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I found an iron at the thrift store the other day that works great. It's a Proctor Silex and looks brand new.
Today I went back to the thrift store and they had a Rowenta for 12.00. I'm in iron heaven.
Today I went back to the thrift store and they had a Rowenta for 12.00. I'm in iron heaven.
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I bought my first Rowenta last month. I don't plan on putting water in it, I use Mary Ellen's best press on all my fabric so I don't need steam. I like the iron very much, it's the first iron I've ever had that gets as hot as I need it. With previous brands, it took f-o-r-e-v-e-r to get the starch to dry.
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In the past, I've always used tap water in my irons (several different brands), and they all started leaking eventually. After a vinegar/water treatment they stopped leaking. It's not the iron's fault it leaks, it simply needs cleaning inside.
I have a tutorial on my blog explaining how to use vinegar in an iron (or coffee pot, etc.). It's easy enough to find, look at the right column and click on the label called "how to". Then scroll to the bottom of the page.
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I have purchased 3 Rowentas and like them all. One from a garage sale for $1, which my DH had to polish the sole plate and two from estate sales for $5 each. I don't use steam and they heat up so quick and stay hot longer it seems to me.
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There was another post here about a week or so ago, saying that the DRY iron at Vermont Country Store was a great iron.
Well, I should get that iron BECAUSE I use the same watering can to water my plants and fill my iron. There was a little of the water left in the container and I didn't empty it out. So when I needed water in my iron, I poured the water into the iron. Well, something smelled a little fishy even though I had not cooked any fish. Then I remembered the African violet liquid fertilizer was put into the iron and was now smelling up my clean shirt.
The ladies on the board said that the steam can distort the blocks. I have been pressing my blocks without steam and it is working out. I have a Rowenta and it only sometimes leaks. I has worked well for me.
Well, I should get that iron BECAUSE I use the same watering can to water my plants and fill my iron. There was a little of the water left in the container and I didn't empty it out. So when I needed water in my iron, I poured the water into the iron. Well, something smelled a little fishy even though I had not cooked any fish. Then I remembered the African violet liquid fertilizer was put into the iron and was now smelling up my clean shirt.
The ladies on the board said that the steam can distort the blocks. I have been pressing my blocks without steam and it is working out. I have a Rowenta and it only sometimes leaks. I has worked well for me.
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I had a Rowenta for 10 years, used water in it and it never spit. Got rid of it when it set off the smoke detectors. I got a Black & Decker at Target -- can't use steam in it because it spits. I like steam to iron my jeans, but oh well.
The thrift stores around here rarely have anything of use -- too many quilters I think.
The thrift stores around here rarely have anything of use -- too many quilters I think.
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