Help with my iron...
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I just screwed up royally... I was working on a quilt and was pressing some seams and my iron would not sit down all the way....Low and behold, I has somehow gotten a seam ripper stuck to the iron! I pulled it off and got as much of the plastic off of it as I could. Now....how can I get the rest of it off?
#5
oh no! Do you think maybe goo gone would do it? that sounds really bad. I'm so sorry :'(
I don't think the iron cleaning stuff in the tube would be strong enough to take off the plastic but maybe goo gone might be. That stuff is pretty good :)
I don't think the iron cleaning stuff in the tube would be strong enough to take off the plastic but maybe goo gone might be. That stuff is pretty good :)
#7
Maybe do the counter-intuitive and put some ice on the unplugged iron or put it in the freezer briefly, in a bag if you want. The cold may make the metal shrink ever so little, releasing the ripper.
Please let us know what works.
Please let us know what works.
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Good news!! I let the iron sit over night. I couldn't face it. Today after getting home from work, I went in the sewing room and decided to tackle it. I just started taking my nail and trying to get the rest of it off. It just started popping off. I kept at it and now it is clean!! I didn't ruin the iron. I was not looking forward to trying to find another iron. Thanks for your input. The ice may have worked if I had tried it yesterday.
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