Still junk, I think, but I have to be getting close to getting it clean.
Anyway, towards the end I kept hitting the extra burst of steam button (to try to finish out the vinegar... I was dying) and all this brown watery stuff started coming out. It happened a little through the vinegar tank but when I just wanted to be done and kept hitting and hitting and hitting, then it's all coming out. So I did that with the rest of the vinegar and with a tank of water. Still junk, I think, but I have to be getting close to getting it clean.
#24
Originally Posted by LucyInTheSky
Okay, just did it again. Let the vinegar sit in the iron for 3 hours. Then turned the temp and steam to high and tried not to breathe. Ick. I think I need to move, the smell is that bad.
Anyway, towards the end I kept hitting the extra burst of steam button (to try to finish out the vinegar... I was dying) and all this brown watery stuff started coming out. It happened a little through the vinegar tank but when I just wanted to be done and kept hitting and hitting and hitting, then it's all coming out. So I did that with the rest of the vinegar and with a tank of water. Still junk, I think, but I have to be getting close to getting it clean.
Anyway, towards the end I kept hitting the extra burst of steam button (to try to finish out the vinegar... I was dying) and all this brown watery stuff started coming out. It happened a little through the vinegar tank but when I just wanted to be done and kept hitting and hitting and hitting, then it's all coming out. So I did that with the rest of the vinegar and with a tank of water. Still junk, I think, but I have to be getting close to getting it clean.
#25
Since the vinegar is breaking up the crud, now put some dry baking soda in the fill spout, then add the vinegar. It'll bubble like crazy so have it over the sink. Let this solution sit a while and then do as you've been doing. The baking soda will not harm the iron, and will "wash" out with the vinegar.
Hope this helps
Hope this helps
#26
Originally Posted by Chasing Hawk
Originally Posted by LucyInTheSky
Originally Posted by Chasing Hawk
All the places I looked say to use vinegar..lol
My iron has a self cleaning mode. Which is great, I fill the reservoir with water turn it on and hold it over the sink and it does its thing.
My iron has a self cleaning mode. Which is great, I fill the reservoir with water turn it on and hold it over the sink and it does its thing.
#27
Originally Posted by shequilts
Since the vinegar is breaking up the crud, now put some dry baking soda in the fill spout, then add the vinegar. It'll bubble like crazy so have it over the sink. Let this solution sit a while and then do as you've been doing. The baking soda will not harm the iron, and will "wash" out with the vinegar.
Hope this helps
Hope this helps
#28
Originally Posted by Chasing Hawk
Maybe a new iron is in order. Sounds like you beat that one almost to death.
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